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If the emotional factors in your farm dynamic are keeping you stuck, now is the time to grab the bull by the horns and say, “Enough!”
Farm Life

Froese: Too much farm drama?

Here are some tools to help you get better at fixing farm fights

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As this is Heart Month (February is a time to bring attention to the importance of cardiovascular health), I hope this finds you living a wholehearted life on your farm, not living with a broken heart. The deep emotions we carry as “stoic or stubborn” farmers need to come to the surface and let healing […] Read more
It can be an interesting journey to graciously let go of control and mentor the next manager of your farm business.
Columns, Farm Life

Froese: Reduce friction on the farm

Seeds of Encouragement: Transitioning to the next generation may be difficult at times. Here are some tips to help farm founders and their successors with the process

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Recently, I participated in an AgvisorPro webinar looking at the risk factors in farm transition. Dean Klippenstine, a partner and agriculture business advisor with the accounting firm MNP in Regina, Sask., was another one of the speakers, and something he said really hit me: “I’d rather have really good management than lots of old money […] Read more
Strong families celebrate. Think about how great you are going to feel when you embrace the power of target dates and timelines.
Columns, Farm Life

Froese: The power of target dates

Seeds of Encouragement: Setting timelines for action can be key in planning your farm’s future

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There’s nothing scarier for farm families who are trying to gain control over their lives than to have no clue about what the future holds. As a coach I call this “the pain of not knowing.” Time has a way of slipping quickly by, something like the toilet paper roll that spins faster as it […] Read more
Choosing not to talk or giving your family the silent treatment is a decision with painful consequences, as you don’t have input in the wealth transfer decision process.
Columns, Farm Life

Froese: Reduce family friction

How to get your non-farm siblings on board with your farm vision

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Are your aunts and uncles still talking to your farm parents? Do you have a broken branch of your family tree that has been severed forever due to estrangement? Would you like to have a healing story for your farm family transition with no drama? “The Farmland Dilemma: Help! The Siblings Who Don’t Farm are […] Read more
If you want to build trust, you need to show care for the values of others, show up with competence and do your job well.
Farm Life, FarmLife

Froese: Stop the micromanaging

Farm founders can have a hard time letting the next generation take charge. Here are some tips that can help

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Men and women who are farm founders must eventually let go of being the ultimate decision makers as they mentor the next generation to be the main farm managers. This is not an easy dance. They need to learn to let go of being in control of every part, however small the enterprise or activity […] Read more
Do you understand you have the power to put good feelings into the folks on your farm? When you are blind to the power you have to choose emotional health, you might be ignorant of how your lack of emotional agility is causing stress to others.
Farm Life

Your farm’s emotional tank needs checking

Follow these tips for a conflict-free harvest

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As a farm partner, I absolutely love this time of year. Harvest is the reward we work hard towards all year long. However, it can also be a time of blow-ups, which many farm families find hard to manage. So, here’s a refresher on what you need to check besides greasing your combines. The culture […] Read more
Froese: How to write a will with joy
Farm Life, FarmLife

Froese: How to write a will with joy

Even the best-laid-out transition plans are derailed when new documents are not signed

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I want you to read this column and act. I recently did a virtual presentation with 120 farmers and many of them did not have wills in place. Stop procrastination now! I’ve encountered folks who are all dealing with different kinds of loss. One a husband whose wife is suffering from a stroke. One a […] Read more
The debt of the parents needs to be settled before the next generation can start charting their debt servicing and equity purchases as they learn how to manage and start to gain ownership in equipment, shares, land, or other farm assets.
Farm Life, FarmLife

Froese: Help! My parents have loads of debt we don’t want!

If your attitudes towards debt are very different from your parents, do you really want to be business partners with them?

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Every front door looks beautiful” is one of my favourite Irish sayings. It came to mind in Deadwood, South Dakota, the Black Hills where I was listening to the woes of a young ranch couple. They have a strong desire to ranch as “debt free” as possible, but her parents, the owners are stuck on […] Read more
Navigate new language and approaches for positive conflict behaviour. Change your attitudes about conflict being something to be avoided.
Farm Life, FarmLife

Froese: Stop the in-law rant, change your behaviour

Farm family dynamics have to be different and we need to see solutions

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An American farm woman who moved from Florida to become part of a family farm in the cornfields of Iowa called me one day to say, “Elaine I am tired of all the ranting on social media about problems with in-laws. Something needs to shift, and we need to see solutions.” Go to iowafarmerswife.com/events to […] Read more

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