MANAGEMENT

Sometimes farm succession planning comes down to one question: Do you want the farm to continue to be a family farm or not?

In Ontario, the Ministry of Labour has announced it will conduct inspection blitzes on musculoskeletal disorders and respiratory hazards from Oct. 1 to Dec. 27. These blitzes will be across all industries.

Recently I worked with a family in Wisconsin who had a cost of production more than what they were getting paid. They were losing money.

There are two sides to the dairy industry right now, depending on which side of the border you are on. In Canada, the sector has positive momentum.

The past few years haven’t been a great time to talk about investing in new technology, but that shouldn’t mean technology takes a back seat. Many technologies dairies have already purchased go underutilized. 

BDO’s Maggie Van Camp, leader of agricultural development, sees the key foreboding issue for agriculture as farm succession. She asks, “Who is going to farm in future generations … and how the heck are we going to transfer the management and ownership of those farms?