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Farm & Family – April 17 edition

3 days ago

Reading Time: < 1 minute There are three key activities in farming apart from feeding, planting or harvesting: management, planning and problem solving. This week’s newsletter touches on all three. Country Guide / Farm & Family contributor Delaney Seiferling, MCM looked into how shifting weather patterns are creating risks and opportunities for Prairie farmers, forcing them to rethink how they […] Read more

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Great farm leadership requires curiosity

By Arlen Motz 4 days ago

Reading Time: 2 minutes Understanding how men and women process, respond and communicate is one of the most overlooked leadership skills. And it changes everything.

business, Columns, farm-family, farm-life, farmliving, Management

Farm & Family – April 10 edition

April 10, 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutes This week’s newsletter feels very on point with recent news cycles: the constant spectre of uncertainty and volatility. BUT you’ll also learn in these articles that there are silver linings; opportunities if you know where to look. And that’s the type of content Country Guide / Farm & Family aims to bring you each week. […] Read more

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Farm & Family – April 3 edition

April 6, 2026

Reading Time: < 1 minute We could almost title this week’s newsletter ‘things you don’t like, but that are good for you’. For example, not many people enjoy the annual struggle to find seasonal employees for the upcoming busy spring-summer-fall seasons. In fact, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to find willing hands to work on Canadian farms. In the article ‘Exploring […] Read more

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Growing your farm business in an era of economic volatility

By Richard Kamchen March 31, 2026

Reading Time: 5 minutes Farmers are up against an era of unparalleled volatility, but they aren’t entirely powerless to mitigate some of the risks.

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Ontario flower farm keeps growing even through uncertainty

They quickly realized how true the old adage “don’t put all your eggs in one basket” is — especially on a farm

By Jeanine Moyer March 31, 2026

Reading Time: 6 minutes How one Ontario flower farm learned hard — and quick — lessons in adaptability and resilience.

business, Features, Management, Marketing

The changing landscape of Canadian food demand

Changing eating habits are creating both risks and new opportunities for farmers and processors

By Delaney Seiferling March 30, 2026

Reading Time: 5 minutes Changing eating habits are creating both risks and new opportunities for Canadian farmers and processors.

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Farm & Family – March 27 edition

March 27, 2026

Reading Time: < 1 minute Trust, teamwork and resilience: three ingredients every farm family knows they need to run a farm. But wait until you read the whole extra level to which this Ontario farm brought these three critical elements in contributor Jeanine Moyer’s article about the Schneider family. Something else we know we need, but as farmers and/or parents […] Read more

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Farm & Family – March 20 edition

March 20, 2026

Reading Time: < 1 minute As part of our International Year of the Woman Farmer content, we recently introduced readers to Renee Ardill, the third generation on her family’s B.C. ranch. If you missed her story, you can catch up here and read about the history behind the farm here. Sara Chambers from Backswath Management recently contributed an article to […] Read more

business, Management

Exploring non-traditional labour markets to source farm employees

More hands make light work, but it’s becoming more difficult to find those hands

By Helen Lammers-Helps March 19, 2026

Reading Time: 5 minutes In the current labour market it’s becoming more difficult to find employees to work on farms.

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Iran says Strait of Hormuz open as Trump sees deal ‘soon’ to end war

Agriculture groups welcome seed, fertilizer approval bill

AAFC projects tighter canola stocks for 2026-27

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