Impact Farming

LIVE Recording: Transition Planning Panel - The Future of Farming Conference in Prince Edward Island   This week, we're bringing you a very special episode , recorded live at the "Future of Farming Conference" in Prince Edward Island. In November, Tracy had the privilege of attending this inspiring event and interviewing two exceptional farms about their unique journeys in farm transition. This ep...

In this week's Product Spotlight, Tracy speaks to Bryce Geisel to share more about "WOLF TRAX™ DDP™ Micronutrients." Bryce is a Senior Agronomist with Koch, and in today's segment, he joins Tracy to discuss the importance of micronutrients to crop performance. In this segment, Bryce and Tracy discuss: What is WOLF TRAX™ DDP and how it works When farmers think of nutrients, N, P and K are at the to...

In this week's episode, Tracy speaks to Mary Jo Irmen, author of Farming Without the Bank, about "Financial Freedom for Farmers." As farmers, we are constantly borrowing money, paying huge amounts of interest, signing it all over to the bank, and then hoping and praying that we are not actually just one or two bad years away from losing it all. Have you ever thought to yourself,  "There must be a...

In this week's episode, Tracy speaks to Michael Langemeier in this episode titled "Sweat Equity on The Farm: How to Get It Right and Make It Fair." So what is sweat equity? Sweat equity is a form of compensation that considers that few farms have adequate cash-on-hand to fully compensate the next generation's labours. And in this week's episode Michael and Tracy speak about this often-tricky subje...

In this segment, Tracy speaks to Paula Law the Event Chair for CrossRoads - Alberta's Crop Conference about their upcoming January 2025 event. Join Tracy and Paula in this segment as they discuss the theme of this year's event "Future Proof Your Farm," key event speakers, networking opportunities, and so much more. About CrossRoads - Alberta's Crop Conference CrossRoads provides a dynamic platform...

In this week's conversation, Tracy speaks to Heather Venenga about succession planning and her book "Protect Your Pack and Your Den: Steps to Successful Farm Succession Planning." Is succession planning on your mind, and are you losing sleep? Still, trying to figure out where to start? In this week's episode, Tracy speaks to Heather Venenga about: Her succession planning work with clients and why...

In this week's conversation, Tracy speaks to Dorothy Long from Canadian Food Focus about "Improving Food Literacy From Farm Gate to Plate." Canadian Food Focus is committed to providing accurate information and having productive conversations about food and farming. Their content is developed by farmers, dieticians, home economists and other food and farming experts to ensure accuracy. Their goal....

Welcome to our very first book review. I am so excited for this. In today's book review, I share my thoughts about Heather Venenga's book "Protect Your Pack and Your Den!: Persevere Through Generational Farm Planning." And I am also excited to share that I will be interviewing Heather for The Impact Farming Show this week and her episode will air in November. If you haven't already signed up for I...

Future proofing our farms. What does that make you think and feel? For me, I heard those words and felt they spoke powerfully and perfectly to my mission with my media company Farm Marketer and The Impact Farming Show. My show slogan is to bring our audience the people and ideas that will IMPACT their farming operation. But at the core of my mission, is providing people with the tools and empoweri...

In today's episode, Tracy chats with Terry Betker in this episode titled "Do Farm Founders Avoid Transition Planning?" Is it finally time to address the elephant in the room? The industry has encouraged farmers to create a transition plan for decades, yet little progress has been made. So, one needs to ask, do farmers purposefully avoid transition planning? In this week's episode, Tracy and Terry...

In today's episode, Tracy chats with David Derwin about "Agriculture Market Outlook & Update: October 2024." Are you curious how things are shaping up in the markets as of fall 2024? If so, you will not want to miss this conversation where Tracy and David chat about the fall market outlook for: Grain prices Fertilizer prices Cattle marketers Commodity and crude oil trends Canadian dollar direction...

In this week's episode, Tracy speaks to Aimée Ferré Stang about Farm Credit Canada's "FCC Knowledge: Talking Farm and Food Podcast." Have you tuned into Farm Credit Canada's podcast yet? If not, you are in for a treat. The Talking Farm and Food is a monthly podcast that highlights the stories and experiences of farm business entrepreneurs and the lessons they've learned along the way. You'll also...

In this week's episode, Tracy speaks to Ove Karlsson about the "Five Pillars of Farm Business Excellence." Ove is a speaker at Farm Management Canada's 2024 AgEx Conference being held in November and we were pleased to have him on the show to share his farm business management expertise with our audience. In this episode, Tracy and Ove speak about: How knowledge is power, but knowledge is not enou...

