Reading Time: 5 minutes Establishing meeting ground rules can help a farm family find ways to communicate that work for the business and the family.
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‘No agenda, no attenda’: How to professionalize your family farm meetings
For better business results learn how to shift from talking and listening to each other as family members to making decisions together as business partners
Part 4: Financial disagreements between farm siblings
This six-part series explores the challenges of sibling conflict and the effect it can have on the farm
Reading Time: 3 minutes A six-part series that looks at the challenges sibling conflict can have on the farm business and family business relationships.
Building a farm legacy that outlasts you
Legacy isn’t about control. It’s about leading today in a way that creates strength, curiosity and clarity for tomorrow’s farm owners
Reading Time: 2 minutes A farm’s legacy isn’t just about the land; it’s also about the values and the impact that continue long after the current owner has stepped away.
Farm succession: Where to begin?
Thinking of farm transition as only one chance to get a short-term, quick deal right can prevent us from even starting the process — and starting it off right
Reading Time: 3 minutes Recognizing that the process of farm succession is lengthy, involved and requires a solid end goal can help farmers determine where to start.
Change can ensure a legacy
Country Guide is ready for the next stage
Reading Time: 2 minutes Country Guide has the future in mind. In 2026, we're moving into the pages of our sister publications, The Western Producer and Farmtario.
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Growing the farm and family content you love
Reading Time: 2 minutes Country Guide magazine heads into a new era in 2026
Farmland values: assumptions and realities
Expectations about future farmland values look different depending on what chair you’re sitting in — and what decisions you need to make
Reading Time: 3 minutes Where farmland values are headed and what decisions farmers should make
Can we ever achieve our goals?
Looking forward to the new year and ...
Reading Time: 2 minutes Thoughts on whether we can ever achieve our goals.
Tips for how to be fair to all siblings during farm succession
This six-part series explores the challenges of sibling conflict and the effect it can have on the farm
Reading Time: 4 minutes Siblings often have differing visions for the farm’s future. This article offers tips for navigating this sticky situation.
Risk management for the farm means considering people, too
The idea of human-centred risk management for family-owned farm operations might not be well known — but it should be
Reading Time: 5 minutes Wheat fields in New Brunswick, Canada.
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