Reading Time: 7 minutes Everyone has ideas. Every day. Every hour. And some of those ideas really are solid. Some are even exceptional. Yet only a few of us actually take those ideas and turn them into successful farm businesses. What is it about the people who do that? What’s their magic? For some light on all this, Country […] Read more
Inspiring ideas on the farm
Which is more important — the idea, or the person who has it?
Making a smart choice
An incredible array of leadership training programs are available in Canada. Which one is right for you?
Reading Time: 7 minutes Increasingly, Canada’s farmers are looking to leadership programs to help them achieve more and to give their operations and people their best chances for success. Programs create confidence — which, we’re learning, is an incredibly productive outcome all by itself — they build new networks and ways of thinking, and they inspire better team performance. […] Read more
Flying into love
Travel changes a farmer, sometimes much more than anyone could have expected
Reading Time: 6 minutes Travel changes a farmer, sometimes much more than anyone could have expected Seeing different ways of farming and working can work a miracle for a farmer. So can experiencing different cuisines and cultures, learning new travel skills, and expanding their networks and friendships. Sometimes, too, the changes go even deeper. Cheryl Hazenburg, a 2014 Nuffield […] Read more
Home ground
In New Zealand, farmer Ed Pinckney helped his entire country see the cost of being so open to Chinese investment
Reading Time: 7 minutes While they may be in different hemispheres and on opposite sides of the world, there are a lot of similarities between New Zealand and Canada. The New Zealand economy is driven by their land and natural resources. So is Canada’s. Our agriculture is heavily dependent on exports. So is theirs. The Kiwis export nearly 90 […] Read more
Three farms find ways to live it up
Yes, farms can aim at five-star markets, as Nuffield farms show around the world
Reading Time: 7 minutes When we think of farm diversification here in Canada, we usually imagine new crops or livestock, maybe some value-adding, or possibly some entry-level agri-tourism. How often, though, would you think of going after the top end of a luxury market? Below, meet three farms that have successfully diversified their income streams by targeting luxury offers […] Read more
These farmers call it teamwork
As these Nuffield farmers are learning, time invested in your HR makes all the difference
Reading Time: 10 minutes It is well known that Canadian farms are limited by labour shortages. Pre-COVID-19 studies say Canadian farms already faced a labour gap of 63,000 positions in 2018, set to increase to 123,000 within this decade, and research by the Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council (CAHRC) estimates that labour shortages during COVID-19 pandemic resulted in $2.9 […] Read more
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