Nicole Porterfield and Kim Good have a word of advice for your value-add project. Whether it’s big or small, you’ve got to build a great team
Could the timing finally be right for a Canadian hemp crop? Blue Sky Hemp Ventures is betting yes, based on a marriage of oil-industry strategies and hard-nosed farm smarts
We thought the online age hit agriculture two decades ago. Then came the pandemic. Are you ready?
It can be a roller coaster ride if your farm spouse is highly entrepreneurial. It is in other business sectors too. Now we can all start learning from each other
12 questions to ask yourself to discover if you're continuing to fulfill your role as a leader
Pay yourself, and put the numbers in your budgets right from the start. It’s better for you, and for the business too
A real-life story of making a non-family farm transition work, including all the time, the effort, the talking and the satisfaction
Maybe keeping the farm in the family isn’t an option for you. Or maybe you’ve seen the statistics and you believe Canada simply doesn’t have enough young farmers, so today’s farmers must open the door to more new entrants. Well, it’s never going to be easy, but check out these creative ways to have your cake and eat it too
As global population estimates get scaled back, our sense of priorities is beginning to change
Every transition is unique. This one is too. But inside Kyle (left) and Bryan Maynard’s experience are nuggets that can transform the process for farms across the country
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