As land values soar and tax bills loom, Canadian farm families face a pivotal question: are they leaving a legacy — or a liability when it comes to the farm business continuing? In this second interview with RealAg's Shaun Haney, Derryn Shrosbree, CEO and founder of 33seven, outlines the urgency and opportunity in continuity planning... Read More
Category: Farm Management
In this Episode 28 of The Truth About Ag, co-hosts Evan Shout and Kristjan Hebert sit down with their first repeat guest, Dean Klippenstine, partner and business Advisor with MNP’s Agriculture team, for a wide-ranging and candid conversation about the financial realities shaping Canadian agriculture today. Hear how national economic trends are influencing farm-level decisions,... Read More
For 75 years, Nuffield Canada has awarded international travel scholarships to curious and open-minded individuals in agriculture, empowering them to explore innovations, policies, and practices around the world and bring transformative ideas back to Canada. The organization annually awards a handful of chosen applicants with $20,000 bursaries in order to bring new perspectives and ideas... Read More
Farm transition and succession planning are two of the most avoided yet critical discussions for family farms. In this candid and solution-focused episode of the Mind Your Farm Business podcast, host Shaun Haney welcomes back renowned farm family coach and author Elaine Froese to break down the roots of procrastination and explore how to move... Read More
Veterinarian Dr. Shari van de Pol and her team at Cattleytics are redefining how AI is used in dairy production. No, van de Pol doesn't have any plans to reconceive artificial insemination, but her agricultural technology firm is tapping into the power of artificial intelligence to enhance the dairy management services it delivers to dairy... Read More
Planning without numbers is like flying blind, and farm transition planning is no different. Before going too far in the farm succession or continuation process, it's critical to understand the value of the farm asset as that figure sets the stage for the rest of the process. According to Derryn Shrosbree, CEO of 33seven Continuity... Read More
In this episode of The Truth About Ag, Evan Shout and Kristjan Hebert sit down with Kent Fraser, vice president at Stratus Ag Research, to unpack the results of a collaborative survey between the Hebert Group and Stratus. What are 417 farmers—each with operations generating over $1 million in revenue—thinking as they head into the... Read More
In this 26th episode of The Truth About Ag, Evan Shout sits down with Shaun Haney, founder of RealAgriculture, to talk about the journey that took him from small-town Alberta to becoming one of the most trusted voices in Canadian ag media. Shaun opens up about his early days growing up in Picture Butte, how... Read More
It's a long way from official, but a pre-election promise to boost AgriStability payout limits and speed-up payments could go forward to help farmers deal with tariff impacts. AJ Gill, national leader of ag risk management resources for MNP, says that it is definitely possible the increased cap and larger interim payment for the 2025... Read More
"It's literally costing me money now to seed canola... $200,000 that...[we] lost off of our canola, just like that, just due to the tariffs." This is the message that Christi Friesen of Rebellion Farms based out of Brownvale, Alta., wanted to get across to Premiere Danielle Smith in a recent post on X (see below).... Read More