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The next generation of farmers and ranchers can build a place for themselves through the business structure by setting up roles and responsibilities.
Comment/Columns, Depth of Field

VIDEO: The agripreneur mindset

Depth of Field with Kelly Sidoryk

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en·tre·pre·neurnoun A person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater than normal financial risks to do so. As we often see and hear, the days of simply growing crops and raising livestock are gone. Of course, those two activities are anything but simple, but the point is we need to run […] Read more
It’s important to remember what your priorities are, including your relationships.
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Comment: Prioritizing fundamentals

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In 2021, right before American Thanksgiving, I boarded a plane for Houston, Texas, to spend four weeks with a loved one who was fighting cancer, and who had no family or friends in the area. She was not technically my sister, but she was like one, and so that’s how I’ll refer to her. There […] Read more
There are things producers can do to cope with a decline in their mental health while working on a succession plan, one thing in particular is starting a succession plan early and maintaining it through the years as the farm changes and children grow up.
Business Management, Features

Managing mental health during succession planning on the family farm

Succession planning is never easy, but understanding the pressure points and how to cope go a long way

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When Doreen Blumhagen was starting her family, the farm was where she wanted to be. Blumhagen and her husband, Shannon, own and operate their farm near Halkirk, Alta., where they have grown crops and raised cattle for over 30 years. The sprawling, flat prairie dotted with wind turbines and herds of cattle is where Blumhagen […] Read more
VIDEO: Rethinking mid-life transitions
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VIDEO: Rethinking mid-life transitions

Depth of Field with Kelly Sidoryk

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Chip Conley has a different perspective on retirement. If you live to be 90 and start working at age 18, when you reach age 54, you are halfway there, he says. Conley, a former hotelier and Air BnB employee, now runs the Modern Elder Academy. Conley cites societal changes that have occurred as our lifespan […] Read more
Canadian Cattlemen editor Lisa Guenther riding horseback in 2023.
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Comment: Don’t look down

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Years ago, I was starting a palomino mare that was smart, athletic and tended to express her displeasure by crow-hopping and bucking. Fortunately, she telegraphed her intention before she let loose, most of the time. But it made for some tense rides early in her career. I’ve made my share of mistakes with horses over […] Read more
Guilford family and friends at the National Western Hereford Show in Brandon, Man. last fall. L to R: Michael Latimer (Canadian Hereford Association) Diane and Don Guilford, their grandson, Josh, and his mother, Andrea Guilford, and Albert Rimke (Canadian Hereford Association director and friend).
Business Management

Lessons in cow economics learned in the field

Don Guilford shares what he’s learned about everything from marketing to breeding cattle from years in the business

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A career spent in the cattle industry, specifically that of purebred Herefords, led to a recent induction in the Canadian Hereford Honour Roll for Don and Diane Guilford of Clearwater, Man. The list of accolades and contributions the couple have made to the Hereford industry, the livestock industry, their local community and agriculture in general […] Read more
Young farmers and ranchers want formal succession plans, partly to give their children the chance to take over the operation.
Business Management, Features

Most farms lack a succession plan

While formal succession plans were rare for previous generations, the next generation of farmers and ranchers is pushing for them

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On the second floor of the Queensbury Convention Centre at Agribition, the Grain Expo takes place every year. Around the edge of the room, booths are set up, surrounding the tables attendees sit at. Everyone sits watching the panel of producers walking onto the brightly lit stage. Steve Sanden and his son, Josh Sanden, are […] Read more
It’s important for producers to have a support network when it comes to things like succession planning, says Elaine Froese.
Business Management

Succession support: Talking with peers helps producers in transition

Whether it’s a formal peer group or an informal network, producers in the middle of succession planning are connecting with each other

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For Andrea van Iterson, discussing succession planning with her peers from her time in the Canadian Cattle Young Leaders Program is like therapy. “It’s kind of like mental health. The more we have conversations about it, the less stigma there is about talking about it.” Van Iterson lives and ranches near Westwold, B.C., where her […] Read more

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