Join Tracy and Dave in this three-part interview as they take a look at the current farming economy and discuss why now, more than ever, farmers need to be marketing their grain as the key strategy to unlocking higher profits on their farming operation. They discuss the obstacles that farmers often face when it comes to marketing their grain, and why these common behaviors tend to cause farmers to freeze up and miss securing higher prices for their grain. Dave gives actionable advice on how farm...
Mar 18, 2020•15 min•Season 1Ep. 80
In this three-part episode, we begin with an outlook of today’s farming economy. In the second part, Tracy and Peter explore each of the tools available and complete the segment with a discussion on how the tools can complement each other. In the third and final part, they explore the question ‘What’s Right for My Farming Operation?” They discuss the adoption rate of the most common programs, why farmers might not use these tools, being over-insured/underinsured, and Peter provides some final co...
Mar 11, 2020•19 min
In this three-part episode, we begin with an outlook of today’s farming economy. In the second part, Tracy and Peter explore each of the tools available and complete the segment with a discussion on how the tools can complement each other. In the third and final part, they explore the question ‘What’s Right for My Farming Operation?” They discuss the adoption rate of the most common programs, why farmers might not use these tools, being over-insured/underinsured, and Peter provides some final co...
Mar 11, 2020•36 min•Season 2Ep. 79
In this three-part episode, we begin with an outlook of today’s farming economy. In the second part, Tracy and Peter explore each of the tools available and complete the segment with a discussion on how the tools can complement each other. In the third and final part, they explore the question ‘What’s Right for My Farming Operation?” They discuss the adoption rate of the most common programs, why farmers might not use these tools, being over-insured/underinsured, and Peter provides some final co...
Mar 11, 2020•16 min•Season 2Ep. 79
As a leadership expert and coach for farmers, Kelly helps farmers develop themselves so that they can better manage and grow their farming operations. We start with leadership development and why it’s so essential for today’s farmer. We quickly dive into whether or not the next generation is even ready to take over the farming operation. Some of the questions asked are: Are we doing a better job now of mentoring the incoming generation sooner on the business, finances, and decision-making activi...
Mar 05, 2020•41 min
Known to his 300,000+ followers on YouTube as the “Millennial Farmer,” Zach is a 5th-generation farmer who’s spent his life growing, working, and learning on his family’s farm. Join Tracy and Zach as they speak about all things farming and agvocating. They chat about #Harvest19, flat corn and then really dive into agvocating, and why he decided to start his YouTube channel. In traditional Zach style, you will be entertained, informed, and encouraged as Zach shares that contrary to our current be...
Feb 26, 2020•27 min•Season 2Ep. 77
It all started with one simple tweet…. “We need to do more ag.” Join us in this captivating interview where Kim shares the backstory leading up to the tweet that changed it all for mental health in agriculture. When Kim finally hit the tweet button, she admits that she was scared to death of being ridiculed, made fun of, and told that she was making something out of nothing. What came next, she would have never expected in a million years. That tweet, and the floodgates of communication that fol...
Feb 19, 2020•33 min•Season 2Ep. 76
In this episode, Tracy Brunet, host of The Impact Farming Show explores one of the most powerful financial tools in this episode titled “What’s Your Net Worth.” So, do you know your net worth? In this episode, we dive into what a net worth statement is and why it’s so important to business owners. We also review what’s included in the statement and share some handy tips for creating one for your farming operation. As the farming landscape continues to get more and more competitive, and margins b...
Feb 13, 2020•25 min•Season 2Ep. 75
Today we are throwing it back the episode with Peter Manness and his 5 Tips to Making the Farm More Profitable. Join us as we sit down with Peter Manness to discuss ways that you can increase profit on your farm. This is a great time of year to look at your plans and make sure that you are watching the trends of your business. Peter shares his 5 greatest tips and covers a lot of important business practices.
Feb 05, 2020•37 min•Season 2Ep. 74
In today’s show, Tracy and Terry discuss the controversial and often emotional subject of farm growth in an episode titled “Is Bigger Always Better?” As the original entrepreneurs, farmers like to grow and develop their operations. It is what good farmers do, right? Nowadays, looking at our current farming landscape, we might ask if farmers have become obsessed with growth for the sake of growth? If so, how did we get to this point? Tracy and Terry explore these questions, plus they review some ...
