AgriSuccess Archives
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- Managing Risk and Growth
- Know your financing options
- Does fair mean equal?
- Weighing the cost of equipment
- Your money - Benchmark for profitability
- Young Farmer Profile – Managing risk and growth
- Ask an expert - Change is opportunity
- Game Changers – Zero doesn’t live here anymore
- Planning to succeed - Do you have plans?
- Safety on the farm – When lightning strikes
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- Should you own the land you farm?
- Revisit green energy on the farm
- Your money - Minimize taxes with a succession plan
- Young farmer profile - Family work ethic brings this young farmer home
- Ask an expert - Discover the power of curiosity
- Game Changers– Going big
- Planning to succeed - Efficiency be ready for anything
- Safety on the farm - Lessons from the construction and mining
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- Get more profit from what you have
- Married, with business interests
- Adapting to climate
- Your money - Know your tax deadlines
- Young farmer profile - Potato farm thrives under partnership umbrella
- Ask an expert - Land rental contracts
- Game Changers – Natural gas shakes up the energy market
- Planning to succeed – It pays to get away
- Safety on the farm – Fitness: a business bonus for producers
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- Understand the contracts you sign
- Foreign workers benefit Canadian farms
- Invest thought in farmyard renos
- Your money – Right-size your farm insurance
- Young farmer profile – Keep busy, keep happy
- Ask an expert - Gen. Rick Hillier: Deconstructing leadership
- Game Changers - Emerging opportunity from high-value cellulose
- Planning to succeed - World markets effect local change
- Safety on the farm - Make safety resolutions
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- Canada’s pork sector flirts with a comeback
- Good ideas incubate in low-risk plots
- The big picture - Consider the happiness factor
- Your money - Timing your fertilizer purchases
- Young farmer profile - Couple rejuvenate family dairy farm
- Ask an expert – Mapping the wheat genome
- Planning to succeed - Open your business to online opportunity
- Safety on the farm - Know your limits
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- Booming back to life
- Upselling Canada’s cultural mosaic
- Farm labour trends to full-time work
- The big picture - What’s that machine costing you?
- Your money - Consider forward contracts
- Young farmer profile - Succession plan spurs farm growth
- Ask an expert – Global views with a Canadian focus
- Planning to succeed - Farm succession: what’s in your will?
- Safety on the farm - Beware the big beasts
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- From Agritechnica to the world
- Lean manufacturing offers a competitive edge
- Marketing changes for Prairie wheat and barley
- The big picture - Sustainability gains market importance
- Your money - Margin management tools
- Young farmer profile - Custom-feed contracts strengthen JRD Farms
- Ask an expert – Business advice from the Lentil Processing King
- Planning to succeed - When farm kids leave home
- Safety on the farm - Heads up on public roadways
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- Hindsight is 20/20
- Farmland values rising
- Dairy quota: a useful management tool
- The big picture - Thoughtful choices have intrinsic value
- Your money - What to do when the good times roll
- Young farmer profile - Division of duties helps this family operation
- Ask an expert - Investment approaches for producers
- Planning to succeed - Make off-farm investing part of your plan
- Safety on the farm - Safety investments pay biggest dividends
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- Give them space to grow
- Soft issues are key to successful farm transfers
- From the editor
- The big picture - Marry later, marry less: family dynamics are changing
- Your money - Plan early for intergenerational transfers
- Young farmer profile - Establishing a new farming identity
- Ask an expert - How to combine family and business
- Planning to succeed - Family matters when it comes to farm succession
- Safety on the farm - Put extra thought into safety measures for young and old
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- Growing profits in a shrinking world
- Expect to hear more from non-traditional sources
- The changing face of farm leasing
- From the editor
- The big picture - U.S. debt affects Canadian agriculture
- Your money - Considering cross-border shopping?
- Young farmer profile - Working with the land and community
- Ask an expert - Becoming accustomed to a high dollar
- Planning to succeed - Farm succession should be about business
- Safety on the farm - Safety awareness rising on American farms
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- Sensible borrowing
- How do you view debt?
- Don’t fear the lender
- From the editor
- The big picture - What’s your interest rate strategy?
