MANAGEMENT

Data is everywhere in today’s modern dairy industry – from milk meters to robotic milking systems, automatic calf feeders to activity monitors, all giving us more data than we know how to handle.

“That which is measured improves. That which is measured and reported improves exponentially.”
—Karl Pearson

Monitoring numbers is nothing new for most dairy farmers. Many have had key performance indicators (KPIs) in place for years.

May 3-9 is the Canadian Mental Health Association’s (CMHA) 70th annual Mental Health Week. This year’s theme is a continuation of last year’s #GetReal campaign, which encourages Canadians to understand their feelings and to name it, not numb it.

I’ve pulled a few books off my library shelves to encourage you to start having more open money conversations. Here are several great titles:

Canada’s farmland market remained strong and stable during a year marked by economic turbulence caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the latest Farm Credit Canada (FCC) Farmland Values Report.

The recent case of Buttergate that trended on Twitter in Canada and received global media attention speaks to the power of social media.