Category: Farm Management

The National Farmers Union (NFU) held its annual convention in Moncton, New Brunswick, last month where delegates from across the country gathered, debating and adopting policy resolutions. Among the items that drew national attention this year was a proposal supporting the exploration of a guaranteed annual income for farmers. NFU vice president of policy Phil... Read More

In an era of relentless market volatility and policy ambiguity, many farm businesses are searching for certainty, but that may be the wrong goal altogether. Instead, the best way forward might be embracing uncertainty itself, says Dr. Trey Malone, agricultural economist at Purdue University. In this episode of the Mind Your Farm Business podcast, Malone... Read More

The 2025 federal budget announced several updates to AgriStability, aiming to strengthen Canada’s primary business risk management program for agricultural producers. The budget allocates $109.2 million for 2025–26 to support the federal-provincial-territorial cost-shared program, which provides financial assistance when a farm’s margins fall sharply due to factors beyond a producer’s control. Starting in 2025, AgriStability’s... Read More

In this episode of Unlocking Innovation: A National Call to Action, the spotlight turns to one of the most persistent themes raised during the BioEnterprise-hosted national roundtables: Canada’s regulatory system, and the growing concern that its slow, complex processes are holding back agri-food innovation. For this episode of the podcast series, host Shaun Haney is... Read More

A new environmental assessment of chicken production in Canada shows the country's farmers continue to reduce their carbon footprint. Chicken Farmers of Canada has released the results of its latest lifecycle assessment, confirming that producers have made measurable improvements in reducing their environmental footprint over the past seven years. The assessment, conducted by Groupe AGÉCO,... Read More

By Daryl Fransoo “There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long-range risks of comfortable inaction.” — John F. Kennedy There is a quiet crisis in Canadian agriculture. It doesn’t make headlines or trigger emergency meetings, but it is real. Across too much of our industry, initiative has been... Read More

Ontario Corn Fed Beef is among the first Canadian partners stepping into the Million Acre Challenge, a regenerative agriculture initiative kicked off with $7 million through the Canadian Alliance for Net-Zero Ag (CANZA). The program was highlighted during the GLOBE Food Leadership Summit, where RealAgriculture spoke with Ontario Corn Fed Beef’s John Baker about why... Read More

Thanks for tuning in to the Mind Your Farm Business podcast! In this episode, host Shaun Haney is joined by Ursina Studhalter, chartered professional accountant, author of Farming Frontiers substack, and sheep farmer, for a practical conversation on the not-so-glamorous — but absolutely essential — task of farm bookkeeping. From managing receipts to choosing accounting... Read More

With an increasing number of new entrants to agriculture coming from non-farming backgrounds, the question of how to connect and train the next generation of producers is top of mind for many in the industry. At the GLOBE Food Leadership Summit in Calgary, Alta., Alex Pulwicki, Alberta program manager with Young Agrarians spoke with RealAgriculture’s... Read More

In this episode of the Truth About Ag, John Heimbecker, CEO of Parrish & Heimbecker, joins Kristjan Hebert and Evan Shout to share what four decades in Canadian agriculture have taught him about leadership, diversification, and long-term thinking. From his start in a Toronto trading office to leading one of the country’s largest family-owned agribusinesses,... Read More