It’s not always about milk volume. Focusing on dairy farm productivity without proper financial analysis and monitoring could mean less profit, says Chris Church, a veterinarian with an MBA.
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Financial metric focus can lead to different dairy decisions
Top milk production isn’t always the most profitable for a Canadian dairy farm, former veterinarian and current MBA holder says; financial metrics can lead farmers to make different decisions
Five Glacier FarmMedia writers earn awards for farm journalism
Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation also honours GFM executive editor Laura Rance
Five writers with Glacier FarmMedia, owners of this website, earned six awards for excellence in the field of ag journalism from the Canadian Farm Writers Federation at its 2025 conference in September in Winnipeg.
Canadian farmers need new tools to support on-farm innovation
Farmers need risk managment buffer that actually works and investment that drives advancements forward if Canada is to build resilience
Farmers need a risk management buffer that actually works and investment that drives advancements forward if Canada is to build resilience.
Canadian economy going ‘under the speed limit,’ says FCC analyst
Farm Credit Canada outlined less than impressive numbers for Canada’s economy Sept. 18, and that will spill over into agriculture.
Manitoba farm profits under pressure
Manitoba farmers are facing down a double hit of high input costs, like fertilizer, and low grain prices as they harvest their next crop
Manitoba farmers are facing down a double hit of high input costs, like fertilizer, and low grain prices as they harvest their next crop.
Digital age farmers need truth sense
Farmers today must be able to sort quality knowledge from misinformation and disinformation, experts warn
Misinformation and disinformation are enjoying a surge in the age of the internet. Experts say agriculture and farmers shouldn’t take that threat lightly.
Agriculture ministers hear request for regulatory change, more infrastructure development
Canada’s federal, provincial and territorial agriculture ministers are in Winnipeg to discuss breaking issues for Canadian farms and farmers
Canada’s federal, provincial and territorial agriculture ministers are in Winnipeg to discuss breaking issues for Canadian farms and farmers.
Deadline looming on expanded winter bee loss insurance
Manitoba is giving beekeepers a more generous winter loss insurance package this year following a string of poor bee survival years
Manitoba is giving beekeepers a more generous winter loss insurance package in 2025, following a string of poor bee survival years. They have until Sept. 2 to take advantage.
Manitoba updates bee mortality insurance for 2025
2025 will be the first year a beekeeper’s winter bee loss insurance will be based on all their overwintered hives, up from 90 per cent
After another winter of high honeybee death, 2025 will be the first time a beekeeper’s bee loss insurance will be based on all their overwinter hives in Manitoba.
Lee Hart: Out of the ashes of retirement
Long-time Glacier FarmMedia writer Lee Hart brings back Hart Attacks column
Alberta’s Lee Hart is coming out of retirement to revive Hart Attacks, a column readers of the farm journals Grainews or Country Guide might remember.