Reading Time: < 1 minute Every year, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives and the University of Manitoba host a Crop Diagnostic School at the U of M’s Ian M. Morrison Research Farm at Carman. Farmers and agronomists can attend the one-day hands-on school, which runs for two weeks in July. This year, Gord Gilmour attended on behalf of the […] Read more
Crop Diagnostic School: How early is too early to seed canola?
Crop Diagnostic School: How early should you seed soybeans?
Reading Time: < 1 minute Every year, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives and the University of Manitoba host a Crop Diagnostic School at the U of M’s Ian M. Morrison Research Farm at Carman. Farmers and agronomists can attend the one-day hands-on school, which runs for two weeks in July. This year, Gord Gilmour attended on behalf of the […] Read more
Crop Diagnostic School: What’s the right depth for seeding soybeans?
Reading Time: < 1 minute Every year, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives and the University of Manitoba host a Crop Diagnostic School at the U of M’s Ian M. Morrison Research Farm at Carman. Farmers and agronomists can attend the one-day hands-on school, which runs for two weeks in July. This year, Gord Gilmour attended on behalf of the […] Read more
Crop Diagnostic School: Preventing seed coat damage in edible beans
Reading Time: < 1 minute Every year, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives and the University of Manitoba host a Crop Diagnostic School at the U of M’s Ian M. Morrison Research Farm at Carman. Farmers and agronomists can attend the one-day hands-on school, which runs for two weeks in July. This year, Gord Gilmour attended on behalf of the […] Read more
Crop Diagnostic School: Keeping soybeans out of edible beans
Reading Time: < 1 minute Every year, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives and the University of Manitoba host a Crop Diagnostic School at the U of M’s Ian M. Morrison Research Farm at Carman. Farmers and agronomists can attend the one-day hands-on school, which runs for two weeks in July. This year, Gord Gilmour attended on behalf of the […] Read more
Case IH Introduces New Line Plus Anniversary Edition
Reading Time: < 1 minute Case IH introduces the new Rowtrac tractor line along with a special 25th anniversary edition of the Magnum at an event near its headquarters in Racine, Wisconsin.
Picking a Successor
Reading Time: < 1 minute One son is a good business person who can work professionally with staff. The other son is a good worker, and gets along better with dad. Who should take over when dad retires? Wrong question, says John Fast.
Generational Differences: hard work vs. professional management
Reading Time: < 1 minute The founding generation of a farm may have succeeded by sheer hard work and 80- to 100-hour weeks, but the next one wants to replace some of that time with more professional management. John Fast offers some suggestions to resolve the conflict.
Competence and trust are different things.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Trust works on several levels. Members of a family farm operation can trust each other as individuals, but “trusting someone to do a good job” may not be fair if the person doesn’t have the skills. John Fast says competence and trust are different things.
Clarifying the roles in a farm family business
Reading Time: < 1 minute Most people want to avoid conflict. But left to simmer, conflict can eventually boil over with disastrous consequences for the farm family and farm business. Dr. John Fast talks about dealing with conflict early, and head on.
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