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This third instalment of a series on succession planning offers a four-step plan for the retiring generation
As you will recall from parts one and two in this series, succession planning is often most successful if either the older generation or the younger generation takes ownership of developing options to get started. In part two we walked you through the analysis process from the viewpoint of the younger generation. In part three, […] Read moreSuccession planning is going to take time and dedication. Use this three-step plan to roll up your sleeves and get to work on your own operation
As you will recall, in part one in this series on succession Faith and her husband Juan Tafarm called us, frustrated with the lack of progress on the succession plan for their family farm business. We have seen the most success in business transition when one of the generations takes the bull by the horns […] Read moreWhen Canada’s top weed scientists gathered in Winnipeg for their annual meeting, glyphosate resistance was on their minds
Public and private sector weed scientists agree integrated weed management, rather than any magic-bullet chemistry, will be the way forward to maintain viable fields against herbicide-resistant weeds. Scientists from across Canada gathered in Winnipeg in November to discuss new research at the Canadian Weed Science Society’s 66th annual conference. Much of the research on the […] Read moreClubroot has been found in new areas. Whether it’s new to you or a perennial problem, learn how to keep it out of your fields
Clubroot has infected three new Alberta counties, and all the counties along Highway 16 to the Saskatchewan border now have clubroot. Farmers in counties with clubroot and areas bordering those counties, are on high alert, says an agronomist. “They should be really intensively looking for this to make sure they manage it before it gets […] Read more
