Why is Continuing Professional Development useful?

Agriculture has undergone a massive period of change in the last 20 years and this will continue in the future. It is a necessity for the profitability of individual farmers that agriculture becomes recognised as the all-embracing economy in rural areas. The main...

Will Graduates Enroll in the Classroom of Life?

This is the time of year for graduations – high school, college, or maybe even pre-school.  Most of you have been or are about to attend a graduation, open house, or other event celebrating the graduation.  Let’s pause to think about the meaning of graduation....

You Deserve a Break Today

This former McDonald’s slogan serves as our coaching tip, directed to you although equally valid for your employees. What happens when a tractor or a planter goes long hours without maintenance?  The answer, of course, is that performance declines and repairs...

The face of modern farming is changing

(NC) For the first time in history, the largest percentage of farm operators in Canada is aged 55 and older. There are also fewer farms today than a decade ago, but the average farm is bigger than it’s ever been. The face of modern farming is changing, which is...

A Taxing Situation

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...

A show of faith

It’s a conversation Kerry and Lynn Davison will never forget. “Our daughter Jenna had been working for three years for a company that did integrated pest management,” recalls Kerry Davison. “One day, she came to Lynn and I and said, ‘I don’t think I want to do this...