Reading Time: < 1 minute For the last instalment of our Summer Series podcast, we spoke with Mark Brock, an Ontario grain and sheep farmer and Nuffield scholar, about what drives his business decisions and how he treats farming not only as a lifestyle, but as a business. Listen to this episode and past episodes at country-guide.ca or on Apple […] Read more
Summer Series: Podcast with Mark Brock
VIDEO: Summer Series: Brooklyn and Harley Siemens
Reading Time: < 1 minute In this last instalment of our summer video series, we spoke with fourth generation Manitoba egg farmers, Brooklyn and Harley Siemens, about how they make everything count: business decisions, opportunities, and advancing the industry and their community.
VIDEO: Summer Series: Travis and Brad Hopcott
Reading Time: < 1 minute Travis and Brad Hopcott are third generation British Columbia beef producers, processors and retailers, and grow cranberries for Ocean Spray. They were also a 2023 winner of Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers. Country Guide caught up with them just before their win to chat about managing it all, identifying opportunities and how they feel about the […] Read more
VIDEO: Summer Series: Meet the Lindgrens, Pt. 3
Reading Time: < 1 minute In the final instalment of our three-part series, the Lindgrens talk about expanding the operation to ensure its viability in the future, how they leverage technology, and their process for making decisions. Watch part three now and catch up on part one and part two here.
VIDEO: Summer Series: Meet the Lindgrens, Pt. 2
Reading Time: < 1 minute In part one of our three-part series featuring the Lindgrens, you heard how this farm family found other ways to diversify their Saskatchewan farm as farmland prices spiked. Hear more from the Lindgrens and their farm operation in part two of our three-part video series.
VIDEO: Summer Series: Meet the Lindgrens, Pt. 1
Reading Time: < 1 minute In a feature article earlier late last year, Country Guide asked why Jordan and Jennifer Lindgren made the choice of making their life as grain farmers so public. The Saskatchewan farmers and past Outstanding Young Farmer winners are aware this approach likely goes against the grain of what most farmers would choose to do, but […] Read more
Summer Series: Podcast with Norm Lamothe
Reading Time: < 1 minute Norm Lamothe of Woodleigh Farms Ltd. is a multi-generational (6th generation) family-run business. Norm and his family are committed to ensuring that all the environmental impacts are considered when making decisions in their operations and following organic and sustainable practices. In recent years they have shifted away from traditional methods of agriculture to what we […] Read more
Summer Series: Podcast with Cody Snyder
Reading Time: < 1 minute Cody Snyder is a seasoned traveler who found his way back to the family farm. In this episode, Cody tells us how travelling the world has changed his outlook on business and his career. Listen in at country-guide.ca. If you missed our last episode where we featured Cody’s dad, Graham, you can catch up on […] Read more
Summer Series: Podcast with Graham Snyder
Reading Time: < 1 minute “It’s not a job it’s a life” In our latest episode from our Country Guide we speak with Graham Snyder on what hard work means to him and how he farms as a family. Graham Snyder has been working on farms his whole life. From cash crop farming to tillage and combining the Snyder family […] Read more
VIDEO: Summer Series: Greg Stamp and Sarah Stamp of Stamp Seeds
Reading Time: < 1 minute Second generation grain producers, Greg and Sarah Stamp, of Stamp Seeds & Stamp Farms from Enchant, Alta., were 2023 national winners of Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers. Along with their family they operate Stamp Seeds and Stamp Farms in the Bow River Irrigation District. With 5,000 acres under irrigation and 2,000 acres of dryland farming, they produce pedigreed seed such as wheat, barley, […] Read more
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