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

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

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

To counter negative perceptions about the beef industry, a team of research scientists at the Lethbridge Research and Development Centre launched a podcast in 2021 aimed at getting the science-based facts out.

Why you should tune in to ‘Cows on the Planet’

Podcast is intended to inform non-farmers about what’s real in beef production

The livestock industry faces many challenges, including bad press from environmental and animal rights groups that want people to think that raising food animals is unethical or damaging to the planet. Many controversies surround beef cattle production, and many arguments against raising cattle or eating beef are not based on science. To counter some of […] Read more



A new growing season brings a new start

Reporter's Notebook: For the start of a new growing season, Lisa Guenther has some listening recommendations

I started writing this column on the last day of March. The snow was rapidly receding, the water running, the rhubarb in my backyard emerging and my recently- transplanted tomato seedlings were leaning into the light. To me, spring feels more like the New Year than January 1. A while back I was visiting seed […] Read more


Between the Rows: Tech, teaching and tonnage

Between the Rows: Tech, teaching and tonnage

It’s no secret that technology companies have placing agriculture-related bets in recent years, but their total investment in startups is down from its 2015 peak. Has Silicon Valley cooled on agriculture or will it keep pushing at what some describe as tech’s “last frontier?” On this week’s episode of Glacier FarmMedia’s new podcast Between the […] Read more