The top farms? They stopped doing that a long time ago.

This Growing the Future Productions live event puts Dan Aberhart at the table with seven of the most plugged-in financial and business minds working in Canadian agriculture right now: Evan Shout (Maverick Ag / Farmer Coach), Brian Mack and Justin Simpkins (Grow Lytics), Travis Gerrard and Roxanne Olynick from MNP, and Courtney Thevenot and Tanner Gerwing from Scotiabank Agricultural Banking. The conversation runs nearly 90 minutes and covers the full spectrum — from bookkeeping basics to billion-dollar family legacy questions. Not a panel of polished talking points. A real room of real advisors who already work together behind closed doors, and now you get to hear it.

What gets covered in this episode:

The 2% / 18% / 80% Split — Where Does Your Farm Land?

Evan Shout opens with a number that should stop people cold: over the last 20 years, as farm revenues have gone up and risk has increased, financial acumen in the industry has actually gotten worse. The top 2% aren't just profitable — they're operating with a completely different level of financial sophistication. The next 18% are closing the gap. The other 80% are still treating finance as a back-seat discipline.

(00:07:00) — Evan breaks down what separates the top tier, and why building a team is the single most powerful thing an operation can do to move up that ladder.

Access to Capital vs. Strategic Advice — They're Not the Same Thing

Grow Lytics started by reverse-engineering the perfect credit deal. Not by handing out money — by working backward from what a lender actually needs to say yes, and building the farm's story from there. Brian Mack draws a clear line between knowing your costs and knowing what the bank is looking at when you walk through the door.

(00:10:00) — The panel unpacks the difference between getting financed and being financially positioned. You don't want your banker to tell you it's a bad deal. You want to already know that before you show up.

What Scotiabank Actually Looks For — And It's Not Just the Numbers

Courtney Thevenot is direct: lending decisions aren't just financial. Management strength, character, who you've got in your corner, whether you're trying to do it all yourself — that all goes into the picture. A farm that walks in with a team behind them sends a completely different signal than one that shows up with a stack of paper and no story.

(00:12:00) — Courtney makes the case for the banking relationship as an ongoing partnership, not a transactional event. Quarterly calls. Farm visits. The relationship should be built long before you need something.

The Mental Health Moment Nobody Planned — But Everybody Needed

An audience member, Harry Siemens, drops a question about the farm suicide rate — 3.5 times higher than any other industry. Dan opens the floor. What follows is one of the most honest conversations this panel has. Evan doesn't give the diplomatic answer. He gives the hard one: farming culture has tied identity and legacy to a business in a way that makes failure feel unsurvivable. That's not the truth. But it's the pressure people are carrying.

(00:27:00) — Justin Simpkins adds context from time spent in Australia, where the numbers are even more stark. Courtney mentions the Canadian Centre for Agriculture Wellbeing as a real resource. Roxanne talks about peer groups as one of the most underrated tools for connection and permission to be honest. This segment wasn't on the agenda — but it might be the most important twelve minutes in the episode.

Benchmarking, Peer Groups & the Trucker Who Blew Everyone's Mind

Travis Gerrard talks about what happens when you put a trucking company's operational metrics in front of a room full of grain farmers. Nobody expected it. Everyone walked away wanting to know their numbers that much better. The benchmarking group MNP runs is covering 14% of Saskatchewan farmland — and the data is clear on what the best operations have in common.

(00:19:00) — Travis and the panel dig into the power of cross-industry benchmarking, and why getting outside the agriculture bubble — like Dan's example of Strategic Coach — can be the jolt that resets how a producer sees their own operation.

AI, Data & the Role of the Farm's Next Hire

The panel lands on something the audience was clearly hungry for: the missing seat at the table isn't another accountant or banker. It's a CTO. A tech integrator. Someone who can get real-time data flowing — from grain cards, JD Ops, harvest profit, bookkeeping — so that the advisors in the room can do insight work instead of cleanup work.

(00:44:00) — Evan lays out the vision clearly: AI isn't replacing thought leadership, but it will replace data entry, and that changes everything about how fast good decisions can get made.

The Third Generation Curse — And the Harder Question Nobody's Asking

John Gibson brings it live from the audience floor: why do so many family farm operations succeed through two generations and fall apart in the third? The panel doesn't flinch. Evan talks about the knowledge that gets lost when the generation that built through hard times doesn't transfer that context. Brian Mack says something that stops the room: are you trying to preserve the farm, or are you trying to preserve wealth for future generations? Because sometimes those are two different decisions.

(00:49:00) — Evan makes the case for the family office model — keeping the farm intact across generations rather than selling it off every 40 years to settle estates. The math at today's land prices makes the traditional approach nearly impossible.

Succession Planning — Separate Rooms, Real Conversations

Travis's point lands hard: get the kids in a separate room. Get the parents in a separate room. Because what the next generation actually wants — and what mom and dad assume they want — are often two very different things. That gap, unaddressed, is where farm transitions collapse.

(00:38:00) — Roxanne talks about seeing a generational shift in how clients are bringing younger family members into meetings earlier. Evan talks about farm operations actively recruiting external CEOs to run the business while family members stay involved as shareholders. The structure is changing.

Who's Missing from the Dream Team?

Lawyers. The panel admits it freely. Wills, shareholder agreements, prenups, joint venture agreements — verbal handshakes between multimillion-dollar operations. Evan doesn't mince words: Walmart isn't doing verbal agreements anymore. Neither should you.

(01:23:00) — The closing segment also touches on life insurance, climate advisors, agronomists as financial team members, and the AI-specific skill set that's becoming the next frontier for farm advisory teams.

Featured in this episode:

• Dan Aberhart — Host, Growing the Future Productions
• Evan Shout — Maverick Ag / Farmer Coach
• Brian Mack & Justin Simpkins — Grow Lytics
• Travis Gerrard & Roxanne Olynick — MNP
• Courtney Thevenot & Tanner Gerwing — Scotiabank Agricultural Banking

Resources mentioned:

• Canadian Centre for Agriculture Wellbeing (CCAW) — free counseling and support resources for ag producers across Canada
• Sask Ag Matters — crisis line and no-cost counseling for Saskatchewan farmers
• Do More in Ag — mental health resources for the agricultural community

Connect with the panelists:

• Maverick Ag / Farmer Coach: maverickg.com or farmercoach.ca
• Grow Lytics: growlytics.ca
• MNP: mnp.ca
• Scotiabank Agricultural Banking: Contact your local Scotiabank ag banking team

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In this live webinar event from Growing the Future Productions, host Dan Aberhart sits down with three of the sharpest minds working on Saskatchewan farms right now — Darren Sander of Crop-Aid Nutrition, Dave Norris of Norris Crop Consulting, and Todd Rowan of IXL Innovations — for a frank, no-sugarcoating conversation about what separates the producers clearing big margins from the ones leaving money on the table.

The number? Somewhere between $50 and $100 per acre. Every single year. Compounded over a decade — it's not a number. It's a different life.

What gets covered in this episode:

Soil Health & the First 30 Days — Darren makes the case that the first 30 days of a crop dictates maximum yield potential. Not the last 30. The first. That reframe alone is worth your time. He also talks about how a soil health program let his operation move from a three-crop rotation to two — and pencil out better. Earthworms optional, but encouraged.