Jan 29, 2020•33 min•Season 2Ep. 73
In today’s episode, Tracy speaks to Terry Betker from BackSwath Management about “The Keys to Financial Success.” So, what are the keys to financial success for farmers? Terry and Tracy both agree that financials are hands down the keys to financial success in farming operations. So why are they so important, you may ask? Farm business financials capture financial performance regularly, and without that information, it’s hard to get clarity on what your financial strengths and weaknesses are. Mo...
Jan 22, 2020•47 min•Season 2Ep. 72
In today’s show, we speak with Terry Betker from Backswath Management about “Setting Your Farm Up For Success.” “By failing to prepare (plan), you are preparing (planning) to fail.” Benjamin Franklin. This quote sets the stage for today’s discussion. If you do not prepare and plan in your business, you are preparing to set your farm up for failure. Terry and his team at Backswath are management consultants, and they work with farmers across Canada to help them with; financial, transition, growth...
Jan 15, 2020•40 min•Season 2Ep. 71
In today’s episode, Tracy speaks with Kelly Dobson, chief leadership officer of LeaderShift Inc, about “Maximizing Your Farm Results With Leadership Training.” In Episode 68, a prequel to today’s episode, we spoke to Kelly about the importance of leadership on the farm in the episode titled “The Farm CEO.” We explored the fact that very few of us, especially farmers, consider our own leadership as a competitive advantage; however, research shows that farm leader effectiveness can account for as ...
Jan 08, 2020•51 min•Season 2Ep. 70
In today’s episode, we speak to Mike from the Ag Exchange Group about “A New Frontier For Grain Marketing.” As farmers, we focus a lot of time and money on producing better crops to increase our yields. Rightfully so, as better crops and increased yields, tend to lead to increased farm revenues. This is every farmer’s end goal, isn’t it? Mike joins us today to share his thoughts on how farmers can maximize their crop production revenues. He believes that we are entering a new frontier for grain ...
Dec 31, 2019•39 min•Season 2Ep. 69
In today’s episode, Tracy speaks with Kelly Dobson, chief leadership officer of LeaderShift Inc, about “The Farm CEO” and the importance of farmers adapting an executive mindset when it comes to their farming operation. Thinking of yourself as the CEO of your farm might seem like a foreign concept to many farmers, especially if you are a sole operator or a small farming operation. It might even seem more than a little bit exaggerated and over the top. In reality, it’s a crucial mindset shift tha...
Dec 18, 2019•43 min•Season 2Ep. 68
In this week’s episode, we speak to Louise Sanders in a provocative conversation on stress, farming, and the idea of "Is Stress Really A Choice?" Louise is a speaker, a trainer, and a stress consultant with The Stress Experts, a business that she created to help people conquer stress. As we all know, 2019 has been a tremendously tough farming year for many farmers, causing a lot of...you guessed it...stress. Our goal here on The Impact Farming Show is to bring our audience the people and ideas t...
Dec 11, 2019•52 min•Season 2Ep. 67
In this week’s episode, we speak to Sylvia Massinon, a Social Worker & Educator, about resources available to farmers that are in distress. Based in Manitoba, Sylvia’s role includes educating the public and training volunteers for The Manitoba Farm, Rural & Northern Support Services (MFRNSS), which provides telephone and online counseling to farmers, rural and northern Manitobans. The goal of the telephone and online services is to provide non-judgemental counseling, support, information...
Dec 04, 2019•17 min•Season 2Ep. 66
In this week’s episode “Advice That Could Save a Life…”, we speak to Shawn Brook in a poignant interview about his very personal experience with mental illness and suicide. Demonstrating that he is tough enough to talk about it, Shawn opens up and shares the gut-wrenching experience that he and his family went through when his wife died by suicide. One of the biggest lessons that he learned from this life-changing event was that he didn’t know anything about mental health.
Nov 27, 2019•40 min•Season 2Ep. 65
In last week’s episode, we covered “Tough Times in Farming & Mental Health Concerns.” This episode is created with the farmer in mind. In this week’s follow up episode with Gerry Friesen titled “Front Line Workers In Ag & Mental Health Concerns” we are speaking to and supporting the front line workers in agriculture. Who are front line workers, you may ask? They are anyone and everyone that works directly with farmers, including; sales representatives, nutritionists, agrologists, veterin...
