Impact Farming

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...

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 t...

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...

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...

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. Wh...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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!

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 plan...

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 challenge...

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 u...

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 crop...

In celebration of The Impact Farming Show's First Anniversary, we are counting down and rebroadcasting the TOP 4 episodes from season one. This week we are excited to bring you the highest listened to and watched episode, which was "Farming, Doing What You Love & Challenges" with Megz Reynolds.   This episode was originally aired on August 15, 2019. Don't miss this very impactful episode...   On t...

In celebration of The Impact Farming Show's First Anniversary, we are counting down and rebroadcasting the TOP 4 episodes from season one. This week we are excited to bring you the 2nd highest listened to and watched episode, which was "Family Farms & Succession Planning" with Jolene Brown.  This episode was originally aired on August 8, 2019. In addition to it being the 2nd most popular episode o...

In celebration of The Impact Farming Show's First Anniversary, we will be counting down and rebroadcasting the TOP 4 episodes from season one. This week we are excited to bring you the 3rd top listened to and watched episode which was "Farm Culture Beats Strategy" with Elaine Froese.  It was originally aired on May 15, 2019, and Elaine's message resonated deeply with our audience. It quickly becam...

In celebration of The Impact Farming Show's One Year Anniversary, we will be counting down and rebroadcasting the TOP 4 episodes from season one. This week we are excited to bring you the 4th top listened to and watched episode which was "The Top 3 Financial Mistakes That Farmers Make." Tracy interviewed Terry Betker at Ag Days in Brandon, Manitoba to bring our audience the top three financial mis...

Black Fox Farms & Distillery In this episode, Tracy visits Black Fox Farms & Distillery outside of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Barb and her husband John are grain farmers from Saskatchewan that reached a cross roads in their farming career. It was either expand or do something different. In the end, they wanted to be more connected to the consumer and do something different, so they created Black Fox...

In this episode, Tracy sits down with Lesley Kelly. Lesley is well known in the social media community as the Founder of High Heels & Canola Fields and she is also one of The Co-Founders of Do More Ag. A lot can happen in a year, and in this episode, Tracy and Lesley chat about some of those big life changes. They also discuss some of the new and exciting things that have happened with Do More Ag...

In this episode of The Impact Farming Show, Tracy speaks with Dan Aberhart about Being an Entrepreneur on the Farm. They chat about how a small town farm boy rebels and leaves the farm! Only to come back to his routes a couple years later to find his passion of entrepreneur ship on the farm. Dan shares his secrets of managing a farm and how he today helps others along the way! We hope you enjoy th...

In this episode of The Impact Farming Show, Tracy speaks with Eldeen Pozniak about the B.S. (Being Safe) On The Farm. Eldeen is a Saskatchewan farm girl with a passion for keeping farmers safe! Tracy interviewed Eldeen at Canada's Farm Progress show in Regina after her presentation to Saskatchewan farmers about safety. In this interview, they chat about hazards, ways to remove those hazards and sh...

In this episode of The Impact Farming Show, Tracy speaks with Zach Johnson the MN Millennial Farmer. Zach is a 5th generation family farmer from West Central Minnesota. Zach actively promotes agriculture by sharing his day-to-day experiences on the family farm.  They discuss why he started posting videos about farming, the impact he hopes to make, and they dive into the highs and lows of his onlin...

Are you curious about Hemp as a crop for your farming operation? In this episode of The Impact Farming Show, Tracy speaks with Andrea Eriksson about Opportunities In The Hemp Sector. Andrea is the Business Development Office at Norquest College in Edmonton and she recently delivered a presentation to farmers at Canada's Farm Progress Show on this very topic. She is joining us today to teach our au...

On this episode of Impact Farming, we sit down with Elaine Froese to discuss "How To Have a Farm Family Meeting." Does your family hold regular farm family meetings? Are you interested, however, you just don't know where to start? In this interview, Elaine starts with the why and then moves into what you need to have and what you need to talk about. As always, Elaine shares some valuable tips on h...