(00:04:00) — Darren breaks down the incremental gains philosophy: fertilizer protection, stress reduction, nutrient use efficiency, and how every acre should be growing the crop it's best suited to grow.

Grain Marketing & the Probability Game — Dave Norris and Todd Rowan don't predict the future. They work with probabilities. And when warships started heading toward the Strait of Hormuz, they texted their clients to fill their fuel tanks. Fuel was $1.02. The downside risk was 93 cents. The upside was $1.50. That's not a prediction. That's a risk-reward conversation — and the producers who had that conversation in advance came out a lot better than the ones who watched the news.

(00:09:00) — The panel unpacks why so many producers make decisions after it feels urgent, and why the best time to act is almost always when it doesn't.

Crop Insurance, In-Season Pricing & the 2025-26 Landscape — It's the worst crop insurance environment since before 2021. The panel digs into what that means for in-season pricing on canola, wheat, and durum, and how to think about layering agri-stability on top when the base numbers aren't what they used to be.

(00:22:00) — Dave and Todd walk through the mechanics of in-season pricing, the cash flow timing issue with SCIC payments, and how to think about selling new crop canola when fertilizer costs are still wildly elevated.

The Fertilizer Problem Nobody's Talking About Enough — An estimated 400,000-tonne shortage of urea in Saskatchewan this year. Producers who didn't pre-buy are scrambling. The panel discusses how this reshapes planting decisions, top-dressing options, foliar programs as a partial substitute, and why the supply-demand models for yield estimates may be fundamentally broken this season.

(00:33:00) — Todd flags what this means for crop rotation flexibility. When the only crop penciling out is canola, what happens to everything else?

Macroeconomics, Gold, Oil & the Commodity Supercycle — Dave Norris had a supercycle bias since November. He didn't have a war in March as the trigger — he thought it would be El Niño. He wasn't entirely wrong. The panel talks about money flowing into commodities, what governments printing money means for grain prices, and why canola at $700 a tonne may not be the ceiling.

(00:40:00) — The canary in the coal mine: when gold and silver started ripping, the smart money was already watching inflation and currency hedges. Farmers paying attention to macros have a structural edge over those only watching local basis.

The $70 Poll — What the Audience Said — Dan ran a live poll with over 150 producers on the call. The majority landed between $50 and $100 per acre as the value of strong management decisions. Todd shared a real-world example: in 2021-22, clients who didn't over-contract and took in-season crop insurance pricing pocketed $18/bushel versus $12. Clients who panicked after 2021 and froze in 2022 took $17 off the combine when $22 was on the board. The math on those decisions — compounded over 10 years — is a different farm.

(00:56:00) — The close. Dan pulls together the final takeaways from the audience word cloud, and the panel leaves producers with the most important thing of all: knowing when to act, and not waiting until it's obvious.

Featured in this episode:

• Dan Aberhart — Host, Growing the Future Productions
• Darren Sander — Crop-Aid Nutrition
• Dave Norris — Norris Crop Consulting
• Todd Rowan — IXL Innovations

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Jeff runs a grain farm in Saskatchewan while quietly building a parallel business out of his garage — custom laser engraved glass and wood pieces, high-end 3D crystal branding work. He didn't start building because it was trendy. He started building because five rough crop years forced a simple question: what do you control when the weather and the banks don't care?

This conversation is not polished. It's not motivational. It's a farmer sitting across from me telling the truth about debt, structure, generational disconnect, and what it actually takes to keep going when the math doesn't work.

If you farm, you'll feel this one. If you don't, you'll understand something about resilience you didn't before.

Timestamps

[00:00:00] Cold open — "What breaks first in your life?"

[00:01:00] Dan's intro — 2,333 days since Jeff's first episode

[00:03:00] What breaks first — Jeff on why breaking isn't an option

[00:04:00] What Jeff refuses to depend on anymore

[00:05:00] If your kids copied your current operating model

[00:07:00] Why Jeff rates himself "just below jaded" on the industry

[00:08:00] Five rough crop years and the financial reality no one talks about

[00:10:00] "Agriculture is not struggling. Farmers are struggling."

[00:11:00] What makes a good farmer — passing it to the next generation

[00:13:00] Diversification that isn't just more agriculture

[00:15:00] The difference between being tough and being stubborn

[00:17:00] Why Dad can't help — the generational disconnect in farming

[00:20:00] The economics gap — when a $100K off-farm job won't cover your nitrogen

[00:24:00] Succession planning and the kind of help that actually works

[00:25:00] "I don't think farming is a good business" — the structural problem

[00:27:00] Who's actually making the money in agriculture?

[00:29:00] The equipment deal Jeff regrets — and what it cost him

[00:32:00] What Jeff would do with $5 million (the answer is boring and brilliant)

[00:34:00] What people romanticize about farming that's just wrong

[00:36:00] If everything works, what does Jeff's life actually look like?

[00:38:00] His son Axel, a 3D printer, and teaching your kids they're not just farmers

[00:41:00] If the farm disappeared tomorrow

[00:43:00] Has Jeff ever thought about quitting?

[00:45:00] "Farmers feed the world" — a belief Jeff doesn't hold

[00:50:00] Advice to his younger self: "Buckle up kid. She's about to get rocky."

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Josh Linville, one of the most followed voices in fertilizer on X, joined from a ski condo in Colorado. Mario Gaudet has been in the thick of the elemental sulfur trade and has the kind of inside knowledge that doesn't show up in the headlines. Together, they broke down what's actually happening, what even the best-case scenario looks like if the Strait reopens tomorrow (answer: not great), and what decisions producers need to be making right now.

This one got into places you don't hear about in mainstream ag media. Why you can't have a green energy mandate without oil and gas refining. Why Morocco building a massive triple super phosphate plant now looks like genius. Why the US imports over 5 million tons of urea per year when North America is sitting on some of the cheapest natural gas in the world. And why the retailer down the road isn't willing to hold inventory anymore, even if he thinks you're going to need it.

The practical advice coming out of this conversation was clear: talk to your retailer now, build a forecast together, buy in chunks to spread your risk, and don't cut the nutrition inputs that will cost you two bushels of corn per acre to save $5 upfront. As Josh put it, the market is undefeated, and nobody has ever sold every bushel of grain in one shot. Why would fertilizer be any different?

