Don't Undervalue Your Work

摘要

Put yourself on the payroll, economist urges harvesters. Kevin Dhuyvetter would like to see more custom operators put a dollar value on the hours they spend working and managing their businesses."Many sole proprietors fail to do that, whether they're running a mom-and-pop grocery store, farm or ranch," says Dhuyvetter, Kansas State University Extension ag economist. "Their thinking is, 'Since I'm the owner and principal operator, I don't pay myself a wage because whatever I make is just what I make.'"