Reading Time: 6 minutes What does leadership potential look like? Are there certain skills a parent should teach or encourage their kids to develop? And how can parents do that? Read or listen to this article to find out.– April Stewart, CG Associate Editor It’s actually two questions. It isn’t just how much leadership potential have my kids got? […] Read more
Summer Series: Is my kid a leader?
[Leadership] What does leadership potential look like?
Summer Series: Do sweat the details
[Best Advice] Accounting advice to get more competitive
Reading Time: 5 minutes When it comes to farm accounting, it’s increasingly about the details and it’s the farmers who notice them who come out on top. Here are the top four tips to get more competitive.– April Stewart, CG Associate Editor Blair Sanderson sees it time and again. “The difference between a good producer and a great one,” […] Read more
Summer Series: Top transition tips for young farmers
[Best Advice] How the next generation can help farm transition be successful
Reading Time: 3 minutes How can the incoming generation help farm transition be successful? Follow these top transition tips below!– April Stewart, Associate Editor Glacier FarmMedia – Transitioning management and ownership of a farm business from one generation to the next can present many challenges. While there are numerous resources to support farm founders in assessing their business and […] Read more
A plan for successful farm meetings
The Spurrs are driving even more growth and efficiency by continuing the family meetings that helped them get to a transition plan
Reading Time: 9 minutes The story gets repeated time and again. A farm family invests time and money in a professional farm advisor to help them sort out a transition plan and how to implement it. Finally, almost incredibly, after a series of family meetings that started out nervous but eventually get surprisingly productive, everybody gets on board with […] Read more
Bold strides: Moving forward by stepping back from the farm
In the final instalment of our five-part series featuring farm families leading change, we hear from the Walshes — how they build a strong business by focusing first on a strong family
Reading Time: 4 minutes In the final installment of our five-part series featuring farm families leading change, we hear from the Walshes — how they build a strong business by focusing first on a strong family Earlier in the series we highlighted families who have made bold strides through their business operations and family planning initiatives (you can find […] Read more
Which child will you pick to take over the farm?
Here’s help to identify and develop the right leader from your farm’s next generation
Reading Time: 6 minutes Across Canada, the biggest decision today’s farmers will make is choosing who will lead the farm tomorrow. In our fast-paced, fast-evolving agriculture, making the right choice will be critical to success, and maybe survival. In past, there wasn’t that much choice. The family farm got handed down from one generation to the next by way […] Read more
Bold strides: Finding balance between generations
In our continuing series on farm families that are embracing change with their bold decision-making, we feature a family in the midst of launching their ‘G2’ to ‘G3’ farm transition plan, fully aware they must navigate the needs of both the entering and the exiting generations if they hope to ensure the farm and family remains in harmony for years to come
Reading Time: 4 minutes The DeJong family operate a diverse agriculture business an hour east of Toronto at Baltimore, Ont., and the farming brothers, Rod and Chris, have their own farming ventures — Knollcrest Poultry and Knollcrest Swine respectively — which they operate alongside their wives Nancy and Amy. Despite being focused on their individual farms, the brothers also […] Read more
A farm that lasts
Founders’ fees and amortized sales restrictions are just two of the growing list of strategies that farm families are adapting to ensure their farm survives for future generations
Reading Time: 5 minutes Maybe nothing has ever been certain on the farm, but today it feels more true than ever before. There’s so much more to worry about than just weather and weeds. Who could ever imagine the global supply chain would be turned upside down by a virus? Or that you wouldn’t be able to source parts […] Read more
Farm succession — minus the success
In today’s agriculture, there are plenty of positive stories about succession. So why highlight one of the nightmares? Because they do exist, and because they make us confront our assumptions about mental health
Reading Time: 11 minutes Could your farm find its way out of this kind of mess? It’s a very real question for some Canadian farms — maybe even one on your road — and because of that, and also because of the sensitivities involved, Country Guide has agreed to use false names for the very real members of the […] Read more
Do you have an exit strategy for your farm?
For whatever reason, if your farm isn’t going to get transferred to your family’s next generation, these are big questions you need to get started on
Reading Time: 7 minutes In many cases, Canadian farms are being transferred to the next generation. But that’s “many,” not “all.” And if you’re in a situation where transition is unclear, or if you know your final plan will be to sell out, it’s time to get thinking about your options for building a farm exit plan. What does […] Read more
A message from April Stewart, Country Guide's Associate Editor
