Reading Time: < 1 minute Something s wrong about Margaret Webb. Is it what she says about farming, or what so many farmers say about her?
URBAN LEGEND
An ag exec tells Canada’s titans of industry that there’s just one thing they really need to know about agriculture. Today’s farmers are “on the cusp of something unbelievable.” Telling It On The Mountain
Reading Time: 4 minutes He has impressed Frank Guarascio, a lawyer and partner with Blake, Cassels and Graydon. And if that is all that Jay Bradshaw manages to accomplish today, there’s still every chance that it should go into the books as a solid day’s work. Blake, Cassels and Graydon is one of the seven sisters, the fabled group […] Read more
Telling It On The Mountain
Reading Time: 2 minutes An ag exec tells Canada s titans of industry that there s just one thing they really need to know about agriculture. Today s farmers are on the cusp of something unbelievable. He has impressed Frank Guarascio, a lawyer and partner with Blake, Cassels and Graydon. And if that is all that Jay Bradshaw manages […] Read more
THE TERMINAL
Reading Time: 6 minutes The “Terminal,” as it’s usually called, bounces and lurches across 40 of the country’s most expensive acres in Toronto’s west end, filling a gap between The Queensway and Canada’s busiest road, the multi-lane Queen Elizabeth Way. Like those street names, and in fact like much of this neighbourhood in the Etobicoke-Lakeshore ward of west end […] Read more
Dalton McGuinty’s new Green Energy Act virtually guarantees that on-farm energy projects will make money. But will that guarantee survive the red tape?
Reading Time: 3 minutes On-farm energy production just got the green light in Ontario and all the world is watching. The province’s new Green Energy Act is being hailed as “historic” and “paradigm-shifting,” a “historic international milestone,” and an “aggressive approach to energy efficiency and renewable energy.” From farmers, the accolades are equally rich, with some saying the Green […] Read more
Ontario Jumps Into The Lead
Reading Time: 2 minutes On-farm energy production just got the green light in Ontario and all the world is watching. The province s new Green Energy Act is being hailed as historic and paradigm-shifting, a historic international milestone, and an aggressive approach to energy efficiency and renewable energy. From farmers, the accolades are equally rich, with some saying the […] Read more
How you handle the ethnic diversity of your day-to-day business contacts is becoming as crucial as how you handle your crops and livestock Diversification
Reading Time: 3 minutes Maybe it’s while we’re on the phone for tech support. Or it could be when we’re in the bank, or maybe it’s when we’re talking to our agronomist or we’re at a meeting to get briefed on the latest new technology. That’s when it hits us. Agriculture isn’t nearly so white anymore. Personally, I know […] Read more
Pass It On
Reading Time: 3 minutes The numbers are huge. That’s the first thing you learn. Across Canada, our universities, colleges, hospitals, office towers and factories are the nation’s top away-from-home food market. With its 65,000 undergrads, the University of Toronto has a network of 10 cafeterias at its downtown campus alone, so it’s no wonder that to an outsider, lunchtime […] Read more
Diversification
Reading Time: 2 minutes Maybe it s while we re on the phone for tech support. Or it could be when we re in the bank, or maybe it s when we re talking to our agronomist or we re at a meeting to get briefed on the latest new technology. That s when it hits us. Agriculture isn […] Read more
When Louis Balcaen began to look at advisors as an investment, not a cost, the next step was to build them into a team
Reading Time: 2 minutes Be sure you get yourself a quarterback, Balcaen says. It s essential to have someone with those talents. You usually get what you pay for, Louis Balcaen says at the start of our talk. It s his summary of a dozen years of bringing together a team including his banker, insurance agent, lawyer, and accountant […] Read more
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