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Dairy farming is a challenging business to enter. The financial commitment needed to acquire quota, facilities, milking equipment and animals is prohibitive for most individuals without a family farm to buy into.
Emergency assistance for B.C. dairy flood recovery
Our thoughts and prayers continue to accompany our friends and colleagues affected by recent flooding in British Columbia. The images of farms that have been flooded are a nightmare.
“Dairy farmer, hoof trimmer, and veterinarian perceptions of barriers and roles in lameness management.” Journal of Dairy Science Vol. 104, No. 11, 2021.
The Great Pause continues to amplify cracks in the family dynamic which may lead to separation and divorce. In my coaching practice, this year for the first time, I am navigating transition planning at the same time the founders are leaving their marriage.
We all know taking steps to protect the health and safety of everyone in your workplace is so important. Unfortunately, even when we have a great health and safety program in place, there is still the possibility that various types of emergencies can occur at work.
One advantage in the dairy industry is access to financial and production information to benchmark against. The Canadian Dairy Commission (CDC) reports the cost of production results from the national cost of production (COP) data project.
As Heather Watson introduced the theme of the 2021 Agricultural Excellence Conference – the Challenge of Change – she said there is an underutilized tool that can help farmers weather difficult times.
Whether you milk 20 or over 1,000 cows, every Canadian dairy farmer experiences weighty issues such as managing tight cash flows amid rising input costs, reaching growth objectives through prudent expansion and wading through complex succession matters for a multigenerational family farm.
Romanticized visions of farming and rural life, along with views of a traditional farm family, can seem rather antiquated; however, if there were ever a modernized portrait of the idyllic family farm life, the Coddington family is it.
On the morning of Friday, Nov. 12, meteorologists began to issue warnings of an atmospheric river set to bring torrential rainfall to much of British Columbia’s Lower Mainland and interior.
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