Reading Time: 3 minutes Men Are Twice As Likely To Have Basal Cell Carcinoma And Three Times As Likely To Have Squamous Cell Carcinoma Dietary sodium or salt is linked to many diseases ranging from kidney problems to high blood pressure, but how do you eat less salt? Salt seems to be everywhere and even if you don t […] Read more
Taking care of your skin
The Wait For Opening Day – for Apr. 14, 2009
Reading Time: 3 minutes My neighbour Vern Bunton doesn t fish very much any more but when he was a kid, he roamed the length and breadth of Petunia Valley with a dog and a fishing pole and a Daily Mail tin full of earthworms. As he grew older, Vern found the wait for Opening Day was worse than […] Read more
April 19 to May 16, 2009
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ontario Apr. 19-25: Fair but rain falls on a couple of days in the south this week, possibly heavy in a few areas. Temperatures vary but end up near normal. Frost central and north. Blustery at times. Occasional heavier snow or rain north. Apr. 26-May 2: Look for variable weather and temperatures as sunny, warm […] Read more
In Business And In Control – for Apr. 14, 2009
Reading Time: 2 minutes We didn t really need to have crossed the country to find the farms and the businesses we ve profiled in this issue of Country Guide. Probably, within a dozen miles of where you re reading this page right now, we could have found more than enough great examples to fill all our pages with […] Read more
Reflections – for Apr. 14, 2009
Reading Time: 2 minutes Conversation flows easily and laughter abounds. It is Sunday night and Saskatoon church leaders have gathered for a pot luck dinner. Disbelief is followed by jocularity when Bill, an evangelical pastor, describes the size of the fish he caught. One of the tallest members urges purchase of tiny Smart Cars. We begin with jokes and […] Read more
A new marketing strategy – for Apr. 14, 2009
Reading Time: 3 minutes Mechanical Self-directed Externally managed Active Mechanical Self-directed Disciplined marketer Markets are efficient Risk adverse High debt Poor pricing skills Externally managed Undisciplined marketer Markets are efficient Risk adverse High debt Poor pricing skills Active Disciplined marketer Markets are inefficient Risk seeking Low debt Good pricing skills Undisciplined marketer Markets are inefficient Risk seeking Low debt […] Read more
When Louis Balcaen began to look at advisors as an investment, not a cost, the next step was to build them into a team
Reading Time: 2 minutes Be sure you get yourself a quarterback, Balcaen says. It s essential to have someone with those talents. You usually get what you pay for, Louis Balcaen says at the start of our talk. It s his summary of a dozen years of bringing together a team including his banker, insurance agent, lawyer, and accountant […] Read more
Finding The Right Advisors – for Apr. 14, 2009
Reading Time: 2 minutes Start with word-of-mouth when selecting farm advisors but insist on professionals with an ag backgound Liz Robertson Liz Robertson, executive director of the Canadian Association of Farm Advisors (CAFA), likes the idea of team meetings, which she thinks minimize the back-and-forth phone calls between professionals. Robertson says that opposing views arise in meetings that can […] Read more
to manage your value chain better
Reading Time: < 1 minute In truth, few of us really even consider it. Despite all the talk about refocusing our businesses on the consumer, it s a tough sell. It already takes all our time to get as efficient as possible in the field and in the barn, plus looking after all the endless demands of farming, from working […] Read more
Something Ventured… Much More Gained
Reading Time: 2 minutes Peace River farmers Joe Friesen (l.), Kevin Peters, Russel Friesen and Jason Neudorf say their joint venture makes each of them more efficient, and more profitable. Joint ventures are gaining ground across farm country What were they thinking? After all, it s not like there s a shortage of feed mills in Canada. It s […] Read more
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