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“I’m not re-inventing the wheel.” – Luke Dinan.
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Your next great business idea

These five tips promise to make you even better at spotting great business ideas for your farm

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Reading Time: 5 minutes Farmers who can identify new business opportunities have a valuable leg up in this competitive and rapidly changing world, so Country Guide reached out to innovative farmers and to innovation experts for their insights into finding that next winning idea. 1. Be Tenacious What does it take? For one, it takes attitude. Over and over […] Read more
“I am definitely becoming more realistic with time.” – Grant Dyck.
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The learning curve of farm diversification

Change is certain. Now, these two farms leverage it to diversify and grow their farms even more

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Reading Time: 6 minutes The reasons farms diversify are as varied as the types of farms. The options are equally numerous. Maybe it’s to enhance or grow the operation or to add more income streams. Or the owners come across an opportunity too good to turn down. So, how does someone decide when to diversify and what option to […] Read more
Summer Series: Your personal re-set
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Summer Series: Your personal re-set

[Make it Count] On the farm, successful mid-career change takes more than new business practices and adapting to external influences. It demands self-management too

Reading Time: 6 minutes Change can sometimes lead to a radical re-evaluation of your past and present. In mid-life, change can prompt you to imagine what your future might look like, including your career. Research shows that many people in their mid-40s grow dissatisfied with their careers. The reasons behind this mid-career “crisis” can be attributed to several factors, […] Read more
The Thatcher family works hard to produce quality products and build relationships that would attract new customers and maintain a loyal following.
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Summer Series: How these Ontario farmers are getting great at change

[Make it Count] Every new idea, challenge and decision is an opportunity to learn. Sharing the takeaways from those lessons will help strengthen and sustain Canada’s agriculture industry

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Reading Time: 11 minutes What makes a farm business good at change? Country Guide spoke with three Ontario farms to find out how they meet the challenges of change and what lessons they’ve learned on the journeys to diversification and growth. Thatcher Farms Thatcher Farms was born out of necessity. Almost two decades ago, at a time when commodity […] Read more
‘Farms that are good at change are the successful ones.’
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Summer Series: Implementing change on farms that works

[Make it Count] Like it or not, one day your farm will have to change to succeed. But what makes a farm good at change?

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Reading Time: 8 minutes Norm Dreger has seen a lot of farms and agribusinesses change. Like a lot of Country Guide readers, he’s seen it from the family farm, but he also saw it in his earlier role as head of business development at Syngenta and he sees it now in his current job as principal at Osborne Interim […] Read more
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Summer Series: Working through change

[Make it count] Learning to change — and to change better — is a constant process

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Reading Time: 5 minutes Canadian farmers are no strangers to change. Over the centuries, and especially over the last few decades, they have constantly adapted to changing global markets and government policies with new processes, technology and on-farm practices. Despite change being such a big part of farming, however, few farmers receive formal lessons in best practices for change […] Read more
Unlike formal leasing arrangements with non-family entities, family farmland rental agreements may lack the clarity and specificity needed to prevent future conflicts.
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Summer Series: The challenge with family rental agreements

[Land] Family rental agreements are getting big attention in 2024. Just don’t rely on them as the foundation of your succession plan. They’re one piece in the puzzle

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Reading Time: 5 minutes Family ties and farming operations have long been intertwined. Indeed, family forms the backbone of many of our agricultural traditions, and today, it is often the reason why navigating farm succession is so complex. In fact, we can say even more. In an important way, family is making succession planning even more difficult in 2024 […] Read more
According to Statistics Canada, approximately 40 percent of Canadian farmland is rented, and farmland pricing across the country has been on a steady upward trajectory.
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Summer Series: Choosing who gets to rent your farmland

[Land] With commercial owners purchasing more farmland, farmers need to know how to win them over

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Reading Time: 5 minutes For Robert Andjelic, the largest farmland owner in Canada, this has become the top priority when he’s looking to decide who he will rent that ground to. It’s how he thinks those farmers treat the land they are renting. It isn’t just a nice-to-have, it’s the core of his business model, Andjelic says. “Soil is […] Read more
Barlow sees renting as a complicated but solid foundation. “It’s been six generations,” he says. “Why not make it seven?”
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Summer Series: So many landlords

[Land] Can a long-term business be built on short-term contracts? Jeff Barlow keeps his farm business stable while renting land from 43 different owners

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Reading Time: 7 minutes Jeff Barlow’s 4,200-acre farm is near the town of Binbrook, about 30 km south of Hamilton, Ontario. “Technically, within the city limits,” he says. Barlow and his father grow soybeans, corn and soft red winter wheat with help from employees, Jeff’s three teenage sons, and support from Jeff’s wife, Dianne, who works off the farm […] Read more

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