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The business of agriculture: Are you the CEO?

Farming demands both technical and financial skills; Canadian dairy producers excel in production but often lack financial knowledge, highlighting the need for better management training and adviser collaboration for success.

July 8, 2024

Chris Church

The average farm size in Canada is now 100 cows. Many companies of this size would have a team of executives to run the company – someone for finance, another for human resources and operations, and a chief executive officer (CEO) who oversees the whole operation.

Selling the cows? 4 things to avoid

Feeding a high-quality ration, maintaining consistent genetics, managing data and having a proper plan in place can add to your final paycheck.

August 23, 2023

Mandy Schmidt

Proactively strategize with your dairy’s key stakeholders to maximize cattle marketability in case the time comes to sell the cows.

Considerations to make before adding an enterprise on your operation

May 11, 2022

Kelli Boylen

Many producers have considered adding another enterprise to their operation – different livestock, value-added products, new crops, etc. But how can you know if this new idea will work on your farm?

I’m on the (barbed-wire) fence and I want to get off

July 13, 2020

Kevin Bernhardt

Indecision may be due to not seeing a path forward, seeing multiple paths but struggling to choose one or being paralyzed by how to even start the decision-making process.

Stand strong and resolute as a guardian of your equity

May 28, 2020

Kevin Bernhardt

Guardians of the Galaxy was a fun superhero movie in which a group of unlikely characters were thrust into the impossible task of guarding the galaxy against certain doom. While Drax the Destroyer, Groot and Rocket Raccoon are not dairy farmers, dairy farmers too have faced their own supervillains in the form of an extended period of low prices and now COVID-19.

To be or not to be – an investor?

April 17, 2020

Kevin Bernhardt

Shakespeare is probably not often quoted in Progressive Dairy, but with a focus of this issue being facilities, it seems appropriate.

If you don’t measure profitability, you’re in danger of losing it

June 24, 2014

Jim M. McGrann

It’s common for food-service providers and retailers to communicate they are committed to sourcing food from sustainable beef production systems. Most sustainability definitions note the necessity of an economic or financial component.

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The business of agriculture: Are you the CEO?

Selling the cows? 4 things to avoid

Considerations to make before adding an enterprise on your operation

I’m on the (barbed-wire) fence and I want to get off

Stand strong and resolute as a guardian of your equity

To be or not to be – an investor?

If you don’t measure profitability, you’re in danger of losing it

Milk production slightly higher than year ago for third consecutive month

Tales of a Hay Hauler: The gift of understanding

Retired Vermont dairy farmer writes children’s Christmas book

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