Timestamps

• [00:00:46] Setting the stage: Urea nearly doubled since December, global ammonia down 30–35%, spring is here
• [00:02:16] Josh Linville's call: the worst economic environment for farmers he's ever seen
• [00:05:18] Josh joins from a ski condo in Colorado; the market doesn't stop
• [00:06:04] Audience poll: Where are you at with your 2026 crop plan?
• [00:09:34] Mario's rant begins: how elemental sulfur went from $70 to nearly $580 a ton
• [00:10:31] The connection nobody's making: sulfur, battery production, lithium, and why green mandates need oil and gas
• [00:13:34] Geopolitics, the Strait of Hormuz, and 40–50% of global sulfur supply at risk
• [00:14:33] The 10-million-ton sulfur stockpile in Fort McMurray and why it can't get to market
• [00:15:40] Buying patterns: how procrastinating on fertilizer decisions became the industry's biggest self-inflicted wound
• [00:19:39] Josh on sulfur: how cleaner air created a new farm input problem
• [00:20:46] Phosphate and the Strait: Iran, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, three of the top 10 anhydrous exporters, all behind the closure
• [00:22:23] Tampa Index negotiations, phosphate production costs, and why summer fill pricing won't go down
• [00:23:22] Josh: we have already seen the cheapest phosphate price we are going to see
• [00:25:20] Even when the Strait reopens, the tail of this thing will last longer than people think
• [00:28:29] Morocco's triple super phosphate expansion: playing chess while everyone else played checkers
• [00:30:21] How high input costs are going to change what farmers buy this season
• [00:34:15] Josh's biggest rant: don't make a cut that feels good today and feels terrible in October
• [00:40:17] Alberta's 10-million-ton sulfur block, the LNG pipeline we didn't build, and the opportunity we've squandered
• [00:43:13] Is this the moment North America gets serious about fertilizer self-sufficiency?
• [00:45:21] The global food security conversation: who really pays when fertilizer prices go to the moon
• [00:48:31] Iran, the Strait, and the proxy war between the US and China
• [00:49:20] Why N-46 is at $1,250 Canadian when we make it in Indian Head, SK
• [00:54:04] Final advice from Mario: talk to your retailer, forecast what you need, buy in chunks
• [00:55:19] Final advice from Josh: no farmer sells all their grain at once, so stop treating fertilizer differently

Connect with our guests:

• Josh Linville, VP of Fertilizer at StoneX. Follow him on X for daily fertilizer market updates: @JoshLFert
• Mario Gaudet, Busy Salt. Elemental sulfur supply across North America

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• Crop-Aid Nutrition, soil health and crop nutrition: cropaidnutrition.com
• Hammond Realty, Saskatchewan agricultural real estate, succession and tax planning: hammondrealty.ca
• Gripp, farm management software for tracking equipment, logging maintenance, and keeping your team aligned: gripp.ag
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This session came out of a real conversation with a GARS advisor who pointed out something most producers have never heard explained clearly: options and production insurance don't just coexist — they can amplify each other. If you structure it right, you can protect your floor, leave your ceiling open, and potentially have the government subsidize the cost of the strategy through AgriStability.

That's the thesis Ryan Bonnett walked through live. He's been trading futures and coaching producers through options for 20 years. He was joined by Derek Tallon — a central Saskatchewan grain farmer who sold 400 tons of canola the week before this session — for a real-world producer perspective on how these tools actually get used. And David Sullivan from Global Ag Risk Solutions rounded out the room with everything you need to know about where production insurance fits into the picture.

Nobody was selling anything theoretical here. This was a working session.

Topics covered:

• How to quantify your bullish or bearish position before you ever place a trade — and why gut feelings without numbers will get you burned
• The difference between call and put options, and when each one belongs in your marketing plan
• How a collar strategy works in practice: buying a $700 put and selling an $800 call for a net cost of around $10/ton — and what you're giving up to get it
• Why "I'll hold the option a little longer after I sell the grain" is where hedgers become speculators
• How paper trades through your RBC or STONEX account interact differently with your GARS policy than a delivery-tied contract does — and why that distinction matters
• The AgriStability angle: how your option strategy cost becomes an eligible expense, and what that means if you're one of the many producers sitting close to a claim this year
• What a "whole farm put" actually looks like and how it covers commodities you can't hedge on the exchange
• The fertilizer and fuel hedging conversation nobody else is having

Useful timestamps:

• 00:04:17 — Ryan introduces the bullish/bearish framework and canola market context
• 00:07:00 — Crowd poll results: where producers' heads are at on canola prices
• 00:13:00 — Technical analysis walkthrough: support, resistance, and where this market could run to
• 00:26:22 — Call and put options explained cleanly
• 00:35:10 — How put options work as price insurance without elevator contracts
• 00:39:33 — The collar strategy: how to cheapen your protection
• 00:42:36 — Derek Tallon's producer perspective on using options as farm insurance
• 00:46:46 — David Sullivan: how options interact with your GARS production insurance
• 00:50:00 — The AgriStability layer: how your option cost could be 80% subsidized
• 00:59:32 — When and how to exit the strategy properly
• 01:04:29 — Fertilizer and fuel: the hedging conversation farmers aren't having yet
• 01:17:00 — The hardest part: closing your hedge the same day you make your physical sale

Guests in this episode:

Ryan Bonnett — independent commodity trading advisor, 20 years of experience coaching Western Canadian producers through options and futures strategies.

Derek Tallon — grain producer, central Saskatchewan. Grows canola, wheat, and durum. Brings a grounded, practical lens on how these tools work at the farm level.

David Sullivan — production insurance advisor, Global Ag Risk Solutions (GARS). Expert in how production insurance, AgriStability, and marketing strategies interact.

One thing that stuck:

David put it plainly — a 5,000-acre producer is sitting long on $2.5 to $3 million of grain the moment they plant. Most traders would never carry a position that size unhedged. Most producers do it every single year without thinking about it that way.

That framing alone is worth the listen.

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Jay Peterson had spent the day talking to people at booths, catching up with friends, listening to the Manitoba and Saskatchewan numbers come out on the radio. And somewhere between Saskatoon and Swift Current, something settled on him. Nobody was really having the conversation. Not out loud. Not honestly.

So he made a video. Johnny Cash in the background. A simple question underneath it. Why is nobody talking about the fact that nothing we can grow in 2026 is going to make us money?

The comments came in five flavors. Some farmers said they'd never quit, no matter what. Some were close to a breaking point. Some said it was just another cycle. Some thought bigger forces were reshaping the whole industry. And some were just trying to make sense of it.

This episode is the conversation that followed.

Four farmers. Real numbers. No prescriptions. No easy answers.

The question underneath all of it: when the math stops working, what are we actually farming for?

Guests

Jay Peterson — JSP Farms Chris Allam — Allen Farms Norm Shoemaker — Shoemaker Ag Ventures Partnership Jeff Bennett — Bone Trail Land Company

Timestamps

00:00 — Jay's TikTok, the long drive home from the production show, and why the comments hit a nerve.

08:34 — The live poll. How does your farm pencil out for 2026? 26% profitable. 42% break even at best. 16% likely a loss.

09:14 — Jay on what he was actually feeling when he made the post. Inputs still high. Prices not following. The sense that everyone was in the same position but nobody was saying it.

13:48 — Norm on the math. It used to take a metric ton of durum to break even. Now it takes close to two. Costs went one way and didn't come back.

15:22 — Jeff on why he stopped trying to predict what the year would bring. Four tough years before a good one. The numbers change every two months. You still show up.

17:09 — Chris makes the case it's not that dire, at least in Alberta. Average contribution margin, a little bit of profit. But he's clear: this was never a one-year home run industry.

19:18 — Cycles. Nobody agrees on where we are. Norm says we got used to good years and probably over-invested in iron. Jay says he might just be a year-by-year guy.

21:44 — Jay on why he never wanted to be a home run farmer. Singles and doubles. The rare triple. What it felt like to watch the bottom fall out mid-harvest last fall.

28:53 — The second poll. What's putting the most pressure right now? Inputs at 55%. Commodity prices at 42%. Land costs at 36%. Equipment at 27%.

