MANAGEMENT

For its 39th year, the Western Canadian Dairy Seminar (WCDS) continues to serve the industry by inviting domestic and international speakers to present on a range of topics relevant to today’s dairy industry.

It is always good to prepare for the future.

The past year has given many people an unusual amount of time to observe. With the phrase “COVID-19” securely planted in our everyday vocabulary for the foreseeable future, limited contact with others has allowed for more time to examine how things have been done and how they can be improved.

Subsistence farming, according to the Merriam Webster dictionary, is “a system of farming that produces a minimum and often inadequate return to the farmer.”

Many dairy farmers use their Facebook pages as a tool to share their practices with other farmers and consumers. However, choosing a voice and tone for your page can be difficult. It is important to stand out from the crowd but still get your point across.

Winter is a good time for reflection. The year 2020 gave us quite a bit to reflect on. As we think about the year and try to learn from it, resist the urge to look over the fence and be jealous of your neighbour who is doing “better than you.”

Every day, it seems, we hear about a new idea, concept, program or way of thinking that will dramatically improve our lives. Agriculture is a particular target of these new ideas and emerging technologies.