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Using a trusted farm business advisor or a team of advisors can help a farm reach greater financial success. “The Dollar$ and Sense – Measuring the Tangible Impacts of Beneficial Business Practice on Canadian Farms study shows that number three on the list of top farm...
Only about 25 per cent of Manitoba farmers have a commodity marketing strategy in place for 2015. It’s important to remember that it’s never too late to get started, because good planning is key to successful commodity marketing. Here are...
I have acquired many effective time management tools over the years, in fact time management is one of the courses I most enjoy teaching. When deadlines are creeping upon me, I hone in on my daily list, create priorities and I “Eat that Frog”. Really, I have come to...
Canadian farmers view Argentina as a global powerhouse – one of the world’s top exporters of soybeans, corn and wheat. But talk to Argentinean farmer David Hughes and you get a radically different perspective. In fact, Hughes says Job No. 1 for him is “surviving our...
It’s hard to say what’s more surprising about Ruth Klahsen: That 1,000 of her customers loaned her a half-million dollars to build her own cheese plant, or her blunt assessment of her wares. “Our cheeses aren’t good enough yet,” says the plain-spoken proprietor of...
It seems like a mystery: Studies show joining a farm management club boosts your bottom line, but the vast majority of farmers don’t belong to one. There’s a simple reason for that, says Richard Boonstoppel, a New Brunswick dairy farmer and current chair of...
