Reading Time: 8 minutes Skip the smiley faces and the acronyms. In the new age of digital soft skills, agricultural schools are embracing the same modes of electronic communication as their students, albeit with a dose of finesse, professionalism and, at times, trepidation. “Don’t use emojis, they’re cute, but they’re not professional,” Mark Fournier of Alberta’s Olds College tells […] Read more
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Do parents really recognize the skills their children are bringing back from college and university, and how those skills can make the farm stronger?
Early warning signs of a business in trouble
Whether it’s your farm, or a company or a farm you deal with, it’s never good to be the last to know
Reading Time: 3 minutes Unfortunately some businesses will fail. There can be any number of contributing reasons, such as an economic downturn, competition, bad customer relations, bad internal management, changes in markets, government regulations or unforeseen events. Even so, there are a number of warning signs that could signal the business is in trouble, says Jerry Lupkowski, a senior […] Read more
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