29:45 — Whether cutting production costs to meet the market is actually a strategy. Chris says you produce more, not less. Jeff says fertilizing for disaster is its own kind of disaster.

31:43 — Jay on buying base chemical components instead of prepackaged. Why he grows mustard and not canola. Efficiency over volume when the rain isn't coming.

34:24 — Norm on land values. A million dollars a quarter. A son and a son-in-law coming into the operation. The math on return when you run those numbers.

36:32 — What farmers are actually doing differently this year. Variable rate fertilizing. Weekly peer group meetings. Cost benchmarking. Lean Six Sigma on the farm.

43:18 — Jeff on switching acres to canary seed and specialty canola. Crop rotation as a profit strategy. Finally back to a third, third, third rotation after years of disease pressure.

46:00 — The last question. What are you farming for when the numbers don't work?

47:27 — Chris: the next generation, and watching marginal land get better year after year.

48:16 — Jeff: fourth or fifth generation on this land. Leaving a starting point better than the one he was handed.

49:38 — Norm: the kids, the grandkids, and the table. Number six on the way. Who's at the table is what matters.

50:32 — Jay: he got into it because he loves farming. Loves farming with his dad. Loves doing it as well or better than the generations before him.

52:27 — Why Dan wanted to create a room for this conversation. And why it matters that farmers are willing to say it out loud.

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The chart went viral on YouTube. 52,000 views. And for good reason.

The RSI had been signaling overbought conditions for over thirteen years. Previous times the market crossed that line and broke below the two-year exponential moving average, the results were not subtle. A 54% drop after 1922. A 22% drop after 1968. A 60% drop after 1982. Those aren't predictions. That's the historical record. Most people buying land today have never seen it.

Tim Hammond runs Hammond Realty. He's been on the floor of the Saskatchewan farmland market since 2002. He manages 80,000 acres for investors, negotiates rental agreements, and watches the bid sheets on every tender. What he's seeing right now is something he hasn't seen before. A split market. Good land in a good area still moving. Average land struggling. Inventory quietly doubling. The spread between the top bid and the second bid widening from close together to five, ten, fifteen percent apart.

The top bid is still setting records. But Tim's point is that land is only worth what the second highest bidder will pay. And that depth is getting thinner.

This is not a doom and gloom conversation. Saskatchewan farmers hold somewhere around 65 billion dollars of farmland free and clear. The balance sheets are strong. The ag lenders are still positive. If there's a correction, Tim thinks agriculture can absorb the first 15 to 20 percent without a cascade. The question is where it goes from there.

That's the conversation this episode holds. What the chart says, what the ground says, and what it means for the decisions you're making right now.

Guests

Trent Klarenbach — Klarenbach Research. Technical analyst. The first person known to have charted Saskatchewan farmland values across a hundred years of data.

Tim Hammond — Founder and CEO, Hammond Realty. Agricultural real estate specialist, former ag lender, manages land for sophisticated investors across Saskatchewan.

Timestamps

00:00 — Dan sets the stage. The Robert Angelic webinar in January, tightening capital conditions, and why this conversation needed to happen.

04:00 — The Klarenbach Research farmland study. 52,000 YouTube views. What happens when you apply a hundred years of technical analysis to land values for the first time.

05:00 — Introducing Trent Klarenbach and Tim Hammond.

08:34 — Live audience poll: where do you think Saskatchewan farmland values are headed? Results reveal a split room.

11:50 — Trent walks through the chart. RSI, the two-year exponential moving average, and what the historical pullbacks actually looked like. 54% in 1922. 22% in 1968. 60% in 1982.

13:00 — What overbought actually means and why the RSI can stay elevated for years before anything moves.

15:00 — Tim on what the chart means personally. His great-grandfather handed back the keys in 1933 when land values had halved. The Hammond family's hundred years of farming mapped almost exactly onto Trent's cycle lines.

17:00 — What Dan took from the chart that nobody talks about at the kitchen table.

18:00 — Tim on what he's seeing on the ground right now. The split market. Good land still competitive. Average land going sideways or down. The first split he's seen since 2002.

20:00 — Second live poll on local market conditions. 52% say steady but not as aggressive. 30% still seeing competitive multiple-bid situations. 12% starting to see softening.

21:30 — Inventory. How much farmland has come to market since January and what the doubling of listings actually means in context of one per rural municipality.

23:00 — The bid depth problem. Tenders that used to get ten offers are now getting two or three. The spread between top bid and second bid is widening. What that means for actual land values beneath the headline numbers.

26:00 — Trent on the catalysts that could trigger a trend change. Credit tightening, geopolitics, commodity cycles, retiring farmers reconsidering their position.

30:00 — The long-term buyer question. Tim's dad bought land in 1981 at 80,000 a quarter. It took 27 years to look like a great investment. He still has it.

33:00 — What a 33-year wait looks like depending on your age and whether you can survive the cycle. Trent on what happened to the people who couldn't.

34:00 — If there is a pullback, what does buying the dip actually look like and who has the dry powder to do it.

38:00 — Tim's cell signal. What price movement would actually constitute a sell signal on Trent's chart and how close we may or may not be to that line.

39:00 — The retired farmer wildcard. 30 to 40 percent of Saskatchewan farmland is held by retired farmers and farm families who stopped selling when the asset kept appreciating. What happens if that calculus changes.

42:00 — Audience poll: do you believe technical analysis has value for farmland decisions? 64% say somewhat useful but not definitive. 20% say yes, charts reveal important signals. 16% say farmland is different from other markets.

43:00 — The shift from expansion to efficiency. Why buyers are getting stronger instead of bigger.

45:00 — Rental rates. Poll results: 43% say increasing, 40% holding steady, 11% starting to soften. Tim on managing 80,000 acres of rental agreements and what he's seeing in renegotiations this year for the first time.

49:00 — Rent versus land value. When you're getting 1% on an asset that might start declining, when does the math change?

51:00 — How much Saskatchewan farmland is rented versus owner-operated. Tim's gut on the percentage turns out to be almost exactly right.

53:00 — Rent versus purchase in a tighter market. Why locking in for three years looks different than committing for twenty.

54:00 — Credit conditions and balance sheets. Tim on whether he's seen lenders kill deals yet and what the equity cushion actually looks like.

57:00 — Nutrient mining clauses in rental agreements. Are landlords enforcing them?

58:00 — 42.1% of Saskatchewan farmland is free and clear. What that number means in dollars.

59:00 — Are boomers selling? Why the transfer of farmland may matter as much to the market as new buyers entering it.

01:01:00 — Trent on where he's taking the research next. An announcement coming. Subscribe to find out.

01:02:00 — The next generation question. What happens to the land when the people who said they didn't want it are the ones who inherit it.

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This session brought the Kohr Wealth team to the Growing the Future Productions live room. Ryan Hillstead, a CPA who spent 16 years in public practice carrying a heavy ag book, walked through three client stories that stopped people cold. Shane Shepherd laid out how whole life insurance works as something you own, not just something you pay for. And tax lawyer Kelly Caruk explained why buying insurance in the wrong place can cost you the very tax advantages you were trying to protect.

The conversation also got into what Ryan calls the tax liability can. The one being kicked down the road from generation to generation, growing in step with every acre of appreciating land. Somebody's eventually going to pick it up. This conversation is about making sure there's a plan when they do.

