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Milling grains into value-added food ideas

With consolidation and falling commodity prices as the new norm, more grain growers are making creative decisions

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Reading Time: 3 minutes The number of Canadian grain farms is shrinking. Commodity prices are under pressure. Remaining growers are farming larger parcels of land. Increasingly, the answer to consolidation and falling commodity prices is vertical integration. It isn’t for every farm, but value-added products are starting to play an important role in how grain growers remain competitive. “We […] Read more
People are always at the heart of farm transition and life insurance. This plan can’t possibly work unless your family can have open and honest discussions about the future of the farm.
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A ‘next’ solution?

[The "Next" Issue] More farmers are looking for a new strategy so they can set the next generation up with a viable farm while also supporting their non-farming children. Could this be it? Maybe, it seems, but it takes some effort to figure out whether setting up this kind of tax-free zone will benefit your farm

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Reading Time: 13 minutes Rob Saik is excited. He can hardly hold back as he explains the succession plan he used when he sold his own company, Agri-Trend, a few years ago. Saik had two big goals. As an ag consultant and entrepreneur, he needed financing for his newest venture, the agricultural advisory network called AGvisorPRO, but he also […] Read more
Using a landholding company as part of a succession plan can help to keep the farm operating while still offering non-farming children a long-term income stream.
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How a second farm corporation may help you at tax time

[The "Next" Issue] If you’re farming with just one corporation, you may be missing a tax trick

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Reading Time: 9 minutes Not that many decades ago, Canadian farmers were wondering if they should incorporate their farms or keep on running their businesses as sole proprietorships. Now farmers are asking, ‘how many corporations should we have?” As incorporated farmers make more sophisticated strategic plans, many are adding more than one corporation to their family portfolio. Alongside farm […] Read more
Podcast with Lindsay Lake Farms
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Podcast with Lindsay Lake Farms

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Reading Time: < 1 minute We sat down with Christiane Teerling, co-owner of Lindsay Lake Farms, to catch up on what they’ve been up to since we featured them in 2022. In March 2020 they were set to move their farm from Germany to Nova Scotia, but it turned out to be quite the modern pioneer adventure. You can listen […] Read more
Jennifer Peart of Erie View Farms.
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Having the right (business) stuff for your farm

For farmers like Jennifer Peart, upping their business game takes real discipline. The good news is the pay-off makes it very worthwhile

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Reading Time: 5 minutes It’s less true than it used to be but it’s still safe to say that few of today’s farmers got into farming because they love business management. Instead, it’s the production side of agriculture that drew them in. It was their passion for growing and raising food and working with soil, livestock and equipment. Still, […] Read more
Seven steps to great farm management
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Seven steps to great farm management

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Reading Time: < 1 minute – From the article ‘The right business stuff’ in the October 2024 issue of Country Guide. Leadership / Embody the essence of leadership in everything you do, from strategic thinking and proactive planning to embracing self-care and empathy for yourself and others. Some farm management tasks can be contracted out, but you can’t outsource leadership. […] Read more
“As the business expands and evolves, the time required to actually manage the operation is increasing.” – Jennifer Peart.
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The greatest challenge for this farm operation

Their business schedule and clear must-do’s drive farm growth

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Reading Time: 5 minutes Finding the time is our greatest challenge,” Jennifer Peart acknowledges from their farm at Jerseyville, Ont., where she and husband, Charlie Anderson, are committed to making their business management as strong as their production capability. It isn’t easy. It isn’t simple. But the couple find they’re making gains by defining who is responsible for what, […] Read more
"For our family, for our farm... it’s a different way of setting goals." – Dave Bryson (right).
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Bryt Farms positions itself for growth in dairy industry

Whether it’s a classic expansion or a leap into the unknown, the pressure is on

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Reading Time: 6 minutes “So many people told us ‘You can’t do it’. I think that just lit a fire underneath us and made us work harder.” Which is what Dave and Jennifer Bryson of Dobbinton, Ont., have done, proving all the doubters wrong. But they did something else too. The Brysons developed a decision-making model that keeps them […] Read more
As in Canada, the ‘family’ in family farming gets intermixed with sophisticated business strategies to keep the Oateys afloat amid shifting government and consumer demands.
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Down the road from Jeremy Clarkson

They’re each calledJeremy and each is a unique U.K. farmer of a kind you may never find in Canada. On top of that, our Jay Whetter is a fan of both. But which is the one we should be watching?

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Reading Time: 9 minutes I was coming into the very southwest of England, into the county called Cornwall, where there was a lot I wanted to see and do, including a visit to farmer I’d been looking forward to meeting here named Jeremy Oatey. Before going to the airport, a colleague at the Canola Council of Canada asked me […] Read more

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