Where are they now? Hard work translates into healthy goat herd

SWEABURG, ON – Three years after talking with Farm Management Canada, Oxford County goat herder Ian Mayberry looks back at one major achievement over that period of time with a genuine sense of pride. “A clean bill of health for our goats was my major goal,” he says....

Finding their forte

By any measure, Sharon and Bruce VandenBerg have been hugely successful. So it’s a little surprising to hear Bruce list off a series of things he says they either weren’t suited to or not very good at. Not really cut out for retailing, even though they went into the...

The search for excellence

In the last edition of the Canadian Farm Manager, Saskatchewan farmer John Coté wrote about how he handled the personal challenges he faced after leaving grain farming to develop a fruit operation and micro-distillery. He said he had been inspired by profiles in CFM...

Financial Planning – Top Tips To Get Ahead

With over 30 years of experience working with thousands of companies, Corey Keith of Keith & Associates at Turner Valley, Alberta has helped many clients achieve business success.  He distills his top financing tips down to six key insights to help...

Planning for success

Andrew DeRuyck always knew he wanted to be a farmer – which is why he started off in banking. “One of the main reasons I wanted to work in the financial industry was because I believed there was some sort of magic number in farming – that you had to have 300 sows or...