Guests: Larry Scammel, Shane Shepherd, Ryan Hillstead, Kelly Caruk — Kohr Wealth

Timestamps:

00:00 — Welcome and setup. Why capital concentrated in one asset class can narrow your options across generations.

03:52 — Larry introduces Kohr Wealth, their new partnership with Blue Star Equity, and their two beer rule for working with clients.

06:30 — How Kohr approaches life insurance from a balance sheet perspective. Liquidity, tax exposure, succession, long-term family control.

08:22 — Ryan Hillstead introduces himself. 16 years as a CPA in public practice, partner level with a national firm, heavy ag client base across Saskatchewan.

09:39 — How agriculture has changed in 15 years. Land values, technology, and the shift toward viewing farming as a wealth-building business.

11:42 — The $50 billion of farmland set to transfer in the next decade and why succession conversations have taken over the kitchen table.

12:58 — The disappearing tax tools. TOSI rules, passive income changes, income splitting restrictions, and the removal of surplus strip planning in 2024.

19:00 — Ryan's three client stories. Uncle Gordon. Rod. The estate freeze family with farming and non-farming kids at the same table.

21:05 — Uncle Gordon did everything right. Died with a $4 million investment portfolio. The tax bill on his land ate the whole thing.

23:09 — Rod sold the farm when no one wanted to take it over. Year three, he came in looking deflated. Said he wished he had never done it.

24:40 — The estate freeze family. $40 million corporation. Mom and dad hold preferred shares. The farm may have to sell land just to cover the tax bill when they pass.

30:56 — Shane Shepherd explains whole life insurance. What cash value is, how it builds, and why it behaves differently than anything else on your balance sheet.

33:37 — The farmland analogy. You don't sell the land to access the equity. Whole life works the same way.

38:10 — Kelly Caruk on the tax architecture. Why insurance is taxed differently than almost every other asset class, what capital dividends are, and why structure matters before anything else.

43:50 — The risk of buying insurance in the wrong place. For farm families specifically, a wrong structure can cost you the farming tax preferences you would otherwise have.

48:52 — Audience question: Can insurance companies go broke in Canada? Shane answers. Kelly adds the regulatory backstop.

51:28 — Ryan on the intergenerational tax liability. Generations kicking the can down the road. What it looks like when somebody finally has to pick it up.

54:55 — Shane closes. Tax tools have narrowed. Timing matters. Capital structure is as important as the amount of capital you have.

58:59 — Audience Q&A on preferred shares and estate freezes. Ryan and Kelly explain what preferred shares actually are and how insurance can reduce the estate tax bill, not just fund it.

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Episode Summary (for the Simplecast summary field):

When nothing you can grow in 2026 is projected to make money at average yields and average prices … what do you do? In this live workshop, Dan Aberhart sits down with Dave Sullivan from Global Ag Risk Solutions, Dean Klippenstine from MNP, and producer Jake Leguee to break down the farm financials, benchmark the best operators, and engineer a revenue floor before you seed a single acre. Dave walks through real spreadsheets showing break-even costs have more than doubled since 2010, why the largest crop in Canadian history barely generated a profit, and what the top 25% of managers are doing differently. The panel digs into how to stack crop insurance, AgriStability, and GARS products — including the brand new Yield Plus option — so you can farm with confidence even in a year where the math says you shouldn't be able to. If you only listen to one episode before spring, make it this one.

Episode Notes (with timestamps, formatted for Simplecast markdown and YouTube description):

Engineer Your Revenue Floor Before You Seed Season 8, Episode 6

The margins are tight. The projections are grim. And spring is coming whether you're ready or not. In this live workshop with nearly 300 registered producers, we cut through the noise and get to the numbers that matter.

Panel:

• Dave Sullivan — Global Ag Risk Solutions
• Dean Klippenstine — MNP
• Jake Leguee — Leguee Farms

Timestamps:

[00:00:00] Welcome and why this workshop exists — the financial questions stacking up at the kitchen table

[00:02:55] Setting the stage — projections showing $25–$50/acre below break-even at average yields and prices

[00:04:37] Dave Sullivan shares what he's seeing across thousands of farm financials — and why having a common vernacular matters

[00:10:30] Break-even costs over time — how we went from $250 to $550/acre in 16 years

[00:13:19] The 2026 budget reality — $50–$75/acre losses on average, and why we haven't seen a starting point this tough since 2007–2008

[00:17:19] Top producers vs. top managers — why the most profitable farms aren't always the biggest spenders on inputs

[00:20:39] Southeast Saskatchewan benchmarks — the massive gap between top and bottom 25% and where it actually shows up (hint: it's LPM, not inputs)

[00:25:07] Jake Leguee on scouting, holding back that extra pass, and why spending more doesn't always mean earning more

[00:26:27] Dean Klippenstine busts the "fixed cost" myth — why that term needs to go

[00:27:33] Yield Plus explained — the brand new GARS product that layers crop insurance into the calculation and can save 40–70% on premiums

[00:30:26] Stacking your coverage — how to combine crop insurance, AgriStability, GARS, and GI-3 for the right fit on YOUR farm

[00:34:46] Why locking in canola at this rally matters — and the futures strategy conversation

[00:39:46] The AgriStability cashflow trap — great on a spreadsheet, but can you wait 12–18 months for the check?

[00:44:00] The "trough of despair" — why a 70% crop can actually pay better than a 90% crop when your coverage is stacked right

[00:49:23] Quotes move fast — why your GARS quote is only good until something weird happens (and weird things are happening a lot these days)

[00:54:52] How GARS treats futures contracts, delivery contracts, and trade accounts

[00:59:43] Why relationships with the right experts are the real competitive advantage

[01:00:50] Final takeaways — know your numbers, understand your options, and get yourself on the right side of the distribution curve

Key Takeaway: The gap between the top 25% and bottom 25% of farms is massive — and it's not about spending more on inputs. It's about knowing your numbers, controlling your LPM, benchmarking against your region, and engineering a financial floor before you ever hit the field. This is the year to get that right.

Resources mentioned:

• Global Ag Risk Solutions: agrisksolutions.ca
• MNP Benchmarking
• GARS Yield Plus product (new for 2026)
• AgriStability & provincial crop insurance programs

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Farm balance sheets may look strong on paper. But beneath the surface, lending behavior is changing, capital is more disciplined, and the margin for error is narrowing.

In this live conversation, Dan and Ted discuss:

Why profitable farms can still experience financial pressure

The difference between strategic sales and forced sales

How liquidity issues surface before they become obvious

What well-prepared farm operations tend to have in common

Why “just hold the land” isn’t always a complete strategy

Ted works directly with farm families, lenders, and advisors across Western Canada and beyond. As the #1 RE/MAX farmland realtor globally, he has been involved in hundreds of farmland transactions and sees patterns long before they become headlines.

This episode is not about predictions. It’s about structure, positioning, and understanding how capital behaves when conditions shift.

Chapters / Timestamps 

00:00 – Introduction & why this conversation matters 

02:30 – Market sentiment vs. reality on farmland values 

06:45 – What’s changed recently in buyer and seller behavior 

12:30 – Profitability, cash flow, and leverage pressures 

18:00 – Liquidity vs. legacy: real tradeoffs 

26:00 – Investor behavior, rental land, and capital availability 

34:00 – Risk, balance sheets, and selling strategically 

42:00 – Productive vs. marginal land dynamics 

50:30 – Perspective, cycles, and long-term thinking

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No slides. 

