The federal government has announced a last-minute extension to the application deadline for its Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA) loan program, as well as hinted at future changes that could help more businesses — including farms — qualify for the small business loan. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, on... Read More
Category: Farm Management
Intellectual power required to optimize many on-farm decisions has moved beyond human capacity, which is quite the statement. Even the smartest farmer can only "scale-up" their thinking to a certain extent when they're handling large acres. At some point, that farmer will have to make so many complex and nuanced decisions that other tools will... Read More
Yield maps aren't the only data points to collect and analyze. Farms generate all sorts of information that could be useful in determining profit, wasted time or resources, or identifying opportunity. The trouble is, some farms are either generating data with no clear means of using it, or are missing out on capturing simple data... Read More
Everywhere you turn in the past five months, people have been having conversations about how life is different during the pandemic, but dare I say, it hasn't changed a whole lot, when it comes to many farmers' schedules. For now. With some notable exceptions for those with school-aged children, hogs or cattle that can't be... Read More
Hi, my name is Kara, and my go-to conversation topic, if it's not agriculture, is music. I live and breathe music. I believe it's something that can bring people together in ways that other things simply can't. Recently, I took to Twitter asking our readers and listeners to send me their favourite tunes as many... Read More
You can't pour from an empty cup. Put another way, if you can't take care of you, you can't take care of others, including livestock. The connection between farmers' own mental wellness and livestock care is a direct link; in many cases of animal welfare complaints, the root cause is a stressed and/or mentally ill... Read More
The Manitoba Crop Alliance (MCA) has announced it will be administering federal cash advance payments for Manitoba farmers, assuming a service that had been offered by the provincial corn growers association. The new multi-commodity group was formed as of August 1, 2020 following the amalgamation of five Manitoba commodity groups, including the Manitoba Corn Growers... Read More
Emotion, money, and legacy are three factors that can potentially contribute to a very bumpy farm business succession. A farm transition doesn't have to end badly, but too often farm families ignore best practices for a succession, based on the illusion that your farm is different from everyone else's. While every farm is unique in... Read More
Farming today is challenging on many levels, and that includes management of the entire farm. With the added complexities of volatile markets, increasing uncertainty, and the traditional risk of making a living off the weather, farmers and ranchers need to act as multi-talented CEOs on a daily basis. The challenge is that it is incredibly... Read More
Living with extended family can be hard enough; adding work, money, and legacy to the mix makes it nearly impossible. But it doesn't have to be this way, and Jolene Brown, farmer, speaker, and author, joins this RealAg LIVE! to talk about the trials and tribulations of farming with family. Brown is entertaining, real, and... Read More