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Numbers Toolkit highlight 🛠 : Farm Life contributed their Succession Readiness Checklist to help farm families explore the many areas of the business that must be considered as you start your succession planning journey. Download the checklist and more financial worksheets, guides, audio and additional checklists at https://lnkd.in/gzBAmV25 #cdnag #farmfinance #farmsuccession #farmmanagement #yourfarmyourconversation

Numbers Toolkit highlight: Craig Macfie CPA, PAg , founder and CEO of Spring CFO, contributed his Building Blocks of Farm Finance checklist so that you can easily identify areas of your #farmbusiness that need a bit of financial fine-tuning. Download the checklist and more financial worksheets, guides, audio and checklists at https://lnkd.in/gzBAmV25 #cdnag #farmmanagement #farmfinances #farmbusinessgrowth

Who should be permitted to see your farm business numbers and when? It's a question that's becoming increasingly common as more family and non-family members join growing farm businesses. Country Guide contributor Jeanine Moyer asked advisors Stuart Person, CPA CA , Karla Rahn and Michael Menzi for their advice on how to determine where a person fits in the "need to know" funnel and how much information should be shared with them. #cdnag #farmmanagement #farmfinances #yourfarmyourconversation

As the many pressures on the agriculture industry and its individual businesses mount, Canadian growers and producers are expected to do more at every turn. An important part of many on-farm business growth discussions these days likely involves the questions "Is more debt essential for farm success?" "How much debt is too much debt?" "What about 'good' versus 'bad' debt? What's the difference - and which is better?" Country Guide spoke with two financial consultants, Mark Bratrud and Kim Gerencser , to get insight that could help us answer the biggest question of all: To debt or not to debt? #CdnAg #farmmanagement #farmfinances #YourFarmYourConversation

When it comes to selling a business, it’s the combination of numbers and narrative that offers the best path to determine its value. #CountryGuide associate editor, April Stewart , spoke with Lisa Courtney Lloyd of Market Maker Agriculture about how to build and generate the total value of your farm and/or agribusiness. (Hint: it’s never only about the numbers.) #agribusiness #agribiz #CdnAg #agritourism #agrichemical

I'm trying to write a piece for Country Guide about adaptive management, but maybe I was a bit ambitious with this topic. 😉 The adaptive management framework was originally (and most often) used for natural resources management, but has made its way into other business sectors. I'm looking for a #CdnAg farm or #agribusiness using this approach as per the definition below (particularly "emphasizes the need to change with the environment" and "Businesses pursuing sustainability strategies would employ an adaptive management framework to ensure that the organization is prepared for the unexpected and geared for change") Do you know of any farms using this approach to either become more sustainable and/or to meet the challenges of our changing climate? Send me a PM. 😊 "Adaptive management as a systematic process for improving environmental management policies and practices is the traditional application however, the adaptive management framework can also be applied to other sectors seeking sustainability solutions such as business and community development. Adaptive management as a strategy emphasizes the need to change with the environment and to learn from doing. Adaptive management applied to ecosystems makes overt sense when considering ever changing environmental conditions. The flexibility and constant learning of an adaptive management approach is also a logical application for organizations seeking sustainability methodologies. Businesses pursuing sustainability strategies would employ an adaptive management framework to ensure that the organization is prepared for the unexpected and geared for change. By applying an adaptive management approach the business begins to function as an integrated system adjusting and learning from a multi-faceted network of influences not just environmental but also, economic and social (Dunphy, Griffths, & Benn, 2007)." (Source: https://lnkd.in/g2p6cEWt )

To complement this month's Country Guide magazine, The Numbers Issue, we are proud to partner with FCC / FAC , Market Maker Agriculture , Farm Life , Evan Shout (The Farmer Coach), Kim Gerencser (Growing Farm Profits), and Craig Macfie CPA, PAg (Spring CFO) on The Numbers Toolkit, a downloadable resource for #CdnAg that will help you figure out: 🔎 What numbers you should be watching. 🤔 How often you should be checking in on your farm's finances. 💡 What you can do to improve your numbers. 🔢 What numbers need to be healthy so that you can grow, sell or transition the business. Love 'em or hate 'em numbers are an integral part of farming. Why you need to stay on top of your finances is obvious, but the 'what' and 'how' can be more challenging. Designed with all agricultural sectors and all business sizes in mind, you'll find inside this toolkit resources like a farm succession readiness checklist, a profitability flowchart, financial management tips and worksheets, and so much more! We encourage you to share this toolkit with your customers, farming friends and neighbours. Download the Numbers Toolkit for free here ➡ https://lnkd.in/gzBAmV25 #cdnag #farmmanagement #farmfinances #farmbusiness

As a family farm grows, so does the need for reviewing governance structures. Bringing in more siblings, cousins and non-family members means that to serve your farm well you need to get ahead of the curve and proactively formalize your governance structure. Historically, most farms were sold to or split between siblings. Today, however, we're seeing a big change: rather than splitting the farm, family farm groups made up of siblings and cousins are increasingly sticking together. And while there are many benefits to this arrangement it can also present some challenges. Craig Macfie CPA, PAg shows us how to prepare for more owners around your farm table. #cdnag #farmmanagement #yourfarmyourconversation Patti Durand Brightrack Consulting

November 'The Numbers Issue' sneak peek, landing in mailboxes November 1st. And stay tuned for the Numbers Toolkit, available for download starting November 1! #CdnAg #yourfarmyourconversation #farmmanagement #agribiz

Are you even a real farmer if you haven’t had any tough conversations on the farm? All kidding aside, running a business with family and often non-family employees can involve some difficult and emotionally charged conversations. Country Guide discovered top tips in three books written by professors, corporate trainers and members of the Harvard Negotiation Project for how to approach the conversations that can make or break your farm business. #cdnag #yourfarmyourconversation #farmmanagement

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