Impact Farming

In celebration of The Impact Farming Show's 2nd Anniversary, we are counting down and rebroadcasting the TOP 4 episodes from season two. This week we are excited to bring you the 4th highest listened to and watched episode, which was "Grain Marketing in Uncertain Times" w/Dave Reimann.  This 3 part episode was originally aired on March 18, 2019.  This was only a few days after WHO (World Health Or...

In celebration of The Impact Farming Show's 2nd Anniversary, we are counting down and rebroadcasting the TOP 4 episodes from season two. This week we are excited to bring you the 4th highest listened to and watched episode, which was "Grain Marketing in Uncertain Times" w/Dave Reimann.  This 3 part episode was originally aired on March 18, 2019.  This was only a few days after WHO (World Health Or...

In celebration of The Impact Farming Show's 2nd Anniversary, we are counting down and rebroadcasting the TOP 4 episodes from season two. This week we are excited to bring you the 4th highest listened to and watched episode, which was "Grain Marketing in Uncertain Times" w/Dave Reimann.  This 3 part episode was originally aired on March 18, 2019.  This was only a few days after WHO (World Health Or...

As part of this conversation, we will be exploring the following three key areas: • The benefits of technology in agriculture and the tremendous benefits of digitizing your farm. • The power of a specialized farm accounting software and what this invaluable tool can do for your bottom line and peace of mind. • The ins and outs about data transparency in agriculture and how industry leaders are edu...

In this week's episode, "Transition Planning Secrets of Success for Gen 2 Successors," Tracy and Elaine follow up on last week's show with an episode geared to the unique challenges facing second-generation farm successors. Are you a Gen 2 Successor? Do you feel like your farm transition plan is stuck in neutral? Maybe your parents refuse to discuss the subject, leaving you frustrated, resentful,...

Throughout the episode, Elaine shares the best of her wisdom from over forty years of helping families transition their farm to the next generation. Tracy and Elaine chat about common mistakes and best practices, and they highlight four big key questions that founders should be thinking about to transition the farm. Are you the founding generation of the farm? If so, you will not want to miss this...

In this episode, Thriving During "The Great Pause," Tracy speaks with Elaine Froese on maximizing summer fun on the farm during these unique times. The Great Pause has canceled overnight summer camps, limited family gatherings, delayed weddings, and the list goes on. Even with all the restrictions, we know that summer 2020 will breeze by. As with anything, it's how we frame it. Are we going to all...

Are you a cattle producer? If so, you will not want to miss this episode where Tracy and Sandy sit down a few months into COVID19 to chat about how the year started, how COVID has impacted the markets, and what producers can expect moving forward. In addition to discussing supply and demand, they delve deeper into the market volatility that COVID has caused. Sandy expresses her concern for the fal...

In this week's episode "Crop & Forage Insurance 101," Tracy speaks with David Van Deynze from Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC). As part of the risk management series on The Impact Farming Show, we invited David to share more about both topics with our producers. In this interview, we review the different types of crop insurance programs offered, qualifying crops, costs, and covera...

In this week's episode, "Livestock Price insurance 101," Tracy chats with Jason Dobbin about the WLPIP livestock price insurance program as part of our continued risk management insurance series on the Impact Farming Show. Risk management strategies are essential to have in place to protect your farm, and especially so, during volatile times. There is no better time to discuss the livestock price...

Here on The Impact Farming Show, our goal is to bring you the people and ideas that will IMPACT your farming operation. The return guests were invited back onto the show to speak about their company Ag Direct Hail has been disrupting the traditional hail insurance model for nearing the last decade. Do you purchase hail insurance? If so, this episode is for you. Tune in as Bruce and Ellen share the...

In this episode, they discuss everything that you need to know about how hail insurance works. They discuss how rates are calculated and why they vary from area to area. They discuss why crop type matters and walk through how farmers can determine how much crop insurance they need. Have you ever questioned how deductibles work and what happens if mistakes are made when applying? Tracy, Bruce, and...

