Sometimes, the best way to achieve your goals is to sell your business. For Trevor Thiessen (l), and Greg Holloway, engineering a friendly takeover by Novozymes is just the beginning

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Published: May 10, 2010

There s no question this is a company on the move. I mean, literally on the move. No one here is standing around, waiting to be told what to do. Instead, in this industrial park just north of Saskatoon, whether you re in the gleaming offices and high-tech labs out front or in the back with its production facilities, packaging lines, product warehouses and loading docks, the activity is fairly humming.

It s the kind of hustle and bustle you see in almost any ag company as it prepares for the busy seeding season that s just around the corner.

But there s something else going on here, and that something is a powerful lesson in how smart managers are succeeding within the world of ag business by ignoring its typical my-win-is-your-loss rules.

The name on the sign is Novozymes, but more farmers will remember the com-

About The Author

Gord Gilmour

Gord Gilmour

Publisher, Manitoba Co-operator, and Senior Editor, News and National Affairs, Glacier FarmMedia

Gord Gilmour has been writing about agriculture in Canada for more than 30 years. He's an award winning journalist and columnist who's currently the publisher of the Manitoba Co-operator and senior editor, news and national affairs for Glacier FarmMedia. He grew up on a grain and oilseed operation in east-central Saskatchewan that his brother still owns and operates, and occasionally lets Gord work on, if Gord promises to take it easy on the equipment.

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