MANAGEMENT

The cropping season is behind us for another year, and the meeting season officially kicked off for me the last week of November, first with a brief stop in Winnipeg, Manitoba, for Farm Management Canada’s Agriculture Excellence Conference, and then on to Vancouver for the British Columbia Dairy Industry Conference.

With an equal balance of men and women in the workplace, it’s important for men and women to learn to understand each other and work better together. Whether working on a farm, in a plant or in an office, gender differences are everywhere.

Can you download an app that will raise financially savvy kids? I would say, more than likely, no. In today’s educational system, many kids can’t or won’t take courses in banking, personal finance or budgeting.

Without a doubt, you’ve read a half-dozen or more articles in the past several months about managing a dairy operation during periods of low margins. I initially thought this would be another of those articles; however, I’ve changed my mind and decided to offer a different message.

Why should a 21st-century dairy farmer have to approach his business as if he’s still in the 20th century?

Agriculture remains the least-digitized industry, says the McKinsey Global Institute.

It was great delight to hear Meir Statman speak to at the Canadian Institute of Financial Planners 2018 national conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He talked about normal financial behaviours and why culture matters in how we transition our money to the next generation.