Working on the farm with various family and non-family members means you might receive a lot of advice from a lot of people. But sometimes this unsolicited advice can make you feel like you’re still an inexperienced kid.

So, how should you best respond to advice that you don’t agree with or when you’re not sure if the advice giver has your best interests in mind?

In this week’s episode of #AwkwardAg, Patti Durand from Brightrack Consulting, walks us through what you could say during this type of awkward conversation.

Do you have an awkward conversation you need help with? Let us know: send an email to astewart@farmmedia.com and Patti will provide tips and a sample script of what you could say.

Click on the links below to watch more videos in the Awkward Ag series:

Is your parents’ accountant the best fit for the farm?

Sharing your final wishes with family

Managing ‘not-so-good’ vibrations

Trying to find work-life balance on the farm

How to ask for a raise on the farm

Taking awkwardness out of farm family discussions

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Are you the child who knows more about what your parents have written in their wills? Are you worried that you’ll be the one left to explain your parents’ wishes to your siblings after your parents have died?

If you want to avoid being the bearer of bad news, Patti Durand walks us through what you might say to your parents during this type of awkward conversation in this week’s episode of AwkwardAg.

Do you have an awkward conversation you need help with? Let us know in the comments or send an email to astewart@farmmedia.com and Patti can provide some prompts, tips and script ideas.

Download a free script to help you speak to your parents about sharing the contents of their wills here: www.thefutureleader.ca/scripts

Click on the links below to watch more videos in the Awkward Ag series:

Is your parents’ accountant the best fit for the farm?

Sharing your final wishes with family

Responding to advice, whether you wanted it or not

Managing ‘not-so-good’ vibrations

Trying to find work-life balance on the farm

How to ask for a raise on the farm

Taking awkwardness out of farm family discussions

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Country Guide and Patti Durand from Brightrack Consulting are excited to bring you AwkwardAg!

Patti will be here all summer to answer your questions about those awkward family business conversations you’ve been meaning to have but are hesitant to start.

She’ll offer tips and tricks for how to say the right thing, when to say it and how to navigate those awkward — but necessary — situations.

What conversation do you need help with? You can submit your questions via our social media DMs or email astewart@farmmedia.com.

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Click on the links below to watch more videos in the Awkward Ag series:

• Sharing your final wishes with family
• Responding to advice, whether you wanted it or not
• Managing ‘not-so-good’ vibrations
• Trying to find work-life balance on the farm
• How to ask for a raise on the farm
• Is your parents’ accountant the best fit for the farm?

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Survey Responses

Cornelis (Ontario):
What issues do you want to see federal politicians address?
Trade and tariffs; AgriStability/support for agriculture; Capital gains tax rules; Government spending/debt; Carbon tax

If you could ask any of the political leaders a question, what would that question be and who would you ask?
Is it possible to put laws in place in Canada to make it illegal over 4 years of term of the PM, to run a deficit budget. Punishable by jail time if a deficit occurs by the end of year 4.

David (Saskatchewan):
What issues do you want to see federal politicians address?
The annexation of Canada by the U.S.; Trade and tariffs; AgriStability/support for agriculture; Capital gains tax rules

In your opinion, what is the most-pressing issue facing Canadian farmers?
Attempted annexation by the US literally is our most pressing issue. This only ends badly for all Canadians if we succumb.

If you could ask any of the political leaders a question, what would that question be and who would you ask?
I feel that during this time frame with the US essentially trying to wage economic war on Canada all political parties and members should put aside partisan politics and be on the same side. With that being said. If the auto workers are facing losses, then let us all cover them. By the same token as a Sask farmer if we are taking a hit, whether that be from US or China then all of Canada needs to help us as well. Very simply United we Stand. Divided we fall. I want to hear all our political people push this idea and indeed agenda hard.

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In this last instalment of our summer video series, we spoke with fourth generation Manitoba egg farmers, Brooklyn and Harley Siemens, about how they make everything count: business decisions, opportunities, and advancing the industry and their community.

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