No prepared remarks. 

Just live questions from producers, lenders, and operators trying to understand what happens when capital tightens. 

In this session, Robert responds to questions about: 

– Cash flow vs land value 

– How banks actually behave when risk rises 

– Why liquidity disappears before prices fall 

– What breaks first when leverage is stretched 

– How operators protect the land when margins compress 

– And why “survival” is not failure, it’s strategy 

Several moments in this Q&A landed hard, including Robert’s blunt reminder: “Your balance sheet won’t save you if your cash flow breaks.” This conversation isn’t theory. It’s lived experience, shared in real time.

00:00 Part 3 - Audience Q&A & Closing

05:40 Banking Relationships and Financial Advice

12:01 Global Agriculture and Market Dynamics

33:30 Cryptocurrency and AI in Agriculture

41:21 The Inevitability of War and Global Tensions

41:46 China's Ambitions and Global Power Dynamics

42:34 Climate Change and Carbon Credits

44:51 Agricultural Financing and Real Estate

51:42 Interest Rates and Economic Predictions

56:35 Farmland Investment Strategies

01:06:19 Global Trade and Agricultural Competitiveness

01:23:48 Closing Remarks and Final Thoughts

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Why capital availability matters more than interest rates

What lenders look for first when credit tightens

How to speak to banks using the metrics that matter

Why preparation gives producers leverage

How operators separate themselves in tighter cycles

🎧 This is Part II of a three-part series with Robert Andjelic.

Part I explores why a capital squeeze may be coming

Part II focuses on how to prepare

Part III examines outcomes, opportunities, and who benefits as cycles turn

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In this special live episode, Dan Aberhart sits down with Robert Andjelic to explore a question many producers are quietly asking:

Is capital tightening around agriculture — and if so, why now?

This is not a prediction episode and not financial advice.
It’s a first-principles conversation about how credit systems work, what lenders are responding to, and why agriculture is being affected indirectly by pressures elsewhere in the economy.

In this episode, we cover:

Why banks are under pressure — and why agriculture is not the problem

How commercial real estate, shadow banking, and regulation affect farm credit

Where we are in the broader economic and capital cycle

Why capital availability matters more than interest rates

How agriculture differs from other asset classes during downturns

Why preparation and clarity matter more than prediction

Robert also shares perspective from decades of experience across commercial real estate, capital markets, and farmland investing — including why he believes agriculture remains one of the strongest long-term sectors, even as conditions tighten.

This episode is Part One of a two-part series

Part One: Understanding the capital environment and why this time is different

Part Two: What to do next — practical preparation, lender conversations, and positioning

If you operate a farm, ag business, or work closely with agricultural finance, this episode is designed to help you think more clearly about the environment ahead — without panic, and without noise.

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Why most diets work briefly—and then quietly collapse

The hidden cost of extreme approaches to food and fitness

Growing up overweight and learning to separate identity from behavior

Why protein, fiber, hydration, and sleep are foundational—not optional

The difference between weight loss and health

Alcohol, energy, and the trade-offs we don’t like to talk about

Why tracking creates awareness, not obsession

How agriculture schedules complicate nutrition—and how to adapt

Accountability as a support system, not a punishment

Building habits that can survive busy seasons, travel, and stress

This episode is a reminder:

You don’t need a new body.
You need a way of living that doesn’t break the one you have.

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In this live episode of What Farmers Want, host Dan Aberhart puts ag-tech innovation to the test in a Shark Tank–style format designed for one audience only: farmers.

🎙 Andrew Leaman, Founder & CEO of Chariot Command, joins the show to present technology built around visual monitoring, thermal imaging, and AI — designed to detect overheating components, mechanical failures, and fire risks before they become catastrophic.

Andrew isn’t pitching to investors or executives.
He’s pitching directly to producers and agronomists who live with this equipment every day.

👨‍🌾 Farmer & Agronomist Panel

Wyatt Bolt – Bolt Seeds Farm

Darwin Kells – Lambton Agra

Riley Kushniruk – K4 Ag

With candid discussion from the live audience and real-world scenarios ranging from combine bearings to grain dryer fires, this episode dives into:

The true cost of downtime

Why most fires don’t come out of nowhere

How thermal imaging sees what humans can’t

Data ownership, insurance implications, and OEM relationships

What farmers would actually pay for preventative technology

🤝 Presented by Cornerstone Credit Union

Lyndon Lisitza, Director of Rural Tech Activation at Cornerstone Credit Union, joins the conversation to share why supporting practical, farmer-driven innovation matters — and how financial institutions can play a role in accelerating adoption without hype.

This is an honest, unfiltered conversation about ag-tech, risk, and reality — exactly how farmers like it.

🔗 Learn more

Chariot Command
Founder: Andrew Leaman
📧 andrew.leaman@chariotcommand.com

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Corliss shares her journey from growing up on a Saskatchewan farm, to building a successful business, to losing everything and rebuilding from the inside out. Together, they explore self doubt, imposter syndrome, personal responsibility, and the internal work required to move forward with clarity and confidence.

This episode is for anyone in agriculture, entrepreneurship, or leadership who feels called to something more and wants to take ownership of where they’re headed next.

Corliss will also be joining us in person as a keynote speaker at the Convergence Conference.

Topics Covered

• What real leadership looks like and why it starts on the inside
• Growing up on a Saskatchewan farm and early lessons in responsibility
• Chasing success and still feeling unfulfilled
• Losing everything and rebuilding from scratch
• Self doubt, imposter syndrome, and internal validation
• Vision, purpose, and personal responsibility
• Leading your life instead of drifting through it
• Becoming who you need to be to fulfill your vision
• Why community, coaching, and events matter
• What Corliss will bring to the Convergence Conference

Timestamps

00:00 Welcome and episode introduction
01:07 Introducing Corliss Rassyle
03:15 Growing up on the farm
05:00 Building a business and finding purpose
09:32 The hero’s journey and hard seasons
13:02 Losing everything and rebuilding
17:00 Where real change begins
18:18 Vision, purpose, and leading your life
21:36 Becoming who you need to be
24:02 Learning to value the journey
27:17 Call to LEAD and leadership without titles
32:00 What changes after doing the work
33:13 Convergence Conference and what’s possible
39:04 Final reflections and where to connect

Guest

Corliss Rassyle
International Speaker, Author, Coach, and Founder of Corliss Co.

Website: https://www.corliss.ca

Links

Convergence Conference
https://www.convergence.ag

Growing the Future Podcast
https://www.growingthefuturepodcast.ca

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The conversation spans angel investing, Startup TNT, and the roots of prairie innovation — from early farm accounting software and fertilizer exits to today’s venture-backed ag-tech startups. Along the way, we dig into a powerful idea: agriculture doesn’t just need better technology, it needs farmers back in the innovation value chain as owners, not just test pilots.

This episode also reflects on the Yorkton Harvest Showdown Ag Tech Pitch, where Dan and his guest recently connected with emerging founders — several of whom will be featured in upcoming episodes.