Nov 20, 2019•37 min•Season 2Ep. 64
Mental Health Month The Good Years vs. the Challenging Years... 2019, has been an unprecedented year of farming. Gerry talks about looking back while looking forward and the stresses involved that have been leading up to the perfect storm. You don't want to miss this episode...
Nov 13, 2019•50 min•Season 2Ep. 63
2019 has been a year for the books in the agriculture industry. Whether it was too much moisture or not enough, poor commodity prices and/or trade issues….farmers have been struggling with the day to day production challenges while carrying the mental burden of uncertain business conditions. It’s times like these that each and every one of us need to be on high alert for mental health concerns. Whether you are a farmer or work with farmers, it’s important that we keep an eye out for each other. ...
Nov 06, 2019•12 min•Season 2Ep. 62
Start Early... Experts George Sinker and Joseph Hentz cannot stress enough how important this is for your family's farm future. If you wait for a critical event to happen, decision will be made that may be taxed based vs people based and you may not want to live with those decisions in the future. Tune into Part 3 of this Mini Series to learn more...
Oct 30, 2019•13 min•Season 2Ep. 61
Do you find yourself to busy working IN the business with no time to work ON the business? Join us in part 2 of this mini series with George Sinker and Joseph Hentz, as they cover the need for strong communication to find commons grounds during Farm Transitions. Key Points covered in today's episode; Corporate Re-Organizations, Shareholder Agreements and ... Marriage Contracts.
Oct 23, 2019•41 min•Season 2Ep. 60
In this episode we are excited to sit down with George Sinker and Joseph Hentz, from Lerners LLP, in Part One of our Three Part Mini-series on Transition Planning! Tracy dives right into the subject and asks both George and Joseph the 101 questions to help our audience get started on their transition planning journey. This first interview focuses on: - Where to start? - Who to work with? - Where to find and how to hire? - What does the process look like/entail? If you have ever wondered how to g...
Oct 16, 2019•37 min•Season 2Ep. 59
Who gets the Farm? What are farm participation policies? Are you actually qualified to takeover the family farm? Experts Brent and Elaine discuss these loaded questions And more, as Tracy asks them some of the toughest questions on farm transition. They share some honest insights and helpful tips to start or continue your transition planning conversation. Don’t miss this one...
Oct 09, 2019•52 min•Season 2Ep. 58
What is the wealth for a farm family? How do you put a dollar sign behind your lively hood that may support multiple families? If your looking at Transition/Succession planning for your operation, Chris Delaney has the answers to these and many more questions! Here's how to start the conversation!
Oct 02, 2019•1 hr 20 min•Season 2Ep. 57
On Today's episode of Impact Farming, Tracy sits down with Chris Delaney to discuss his upcoming book, "The 20 Biggest Mistakes People Make When Succession Planning", a sequel to his previous novel, "The Naked Opus". Chris is a well known lawyer, author and keynote speaker in the agricultural industry and we can't wait to hear his Top 4 Tips to help farming operations during their succession planning! Tune in now!...
Sep 25, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 56
On this episode of impact farming, Tracy catches up with Megz Reynolds on farming, campaigning and balancing life through it all. Megz is well known in the agricultural world as an agvocate for farmers and as well recently got involved in politics. Megz has a large following and many supporters Canada wide and we couldn’t be happier to have her come back to the show! Megz talks about the challenges of farming and how the past couple years have been "Building up to the perfect storm"....Not sure ...
Sep 18, 2019•30 min•Season 2Ep. 55
On this episode of Impact Farming, we sit down with Elaine Froese to discuss Finding Fairness in Farm Transition. Elaine states how farm transitions needs to be a change in our language and our mindset. She relates the transition to a tsunami as there is procrastination, conflict and avoidance. Most often these conversations are avoided until absolutely necessary and Elaine is here to help guide us through these tough conversations before fights and hurt set in. You don't want to miss out on thi...
Sep 11, 2019•25 min•Season 2Ep. 54
In today's episode, Tracy speaks with Warren Bills from Xarvio – Digital Farming Solutions. In today's world of digital farming or precision agriculture, Warren explains how utilizing today's technology can increasingly benefit the crops and farmers through on farm data devices. He explains how we can do better and how they can get right to the pocket of the farmer by predicting the future of crops through real time data. In an ever changing world, technology is here to help you improve and auto...
Sep 04, 2019•26 min•Season 2Ep. 53
