A staggering 90 percent of American businesses are family-owned or -controlled, according to U.S. Bureau of Census.* And, to the agribusiness readers of this blog, it will come as no surprise that the country’s first family-owned businesses were farms, and in some regions of the country, farms remain the majority of local, family-owned businesses. Family farming is the backbone of our great country, and I’m a staunch believer in keeping the family farm in the family – with th