In this week's episode, Tracy speaks to Heather Watson from Farm Management Canada about "Building Farm Management Excellence." In this episode, Tracy and Heather speak about: Farm Management Canada's mission is to help create strong farm business leaders through its knowledge centre, events, and resources. Heather shares more about when and why their organization was founded. Hint: They spotted t...

In this week's episode, "Increase Your Resiliency: Change Your Life And Farming Operation, " Tracy speaks to John Sachse about increasing resiliency to change your life, relationships, and farming endurance. Noun:  Resiliency Definition:   The capacity to withstand or to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness. Well, goodness, as farmers, we could all use more resiliency on our journey, could...

DISCLAIMER -  This information is not a substitute for mental health or medical treatment or services. In this week's episode, Tracy speaks to Amy Monea about all things mental health in this episode titled "Farmer Suicide: Let's Talk About It." In this episode, Tracy and Amy discuss: What is the difference between mental health and mental illness? Amy walks us through different mental health conc...

In this week's episode, Tracy speaks to Maggie Van Camp about all things transition planning in this episode titled "Farm Succession: A Communication First Approach." In this episode, Tracy and Maggie discuss: - Why is now the time for farmers to create their transition plan? - Maggie states, "Successful succession requires flipping the priorities on transition planning to having better communicat...

Tracy speaks to Clint Fischer about "Passing Down The Farm" in this week's episode. In this episode, Tracy speaks to Clint Fischer about all things farm transition planning: For decades, the industry has been educating and pushing succession planning for farmers at events, in articles, etc. Are we making progress as an industry? What are the main reasons/obstacles that keep farmers from starting?...

Tracy speaks to Mike Downey about "The Great Farm Wealth Transfer " in this week's episode. Baby boomers currently hold half of our nation's $140 trillion in wealth. It is estimated millennials will hold 5 times as much wealth by 2030. A record amount of wealth will transfer in the next 10 to 15 years. This has been coined the "Great Wealth Transfer." In this episode, Tracy speaks to Mike Downey a...

In this week's Product Spotlight, Tracy speaks to Justine Cornelsen with BrettYoung Seeds about BrettYoung LibertyLink® Canola. About BrettYoung LibertyLink® Canola. The First in Our New Generation of LibertyLink® Hybrids. A High Yield Potential, Mid-Maturity Hybrid with Pod DefendR® Technology and Next-Generation Clubroot Protection. Pod DefendR — durable shatter tolerance technology DefendR-rate...

In this week's episode, Tracy speaks to Kristin Demoranville and Andrew Rose about "Hackers Targeting Canada's Food Supply." It's true. Hackers are targeting Canada's food supply, and in today's episode, Tracy speaks to Kristin and Andrew, two cyber security professionals, about precisely what is happening. In this episode, they discuss: A string of ransomware attacks by Russian hackers are target...

In this week's episode, Tracy speaks to Nate Clark and Dan Erdmann from Farm Rescue. Have you heard about the great work that Farm Rescue is doing in the agriculture community? Farm Rescue is a wonderful organization that provides planting, haying, harvesting, commodity hauling and livestock feeding assistance to farm and ranch families that have experienced a major injury, illness or natural disa...

Thank-You for celebrating 6 years of The Impact Farming Show with us!   We truly could not have done this without the support of you, our amazing viewers and listeners, and of course all of our wonderful show guests. It's a great honor to have come this far and we are so excited to continue with season 7 (starting soon).   Our 1st ever episode aired on August 8th, 2018, Tracy interviewed Jolene Br...

The Impact Farming Show is celebrating 6 years!  Wow, time sure flies. Do you recall our 1st ever episode which aired on August 8th, 2018? Tracy interviewed Jolene Brown in this episode titled "Family Farms and Succession Planning", take a step back in time and  watch episode 1 Our season 6 countdown continues with Episode 206 taking the 2nd place spot.  Please join Tracy and Art Lange in this epi...

The Impact Farming Show is celebrating 6 years!  Wow, time sure flies. Do you recall our 1st ever episode which aired on August 8th, 2018? Tracy interviewed Jolene Brown in this episode titled "Family Farms and Succession Planning", take a step back in time and  watch episode 1 Our season 6 countdown continues with Episode 213 taking the 3rd place spot.  Please join Tracy and Felix Wever in this e...