The Airseed Hoppers may be a great idea, but what makes it a great business are business skills and energy, says Kevin Lisafeld (r), who is now passing those skills on to son Brad as well as to long-term employee Cory Lischka (l).

Forty years of farming requires a spirit for change

It turns out that successful diversification depends on the mindset you bring to it

Reading Time: 5 minutes When Kevin Lisafeld was still a teenager, his mother, Evelyn, told him not to put all his eggs in one basket. That advice has served him well during a 40-year career as a farmer and businessman. But success doesn’t come from diversifying for the sake of diversification. Lisafeld has learned how to spot an opportunity, […] Read more

Machinery Guide

Which are better - planters or drills?

Reading Time: 3 minutes January is a month for new starts, so it fits neatly with this issue’s focus on planters. Improved seed singulation and precision planting capabilities have driven planter sales in the past two years, not to mention the migration of corn into Western Canada. Even so, the debate is still raging. Which are better — planters […] Read more