
Tag Archives farm management

Roots and branches
The popular idea is that farming is a closed shop: If you aren’t born on a farm, you will never farm. But it isn’t quite true

Value in your farming peers
Could a peer group be right for you? Country Guide talks to one Ontario group to find out

Making it their business
A growing number of Western Canada’s farmers are using peer groups to drive their performance. This one is ready made

Digitizing the farm
Digitization got its start with a focus on the agronomic side, but now you’re going to hear more promises of business benefits

From ‘no’ to ‘yes’
How one farmer and his financial advisor persevered to find a route out of financial disaster

Resilient farmers vs. COVID-19: A ‘cover story’ family farm
For the Burnhams, the lesson of COVID-19 is more of a reminder, really. Family is the core of a farm business

Managing more, working less
For Lauren and Ryan Maurer, it’s the challenge of 2021. How do they keep from getting personally overwhelmed as the farm gets bigger and more complex?

Farm planning for what lies ahead
How can a business plan be worth writing when farming is so unpredictable? For Mike and Amy Cronin, that’s the wrong question

When farm financial pressures mount
Sleepless nights? Behind on your bills? Avoiding the banker? You aren’t alone, and there can be a path back to better times

Resilient farmers vs. COVID-19: How one Ontario farm got so resilient
Rather than focussing on pandemic problems, the next generation brings solutions to the table
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