If you’re a farmer, founder, investor, or someone curious about how ag-tech actually gets built and funded, this conversation offers a grounded, honest look at capital, community, and purpose-driven investing.

Key Topics / Bullets (Optional but recommended)

Angel investing in agriculture

Startup TNT and prairie startup ecosystems

The legacy of AgExpert and early ag innovation

Why farmers are losing equity in the value chain

Purpose, responsibility, and investing in community

How ag-tech startups actually get funded

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Dan and Matt dive into the challenges of modern farm businesses, from information overload to multi‑generational dynamics. They discuss why simplicity beats burnout and how prioritizing what really matters can help cut through the noise. Matt shares how humor makes tough conversations easier and why we often have more in common across generations than we think. They also touch on the unique challenges of family farms — being hard on family, managing multiple age groups on one yard, and the importance of empathy.

The episode offers a taste of what Matt will deliver at Convergence 2026 and underscores why his message is right on point for anyone in agriculture. Tune in to hear practical ideas for leading with intention, building culture, and making space for real progress.

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In this episode:

The difference between managing chaos and leading a business

How to let go of control without losing your edge

What it takes to professionalize your farm operation

How to build systems and people that work without you

Why clarity and communication create freedom

Whether you’re stuck in the middle of harvest madness or planning your next growth phase, this episode will give you perspective, calm, and a plan for leading your farm like a business.

Brought to you by:
Aberhart Ag Solutions and GRIPP — the accountability app built for farms.
Try GRIPP risk-free for 90 days at gripp.ag/partner/aberhart

🎙 Host: Dan Aberhart
🎙 Co-Host: Nicole Dube
👤 Guest: Tim Schaefer, Encore Consulting
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In this episode, we take you inside the Growing the Future Mastermind, featuring soil scientist Greg Patterson, founder of A&L Laboratories Canada. Together, we dig into advanced soil science concepts that can transform how you farm:

Why cation exchange capacity (CEC) is the key to understanding nutrient availability.

How base saturation makes soil chemistry actionable for real-world farming.

Why the balance of calcium, magnesium, and potassium drives energy production and yield stability.

This is just a taste of what happens inside the Mastermind—a place where producers, agronomists, and ag entrepreneurs come together to learn what’s really working in the field.

👉 Want access to the full sessions, transcripts, and community? Join the Growing the Future Mastermind today.

🔗 Join the Mastermind here https://www.skool.com/gtfmastermind/about?ref=ea63befe7e934417a3e7ebb42bb2080c

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Why digital scouting tools are becoming a game-changer for producers

How Agscouter streamlines reporting between agronomists, farmers, and retailers

The top frustrations farmers have with ag-tech (and how to fix them)

Where tech fits — and where it fails — in real-world decision-making

Exclusive insights from farmers on what they actually want from innovators

Featured Guests & Panelists:

Jill & Kara (Agscouter Co-Founders) — sharing the vision and roadmap

Cherilyn Jolly-Nagel (Producer, Mossbank, SK)

Scott Maurer (Maurer Family Grains)

Brett Casavant (Casavant Family Farms)

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In this episode, we look back at what happened, why it happened, and what it means for the future of farming in Western Canada. Panelists Ryan Goodwin, Mike Palmier, and Dean Klippenstine share their perspectives on:

The motivations behind the merger and the lessons learned along the way

The biggest challenges farmers face today and how independent advice can help

What separates good farms from great ones

How data, finance, and agronomy can work together to support better decisions acre by acre

Whether you’re curious about the evolution of agronomy or looking for insights to take your farm from good to great, this episode delivers a candid, practical conversation about the future of agriculture.

Listen in, and then check out the full webinar replay on the Growing the Future Productions YouTube channel.

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In this episode, Dan highlights the top three reasons for joining the Mastermind and features expert Greg Patterson, with over 30 years of experience in soil science, plant nutrition, and microbiology. 

Learn about the crucial role of soil types in fertility planning, how plants reshape their microbial environment for better performance, and the significant impact of soil health on drought resilience. 

 Join the conversation and elevate your agricultural practices here: https://www.skool.com/gtfmastermind/about?ref=ea63befe7e934417a3e7ebb42bb2080c

00:00 Welcome to Growing the Future Podcast 

00:16 Introduction to the Mastermind Community 

01:12 Top Reasons to Join the Mastermind 

02:05 Insights from Greg Patterson: Soil Types 

06:57 Understanding Microbial Environments 

12:05 Soil Health and Drought Mitigation 

14:37 Conclusion and Invitation to Join

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Join us in episode two of 'What Farmers Want,' hosted by Danny Aberhart, where REAL-WORLD producers dive deep into evaluating innovative Ag Tech solutions. 

In this episode, we feature Tayeb Soomro, founder of PathoScan, pitching his microbial profiling platform, PathoBox. 

The technology allows early detection and management of crop diseases, potentially transforming fungicide application decisions. 

Hear from seasoned farmers like Matt Wallington, Kris Mayerle, Janel Delage, and Scott Maurer, among others, as they provide candid feedback, discuss the practicality, and explore the potential ROI. 

CEO Doug Jones from Cornerstone Credit Union shares insights on supporting Ag Tech advancements. 

This interactive, no-nonsense series aims to bridge the gap between Silicon Valley innovation and practical farming needs, ensuring technologies not only impress but work effectively in the field. 

00:00 Introduction to What Farmers Want 

01:54 Meet the Panelists 

03:19 Farmers Share Crop Conditions and Innovations 

09:12 Cornerstone Credit Union's Role in Ag Tech 

16:32 Challenges in Ag Tech Adoption 

20:24 Introducing Patho Scan and Patho Box 

35:05 Challenges with Previous Device 

35:44 Improvements in Sample Preparation 

37:27 Cost and Pricing of the New Technology 

40:12 Fungicide Decision-Making on the Farm 

44:14 ROI and Cost Analysis of Fungicide Application 

49:48 Future Plans and Farmer Feedback 

58:26 Final Thoughts and Closing Remarks

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Featuring personal anecdotes and professional insights from Chris Unrau from Precision Land Solutions, Darryl Wiebe from Beaver Creek Farms, and Jim Pallister from Pallister Farms, the conversation explores key themes like improving land value through tile drainage, the return on investment, and the regulatory landscape. 

This episode is packed with valuable advice for farmers looking to enhance their land productivity and sustainability. Don't miss out on the rich discussion around the benefits, challenges, and practicalities of implementing tile drainage systems! 

00:00 Welcome to Growing the Future Productions 

01:02 Sharing Personal Wins 

01:52 Chris's Coffee Venture 

04:33 Discussing Land Values and ROI 

05:43 Chris's Journey with Tile Drainage 

12:24 Darrell's Family History with Tile Drainage 

16:29 Jim's Passion for Land Ownership and Improvement 

23:54 Benefits of Tile Drainage 

34:53 The Value of Tiling Land 

35:29 Net Worth and Land Renovation 

36:27 Payoff Time for Tiling 

37:02 Soil Conservation Anecdote 

38:19 Philosophical and Practical Views on Tiling 

39:21 Field-Specific Benefits of Tiling 

43:52 Complete Solutions for Tiling 

46:14 Challenges and Solutions in Tiling 

52:50 Regulatory Landscape and Advocacy 

01:00:48 Final Thoughts and Wrap-Up

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STARS: Life-Saving Missions and Community Impact | 

Growing the Future Podcast S7 E9 

In this episode of 'Growing the Future Podcast,' host Dan Aberhart chats with Darren Entner, the Clinical Operations Manager at STARS in Regina. 