In this week's episode, "2019 FCC Land Values Report," Tracy speaks with JP Gervais about Farm Credit Canada's most recent annual report. In this annual interview, Tracy interviews JP about the 2019 Canadian Farmland Values. They cover the overall national value, review provincial standouts, and discuss the economic factors that have played into creating these cooling values. In the midst of COVID...

In this week's episode, "Understanding AgriStability" Tracy speaks to Justin Chaput from Talbot & Associates about the AgiStability program. Of the two programs, AgriStability can be considered the more complicated of the two programs. Both AgriInvest and AgriStability are a joint federal, provincial, and territorial business risk management program and AgriStability is a margin-based program that...

AgriInvest is a Business Risk Management Program under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership. Is your farm enrolled in AgriInvest already? If not, this episode is for you. Tracy and Justin dive into what the program is all about, who does and does not qualify, how it works, what are participation costs, and much more. While this program offers what is essentially "free" money for Canadian farmers,...

In this week's episode, "A Tale of Two Brains," Tracy speaks with Gerry Friesen about the farmer's brain on anxiety. Many are finding as we move further into the Covid-19 experience, our anxiety levels are increasing daily. If you are experiencing this, you are not alone. In this episode, Tracy and Gerry speak about some of the additional challenges that the agriculture industry is facing due to t...

With the COVID19 pandemic, farmers are once again in the spotlight, this time as the shining stars as consumers experience a very sudden wakeup call on just how much we have all taken our amazing food system for granted. In this interview, Kelly shares some fantastic tips and resources than can help farmers more successfully communicate our farming story to our customers. At a time like this, when...

Ashlyn is a farm girl, adventurer, speaker and writer for her popular travel blog, "The Lost Girl's Guide to Finding the World." From scaling mountains over 6000 metres and encountering avalanches and erupting volcanoes along the way to flying in a military jet with the Canadian Forces Snowbirds (for fun), Ashlyn's taste for unique adventures has carried her around the world to 60 countries and al...

Tracy interviewed Dr. Tom Deans at the FCC Young Farmer Summit in Winnipeg after he gave his presentation about transitioning the family farm to a group of eager young farmers. To open the discussion, Tracy asked Tom what farmers were doing wrong when it comes to farm transition. "I think what farmers are doing wrong when it comes to transitioning the farm is….they are doing nothing," he conceded....

Tracy caught up with Stephanie at the FCC Young Farmer Summit in Winnipeg after her presentation to a room full of eager young farmers about managing cash flow on their farm. This event was one of the many stops on their cross Canada tour, and Tracy was more than excited to interview Stephanie on her expertise…money and cash flow management. When the economy gets tough, unfortunately, so does farm...

Tracy caught up with Stephanie at the FCC Young Farmer Summit in Winnipeg after her presentation to a room full of eager young farmers about managing cash flow on their farm. This event was one of the many stops on their cross Canada tour, and Tracy was more than excited to interview Stephanie on her expertise…money and cash flow management. When the economy gets tough, unfortunately, so does farm...

Tracy caught up with Stephanie at the FCC Young Farmer Summit in Winnipeg after her presentation to a room full of eager young farmers about managing cash flow on their farm. This event was one of the many stops on their cross Canada tour, and Tracy was more than excited to interview Stephanie on her expertise…money and cash flow management. When the economy gets tough, unfortunately, so does farm...

If you farm in Canada or the United States, chances are you may already be using their insurance or have heard a lot about it. So, who are they and what do they do? Global Ag Risk Solutions is a new, private, revenue-based risk management solution backed by a major Canadian insurer, and they say their insurance does what no other insurance can do. As part of our risk management series, Tracy is ex...

What would happen to your farming operation if the worst were to happen? Not a question that most people like thinking about, especially at a time like this. This is a subject that should be taken seriously to ensure that our family and our farm are taken care of once we are gone. It's estimated that almost half of our population does not have a will, and the half that does, many of their wills ar...

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...