Reading Time: 5 minutes For as long as there have been farmers in Canada, we have pointed with great pride to “The Family Farm.” Maybe, however, we’ve been taking too much pride in the family part of our family farms, and by doing so, we may actually be creating more conflict. Winnipeg business adviser and psychologist Pam Paquet suggests […] Read more
Is your farm ‘too family?’
Guide Life: Put the emphasis on business, family experts say. It will reduce conflict for everyone
Guide Health: The spectre of head lice
Reading Time: 3 minutes No one wants to get the telephone call from your children’s school telling you that several children have been reported to have head lice. But keep in mind that the phone call only means your child plays with many other children, and that you are not alone. It is estimated that only one to two […] Read more
Guide HR: Why are true leaders rare?
Reading Time: 3 minutes If given a choice, would you prefer to be seen as a results-focused leader, or as a leader with exceptional social skills? In short, do you prefer to cultivate strong analytical skills, are you highly motivated to reach goals, do you have initiative, and are you focused on exceptional delivery of results and effective problem […] Read more
Guide HR: What price are you really willing to pay?
Reading Time: 3 minutes I tell my young children that every decision they make or don’t make has a cost. Each time they say yes to something, like hanging out late with friends and going to bed after midnight, they are also saying no to other things, like feeling energized the next day. Since they don’t have unlimited resources […] Read more
Networking for business and life
If you cringe at the thought of networking, it’s a good sign you’re going about it the wrong way
Reading Time: 4 minutes While in the stands at his son’s hockey game, John got a recommendation for an accountant from one of the other parents. At a conference, Chris met a group of farmers who were also interested in experimenting with cover crops. At the end of a long day of combining, Tara shared her frustrations about work-life […] Read more
Guide Health: Uhh… all about hemorrhoids
Reading Time: 3 minutes When you even hear the word “hemorrhoids” you probably wince with discomfort. With treatment, however, you can be comfortable and prevent complications. Hemorrhoids or piles are very common, with about 75 per cent of the population being affected, most notably adults between 45 and 65 years old. Hemorrhoids are inflamed and swollen veins in the […] Read more
Guide HR: A simple way to get more done
Reading Time: 3 minutes It is 6:30. You get up and plan to have a productive day. You look at your email inbox. You were supposed to look for just 10 minutes, and then you realize that it is 7:30. The children leave for school, you are in a hurry, and you completely forget your priorities for the day. […] Read more
Guide Life: About the neighbours
When Country Guide writer Lisa Guenther wrote her acclaimed new novel, Friendly Fire, she set the action in her own rural community. So we asked her to tell us, ‘How good an idea was that?’
Reading Time: 4 minutes There’s a bit of danger, or at least perceived danger, around setting a novel in the rural community that you live in. Especially when the blurb on the back of the book says something about “eviscerating small-town platitudes.” A writer I know asked me, “Aren’t you afraid they’ll run you out of town?” She was […] Read more
Guide Health: The aches and pains of arthritis
There are two types of arthritis. If you have the condition, which one are you and how is it best treated?
Reading Time: 3 minutes It can seem inevitable that if you live long enough, of course you’ll be affected by arthritis, but it isn’t always so. Arthritis is an inflammatory condition of the joints which makes movement painful and difficult, but it occurs in two types; rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis involves the immune system, with about one […] Read more
Guide Life: Get organized and get more done!
Do you spend hours working in the farm office to emerge at the end of the day disappointed with how little you have accomplished?
Reading Time: 5 minutes You’re not alone. For most of us, the time we spend in the farm office is less efficient and productive than the time we spend on almost any other farm activity. To help, we asked two professional organizers to weigh in with their tested and proven ideas on how to streamline your office procedures to […] Read more
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