“Elaine, Dad just won’t give up control!” is a common frustration with the next generation trying to navigate into management and ownership.

Healthy brain and eye development in children. Decreased risk of cardiovascular disease. Improved cognitive function. What if consumers could receive these benefits from a piece of cheese or the milk poured on their cereal?

A variety of speakers are lined up to make you think outside the box from innovation and genetics to safety and profitability.

There are typically gaps in management between what a farmer is presently doing, what needs to be done and what could be done better.

One of the most important parts, and your first step, to starting a health and safety plan for your farm is to see where you excel and where your farm needs some TLC when it comes to safety. You need to perform a “safety audit” on your farm.

When I first typed out the title to this article, it was, “How to make your farming father really happy,” but that didn’t sit well because I believe each of us, as an emotionally mature adult, gets to wake up every morning and decide what our mood and responses will be.

I could hear her frustration and feel the pain as I read the lengthy email describing an all-too-common scenario for farm families today. The aging parents have been pressured to be “fair” to the non-farm siblings, who have noticed that farmland values have increased significantly.

Part of building a safe workplace is formulating a health and safety plan. A plan should be comprehensive and well laid out. It should protect you and your workers from harm and should aid you if the Ministry of Labour comes to audit your facility.