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When negotiating, William Ury suggests building a bridge between the two parties.
Comment/Columns, Depth of Field

VIDEO: Getting to Yes

Depth of Field with Kelly Sidoryk

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There is much talk these days about polarization. Agriculture is no exception. Whether it be on production methods, product branding, breed preference, or “Beyond” meats, the list goes on. We seem to get entrenched in our position and have difficulty seeing another’s viewpoint. Concepts used in major negotiations apply to both small and large conflicts. […] Read more
‘We doubt these bureaucrats knew enough to comprehend this rule’s demands on agriculture. They certainly don’t understand weather and the cattle business.’ – Steve Dittmer.
Comment/Columns, Free Market Reflections

Dittmer: Woke and green turns ridiculous

Free Market Reflections with Steve Dittmer

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In the spring of 2021, we wrote columns for Agribusiness Freedom Foundation chronicling the activist left’s progress in cowing major U.S. corporations into “woke” philosophies, including those on animal welfare, green climate change theology, apologies for so-called racist pasts, offending gender identities and lots of irrelevant or downright obstructive actions, to corporations making money. With […] Read more
Mentoring the mentors
Comment/Columns, Forages

Mentoring the mentors

Opportunity awaits farmers who want to learn how to develop and plan an advanced grazing system

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I started farming on my own back in 1996. I was fresh out of college and had a huge passion for grazing. I was very lucky to have a lot of great mentors who were patient enough to put up with my never-ending questions. I was eager and I just could not get enough education […] Read more
Working with people who have different personality styles than your own can be like understanding a different language.
Comment/Columns, Depth of Field

VIDEO: What’s your true colour?

Depth of Field with Kelly Sidoryk

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Figuring out what makes others tick, as well as ourselves, is likely to be a lifelong pursuit. Logically, I know that others do not see things in the same way as I do. But in reality, that is a reoccurring lesson. In a recent workshop on personality styles, it occurred to me that what is […] Read more
Dittmer: Dodging government interference and processing facts
Comment/Columns, Free Market Reflections

Dittmer: Dodging government interference and processing facts

Free Market Reflections with Steve Dittmer

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Two bills, one that would insert federal government agencies into the cattle marketing business and one that would create a Special Investigators unit within USDA, have been voted out of committee in the U.S. Senate. Both bills were opposed by National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and many free-market-oriented cattle producers, especially those participating in branded, differentiated […] Read more
“We reach a point when realizing that it is no longer money that we may be short of, but time.”
Comment/Columns, Depth of Field

Relationships support transition planning

There are a number of questions you need to ask yourself when transitioning to the next stage

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Continuing with the succession planning or transitioning theme, along with a major milestone birthday, I can’t help but reflect from my senior generation position — even though I can hardly believe that is now my vantage point. In his book The Legacy Spectrum, Mark A. Weber stresses, as I have also done, that the process […] Read more
Politicians and bureaucrats talk about making the supply chain “resilient.” What they mean is, they want the industry to be able to continue no matter what happens. This could be accomplished, but it come at a huge cost.
Comment/Columns, Free Market Reflections

Dittmer: Congressional hearings reveal little and much

Free Market Reflections with Steve Dittmer

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With the Biden administration drowning in bad poll results from bad policies, this is a bad time to be in its crosshairs. Both the House and Senate held beef industry hearings in April. The Senate “examined” the Fischer-Grassley bill seeking to mandate regional minimums on negotiated cash trade. They also referenced another bill calling for […] Read more
The relationship between politics, crime and oligarchy is a tangled web.
Comment/Columns, Vet advice

Oligarchs debase EU agriculture

Vet Advice with Dr. Ron Clarke

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A new week started on the first day of spring 2018. The collection of cars and half tons in the parking lot at the local burger joint meant the “Circle of Wisdom” had already started their daily debate, enriched with weekend news stories and beginning stages of sports playoffs. The Circle is a cluster of […] Read more
Research shows that teams with a wide range of ages are more productive.
Comment/Columns, Depth of Field

Working between the generations

Life stage is important and not necessarily reflective of age

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If there is anything that reveals the chasm between the generations these days, I think it has got to be technology. When sharing the stories of acquiring the first cell phone (it was in a bag), I realized that was just before our middle daughter was born. In 1994. Sociologists studying human behaviour and interaction […] Read more

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