- Your money
- Young farmer profile - The Hills build a dream
- Ask an expert - Debt and employee relations
- Planning to succeed - Wise words on borrowing
- Safety on the farm - Respirators offer crucial protection
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- The rise of the supermarket empire
- Growing nanotechnology
- Traceability: Quebec aims for farm-to-table
- Performance reporting from farm to feed lot (and beyond)
- From the editor
- The big picture - Food safety protocols tighten
- Your money - Develop value chains, not supply chains
- Young farmer profile - Go east, young man
- Ask an expert - Consumers demand sustainability
- Planning to succeed - In search of the technology sweet spot
- Safety on the farm - Cultivating peace of mind
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- Wireless technologies open new frontiers for farmers
- Take the smart approach to mobile
- Explore Twitter and Facebook for business
- There’s an app for that
- The big picture - Spanning the wireless divide
- Your money - Make your cab your mobile office
- Young farmer profile - Supplying the Asian niche market
- Ask an expert - Wireless wins fans in agri-food
- Planning to succeed - Reconcile to our wonderful wireless world
- Safety on the farm - Going wireless doesn’t mean cutting ties to safety
- From FCC - Canadian farmland values continue to rise
- Getting started in social media
- VIDEO: Get the Most out of Your Smartphone
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- Success strategies for smaller farms
- Managing to stay Moderate
- The big picture - Is farm size really what you think?
- Your money - Full-time, part-time or hobby farmer?
- Young farmer profile - Little big farm
- Ask an expert - Bigger isn’t always better, financially
- Planning to succeed - Small-farm entrepreneurs create success
- Safety on the farm - Small farms can have big safety issues
- From FCC - Optimism hits four-year high
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- Develop a learning strategy
- Seeds of knowledge pay dividends
- The big picture - Seek the advice of eagles
- Your money - Education is rewarding, but what does it cost?
- Young farmer profile - Entrepreneurs find the spirit in cider
- Ask an expert - Commodity Marketing 101: How much knowledge is enough?
- Planning to succeed - The time to learn is now – and always
- Safety on the farm - Plan for safety like you do production
- From FCC - FCCDrive Away Hunger
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- Doing more with less
- Plan for the future
- The big picture - Canadian agriculture defies predictions
- Your Money
- Young farmer profile
- Ask an expert
- Planning to succeed
- Safety on the farm
- Canadian farmland values continue to rise
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- Human or Machine?
- Hiring steps are simple but often ignored.
- Focus on culture, not just agriculture, to recruit and retain workers.
- The big picture - Consider the advantages of outside employees
- Your Money
- Young farmer profile
- Ask an expert
- Planning to succeed
- Safety on the farm
- How do you feed 300,000 kids every month?
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- SHARE: Getting back to farming’s soul
- Fresh ideas from an annual bus tour
- Expand your horizons
- Learning close to home
- The big picture - Don’t just go along for the ride
- Your money
- Young farmer profile - The people make the business
- Ask an expert - Getting value from your travel
- Planning to succeed - Send your staff
- Safety on the farm - First aid on the farm
- From FCC
- Tradeshow list
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- Where is China in your farming future?
- Using – and saving – energy in agriculture
- The big picture - Recognizing all the game changers
- Your money - Expert says expect modest, but steady fuel price increases
- Young farmer profile - New Brunswick producer goes big in blueberries
- Ask an expert - The crystal ball
- Safety on the farm - Farming with a disability
- Planning to succeed - Are you ready for the unpredictable?
- From FCC
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- Outsource or do it yourself?
- Clear the roadblocks to efficiency
- The big picture - All work and no play can lead to inefficient work habits.
- Your money - Full-time or part-time farming?
- Young farmer profile - Your farm is stronger with a supportive spouse.
- Ask an expert - Good management improves farm efficiency.
- Planning to succeed - Farm transfers: Have your cake and eat it too.
- Safety on the farm - Rollover protective structures can save your life.
- From FCC
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- How two families tackle business decisions
- Understanding farm family dynamics
- Making room for the next generation
- The big picture - Communication can make or break family farms
- Your money - Even in agriculture, lawyers recommend a pre-nup
- Young farmer profile - Sundgaard family plans for future generations
- Ask an expert - The human challenges of farming with family
- Planning to succeed - Can you teach an old dog new tricks?
