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It’s not unreasonable for parents who’ve spent decades building an operation to hope that a successor is committed for the long haul.

How to talk about ‘fair family price’ for land, other assets

Seeds of Encouragement: A family farm transfer likely involves some gifting, given the market values for farmland

By Elaine Froese, Glenn Dogterom November 7, 2024

Elaine writes: “Fair family price” versus “fair market value price” (or FFP vs. FMV) is often a tense conversation between a farm’s founders, needing to sell assets for their personal income stream, and a buyer, often the cash-strapped successor on the farm. To offer readers some wisdom on this conversation I asked our coaching teammate […] Read more

A selection of Proven Seed corn varieties — including PV 60474RIB, due out for the 2025 growing season, at right — at Nutrien Ag Solutions' plot at Ag in Motion in July.

Corn, Corn Production Guide, Guides

Select the right corn hybrids for your fields

Consider a hybrid that has the most genetic potential to meet yield goals while managing production stressors

By Jeanine Moyer October 25, 2024

Glacier FarmMedia — Corn seed is arguably one of a farmer’s greatest input investments each year, making the selection of the right hybrid mix an increasingly important task. “The most yield potential a crop has is when the seed goes into the ground,” says Paul Sullivan, CCA with Sullivan Agro Inc. “After that, stresses like […] Read more

TAP program participants at a recent event at Enderlin, N.D., west of Fargo, check out a Montag fertilizer application unit, designed for use in reduced-tillage and cover cropping systems.

Crops

Soil health training served on TAP for Prairie agronomists

North Dakota's Trusted Advisor Partnership (TAP) program coming north to Manitoba, Saskatchewan

By Jim Timlick October 22, 2024

A program designed to provide agronomists with practical soil health knowledge — and a peer sharing network on the subject — will soon be establishing roots in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The Canadian Prairies Trusted Advisor Partnership (TAP) plans to launch its first cohort of about 15 agronomists in January 2025. It will serve as a […] Read more

Ask, don’t assume, what level of involvement each person would like to have in the farm’s decision-making process.

Columns, Farm Life

Build a simple, effective farm framework for decision-making

Seeds of Encouragement: Ask the right questions now to establish a governance model that works for your farm family

By Elaine Froese October 21, 2024

If you listen to enough ag podcasts, you’ll soon conclude that the success of a farm family business comes from people having the power to flourish and make good decisions. Courtney Pullen’s book Intentional Wealth: How Families Build Legacies of Stewardship and Financial Health speaks to effective family systems. Strong families that know their values […] Read more

When stock water levels drop, a solar water system can help extend the quantity and preserve quality in the remaining water.

Cattleman’s Corner, Columns

Prepare your ranch and business plan for bouts with drought

A Little Bit Western: There are ways to extend feed and water — but do so with caution and monitoring

By Tara Mulhern Davidson October 17, 2024

In late summer I was invited to the Canadian Beef Industry Conference in Saskatoon to share my perspective on navigating drought. I would prefer covering a more cheerful topic, but as a fourth-generation Palliser Triangle dweller who resides on a ranch abandoned not once but twice by its former occupants, I’ll admit I’ve got experience […] Read more

Crops, Equipment, Machinery

CNH’s app, web portal upgrades based on farmer input

FieldOps replaces previous Case IH, New Holland brand-specific telematics

By Scott Garvey October 14, 2024

As many farms’ management practices go digital, growers increasingly ask for machine telematics and agronomic field data to be combined into one online interface — and it should be intuitive, streamlined, and maybe most importantly, fully mobile, according to Jacob Maurer, global product manager for CNH. When the company decided to redesign its web portal […] Read more

Columns, Editor's column

Editor’s Rant: The message of the medium

By Dave Bedard October 9, 2024

I’ve certainly lived in enough places where the FM options on your car radio all fade away before arrival. So even if it’s not my first choice in the car or anywhere, if you’re worried about the potential disappearance of AM radio service, you won’t need to work hard to convince me. My own personal […] Read more

Cattleman’s Corner, Columns, Livestock

There are now many veterinary clinic models

Animal Health: Veterinarians have specialized and also offer more telemedicine

By Roy Lewis October 8, 2024

In rural Western Canada, the veterinary clinic was traditionally a mixed-animal practice, with everyone being a jack of all trades and emergency work in all species. But cattle were the bread and butter. We have all heard of the shortage of veterinarians for both small and large animals, but there has also been a big […] Read more

Ryan Ruchkall uses a drone to collect field data on kochia and wild oat at EMILI’s Innovation Farms. EMILI is working with Geco Engineering to assess the performance of Geco’s weed mapping technology for predicting weed locations and detecting emerging herbicide resistance.

Crops, Features

Integrated weed management faces new future

Intercropping, predictive weed control could redraw battle lines in the fight against herbicide-resistant weeds

By Don Norman September 26, 2024

Glacier FarmMedia — Herbicide resistance in weeds is rising and there are no new chemistries on the horizon, so farmers will need fresh approaches to integrated weed management strategies. “I think the best management practice that someone could do for weed resistance is the one you’re not currently doing on your farm,” says Rory Cranston, […] Read more

Capacity to sit on this year’s crop waiting for a better price won’t be an option available to everyone.

Crops, News

Feeling the pinch

Uncertainty across commodity and input markets creates difficult choices for farmers

By Don Norman September 18, 2024

Farmers are facing a tight squeeze this fall. Commodity prices are low, and the lower input prices that they’re used to this time of year are not materializing. Keystone Agricultural Producers president Jill Verwey says it’s a tough time for growers. “Being able to make a profit this year is going to be pretty slim,” […] Read more

Alberta crop conditions improve: report

U.S. grains: Corn sets contract lows on expectations for big US crop

U.S. livestock: Cattle strength continues

GFM Network News