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VIDEO: Never split the difference when negotiating
Comment/Columns, Depth of Field

VIDEO: Never split the difference when negotiating

Depth of Field with Kelly Sidoryk

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Undoubtedly, when navigating through succession/transition planning or simply working in a family business, there will be times when we need to have tough conversations. What could be more difficult than the conversations had by a top-level FBI hostage negotiator? Chris Voss is such a person and spent over 20 years in that capacity. Now with […] Read more
VIDEO: Failing well on the farm
Comment/Columns, Depth of Field

VIDEO: Failing well on the farm

Depth of Field with Kelly Sidoryk

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Is there such a thing as failing well? Dr. Amy Edmondson of the Harvard Business School thinks so and explores the subject in her latest book, The Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well. Consider times in the past when you have experienced failure. Were some of them done poorly and some done […] Read more
Andrea Borodenko and Antoine Casimir have acquired Quebec’s Production Lareault.(CNW Group/Production Lareault)
Crops, Fruit/Vegetables

Major strawberry plant producer changes hands

New owners get funding to buy Lareault business

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The Quebec company billed as Canada’s largest producer of strawberry plants has picked up new ownership after nearly 70 years. Production Lareault, based on just over 450 acres at Lavaltrie, Que. — about 40 km northeast of Montreal, in the province’s Lanaudiere region — has been acquired by investors Antoine Casimir and Andrea Borodenko for […] Read more
Ari Westhaver of the NFU demonstrating on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Nov. 22, 2023. (Jonah Grignon photo)
General, Markets

NFU takes demand for ban on investor ownership to Parliament Hill

Organization's youth caucus concerned amid ‘transition crisis’

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Members of the National Farmers Union (NFU) gathered on Parliament Hill Wednesday to demand a ban on investor ownership of farmland. The demonstration was organized by the NFU Youth Caucus and Farm Workers’ Working Group. The goal was to demand protection of food sovereignty and help farmers, especially young ones, gain more access to farmland. […] Read more
Brenna Mahoney, general manager of Keystone Agriculture Producers, speaks during a panel discussion at the Agriculture Enlightened conference in Winnipeg on Oct. 26. (Geralyn Wichers photo)
General, Machinery, Markets

Think outside the agriculture box for labour, ag and tech leaders say

Agriculture in the Classroom is reaching non-farming students with inspiration for ag jobs, panelists say

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Ag and tech leaders encouraged employers to think outside the agricultural box when looking to hire workers in order to expand the labour pool.  “I’m one of the lucky ones,” said Brenna Mahoney, general manager of Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP).  Mahoney entered the industry with no agriculture experience. She had training in human resources and […] Read more
(Video screengrab from University of Guelph/OAC video via YouTube)
Crops

OAC to offer new master’s program in plant agriculture

New program would run alongside research-based degrees

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Ontario Agricultural College is seeking approvals to offer a new master’s degree in plant agriculture, which would designate plant science professionals operating at a grad-school level but not on the traditional research-based path. OAC said Wednesday its proposed new “master of plant agriculture” (MPAg) program would allow recent graduates and professionals to “quickly upgrade education […] Read more
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Comment/Columns, Depth of Field

VIDEO: Positive psychology

Depth of File with Kelly Sidoryk

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The other day when trying to determine price insurance coverage for grass yearlings, we received a text from our buyer: “This is not for the faint of heart.” This caused me to reflect on non-ag businesses who, from my perspective, do not seem to have to deal with so many variables beyond their control. However, […] Read more
University of Saskatchewan student and longtime 4-Her Kadence Johnson has discovered the Next Step Club, a 4-H club for post-secondary students wishing to learn adult skills. (Alberta Farmer photos by Jeff Melchior)
General, Machinery

At Ag in Motion: 4-H’ers get bigger-picture view of ag industry

Saskatchewan teens have fun at leading ag show

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Whether they were there to learn about leadership, careers in agriculture or just hang out with friends, some happy young people from Saskatchewan 4-H came out in force to Ag in Motion on Wednesday. Shelby Longworth, the provincial programs manager for 4-H Saskatchewan, said the group of older teens wanted to attend for a diverse […] Read more

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