- Safety on the farm - Speak up about unsafe situations
- Tupling Farms, a successful family-run potato operation in southwestern Ontario
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- Learning from experience - Farming with a growth plan
- Learning from experience - Rainbow Farms grows with the blueberry industry
- Learning from experience - Mucci becomes an industry leader in his adopted country
- Farmland values stand the test of time
- Your money – Fifty years of returns on farmland
- The big picture – Outside investors discover agriculture
- Young farmers – Younger Mucci runs ahead of the pack
- Ask an expert – Focus on business with better organization
- Pick the top advancements in agriculture
- Planning to succeed – How far ahead can you plan?
- The cutting edge – Predicting the next 50 years
- Safety on the farm – Will you have a Certified Safe Farm?
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- Farm Technology distinguish toys from tools
- It’s not easy being green, but how about profitable?
- Your money – Is new technology worth the cost?
- The big picture – Taking GPS to the next level
- Young farmers – New generation, new ideas
- Ask an expert – Producers find opportunity online
- Planning to succeed – Open your world with communications technology
- Safety on the farm – Manage fatigue
- The cutting edge – New animal technologies waiting in the wings
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- Opportunity amid economic turmoil
- Making sense of the financial malaise
- Your money - Should you choose a fixed or a variable interest rate?
- The big picture - Interpreting your financial numbers
- Young farmers - Finding success through adaptation
- Ask an expert - Investing off the farm
- Planning to succeed - Managing risk in an uncertain economic environment
- Safety on the farm - Safety is first at Saanichton Farm
- The cutting edge - Recession? Don’t tell the cellulosic ethanol crowd
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- The Road to succession – One destination, countless routes
- Young producers show their optimism
- Young farmers – Tobacco grower goes green (onions, that is)
- Your money – Even young farmers need a current will
- The big picture – Where are all the young farmers?
- Ask an expert – Dr. John Fast – Make family farm succession a priority
- Planning to succeed – The rise and fall – and rise again – of your farm business empire
- The cutting edge – Technology: one more way to boost the allure of farming
- Safety on the farm – Young farmers talk safety
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- What producers want in professionals
- Mixing tradition with innovation
- Ask an Expert
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- The Wealthy Barber speaks to producers
- The big picture - Commit your goals to paper
- Young farmers - Leaving home may be your best education
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- Young farmers - From employee to owner
- Cash windfall? Think outside the barn
- Will cattle and hogs bounce back?
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- The big picture - Avoid the pitfalls in energy analysis
- How to cut your diesel fuel bill
- Some easy ways to save energy
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- Managing grain price risk
- Poultry producers manage their disease risk
- Keep functional foods in your forecast
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- Outside investment in primary agriculture
- Building retirement into your business plan
- Consider life insurance as an off-farm investment
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- Good marketing includes forward pricing
- Lease, buy, hire or custom
- Maintain farm animal health
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- Local food moving to the mainstream
- Piecing together the transportation puzzle
- Taking trucking out of farming will be tough
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- Dairy contrast: expand or specialize?
- Right size your farm
- Building on business planning strengths
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- Biofuel revolution
- Planning to succeed – Make sure selling local pays
- Connect with customers
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- Fish-friendly agriculture pays off
- Good stewardship of the land makes good business sense.
- Carbon offset trading is becoming a reality
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- Using technology to monitor your operation
- Plan your season with your own weather station
- Standardizing the organic label in Canada
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- Will high grain prices last?
- Word-of-mouth advertising works
- Identify safety risks on the farm
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- Biofuels buzz
- Get ready for the second generation
- Manage your risk
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- Learning to leverage human resources
- Keeping your employees
- Investing in people helps the farm
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- Producer-controlled leader in seed processing
- Chesslawn Vineyard and Winery
- Value doesn’t mean lowest price
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- Manure to electricity
- Turn your paperwork into a plan
- Burning wheat has more value than putting it in bread
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- Risk management in commodities
- Open up - it won't hurt
- Egg marketing success
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- The Trait Race
- Agri-food research: no frills here
- Biological seed treatment derived from quinoa
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- Farmland: buy or rent
- Measuring cow burps
- Promoting staple foods
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- Workforce from abroad
- Drought-fighting plants
- Ice cider success
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- Growing IP grains for profit
- Premium beef markets
- Bio-pharming
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- Advisers return big dividends
- Is incorporation for you?
- Incorporation and succession planning
- Be SMART and keep your best
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