They dive into the vital role STARS plays in providing critical care in remote areas through air rescue missions. 

Dan also discusses his personal mission to raise $50,000 for STARS by participating in the 'Rescue on the River' campaign. 

With over 11 daily missions and nearly 4,000 in one year alone, the life-saving work of STARS is monumental. 

Discover how community support and innovative healthcare are making extraordinary impacts in rural Canada. 

00:00 Welcome to Growing the Future Podcast 

00:30 Personal Mission: Rescue on the River Campaign 

02:01 Introducing the Guest: Darren Entner from STARS 

04:11 Darren's Journey with STARS 

07:54 The Evolution and Impact of STARS 

14:25 Cutting-Edge Technology and Operations 

16:27 Mission Types and Procedures 

19:39 Scene Calls and Coordination 

21:35 Critical Care Logistics and Communication 

22:13 Challenges and Differences Across Provinces 

22:37 Manitoba's Unique Circumstances 

24:58 Mission Statistics and Busy Seasons 

27:44 Impactful Patient Stories 

31:48 Fundraising and Community Support 

34:02 Rescue on the River Event 

39:19 Concluding Remarks and Gratitude

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Join host Dan Aberhart on the Growing the Future Podcast for an awe-inspiring episode with special guest Calem Watson. 

In this episode, Caleb shares his incredible 122-day solo canoe expedition across the Northwest Territories, from Fort Smith to Tuktoyaktuk in the summer of 2023. 

Discover the compelling reasons behind his adventurous spirit, the profound solitude he experienced, the stunning wildlife encounters, and the motivation to pursue a career as a public speaker. 

Calem's journey offers invaluable lessons in resilience, courage, and the beauty of nature. 

Learn about his preparation, the kindness of strangers along the way, and the broader message of finding freedom and simplicity away from modern life's chaos. 

Tune in to hear Calem's story and be inspired to embrace adventure and follow your dreams. 

00:00 Welcome to Growing the Future Podcast 

01:52 Introducing the Esteemed Guest 

02:23 The 3000 Kilometer Solo Canoe Expedition 

03:57 The Motivation Behind the Adventure 

05:24 Experiencing Canada's Untamed Wilderness 

10:49 The Challenges and Rewards of Solo Travel 

16:17 Planning and Preparing for the Journey 

21:47 Sharing the Adventure and Inspiring Others 

31:28 Breaking into the Wilderness 

32:48 Wildlife Encounters 

33:31 Survival Diets and Pemmican 

37:18 Lessons from the Journey 

42:34 Indigenous Culture and Kindness 

47:32 Future Adventures and Reflections

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In the premiere episode of “What Farmers Want”—brought to you by Cornerstone Credit Union’s Rural Tech Act—host Dan Aberhart invites you to witness a high-stakes, Shark Tank-style pitch where Kyle Folk, Founder & CEO of GroundTruth Ag, makes his case for a new approach to on-farm grain grading automation.

But the decision isn’t up to investors. It’s up to the farmers.

This episode features direct, unfiltered feedback from a panel of respected Saskatchewan producers:

Matt Wallington – Hanover Ridge Farms

Brett Casavant – Cas-Grain Farms

Riley Kushniruk – K4 Ag

Scott Maurer – Maurer Family Grains

They ask the tough questions, challenge assumptions, and weigh in on whether this technology has what it takes to make it out of the shop and onto the farm.

💡 Highlights Include:

Why ag tech adoption so often misses the mark

The real-world challenges of grain grading and quality assessment

What it takes to earn the trust of producers

Live audience polling and Q&A participation

Is this the next game-changer—or just another gadget gathering dust? Listen in and decide for yourself.

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Growing the Future Podcast S7E6 

In this episode, we sit down with Ryan Husband, the mayor of Outlook, Saskatchewan, and the executive director of Irrigation Saskatchewan. Raised on a family farm, Ryan's journey to becoming a local leader, water management engineer, and co-owner of Husbandry Farms is full of grit and perseverance. 

From fighting fires to managing an orchard, Ryan's story is one of innovation and dedication to improving the agricultural industry. Join us as we discuss the complexities and rewards of irrigation, leadership in small-town Saskatchewan, and the future of farming. 

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You won't want to miss this one! 

00:00 Welcome to Growing the Future Podcast 01:03 Introducing Today's Esteemed Guest 

02:23 Ryan Husband's Background and Journey 06:06 Engineering and Agricultural Career 

08:22 Challenges and Opportunities in Irrigation 13:01 Community Involvement and Leadership 

17:45 Outlook's Infrastructure and Future Plans 

20:34 The Importance of Irrigation in Saskatchewan 26:03 Comparing Irrigation in Saskatchewan and Alberta 

32:48 Outlook's Growth and Development 

48:27 Exploring the Concept of Irrigation 

48:39 The Vision of John Diefenbaker 

50:06 Current State of Irrigation in Saskatchewan 

51:37 Challenges and Solutions in Irrigation 

52:42 Gravity's Role in Irrigation 

55:03 Efficiency Improvements in Irrigation 

01:01:17 Getting Started with Irrigation 

01:21:52 Economic and Community Impact of Irrigation 

01:24:23 Leadership and Personal Growth 

01:30:36 Future of Irrigation and Final Thoughts

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Join host Dan Aberhart in the 'Engine of the Soil Igniting the Evergreen Revolution' webinar as he speaks with Greg Patterson, CEO and founder of A&L Canada Laboratories. 

This webinar, presented by A&L Canada Laboratories and Growing the Future Productions, gathers a powerhouse of agronomic expertise to discuss soil health and its transformative potential in agriculture. 

Greg shares his 40 years of experience and unveils a comprehensive soil health series that will bring agronomic insights to farmers in Western Canada and beyond. 

The session explores the history of green revolutions, the importance of soil microbiomes, balanced fertility, and innovative techniques to boost crop yields while maintaining environmental sustainability. 

Engage with the discussion, learn about the groundbreaking Soil Health Index, and discover how proper soil management can revolutionize agricultural productivity. 

Stay tuned for future sessions and masterclasses aimed at elevating agronomy practices globally. 

00:00 Welcome and Introduction 

01:30 Excitement for Soil Health Series 

03:04 Greg Patterson's Vision and Goals 

06:00 Historical Overview of Fertility 06:18 The First Green Revolution 

08:23 The Second Green Revolution 

09:24 The Evergreen Revolution 

09:50 Plant-Microbe Interactions 

11:36 Soil Health and Microbial Activity 

16:18 Case Study: Potato Production 

19:49 A&L Biologicals and Soil Health 

25:56 Balanced Fertility and Nutrient Management 

33:14 Q&A Session: Soil Health and Fertility 

47:59 Impact of Agriculture on Organic Matter 

49:46 The Role of Sulfur in Soil Health 

52:47 Microbial Activity and Soil Moisture 

01:02:10 No-Till Farming and Soil Stratification 

01:09:29 Soil Health Index and Microbial Populations 

01:23:21 Introducing the Growing the Future Mastermind

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00:00 Introduction to Global Fertilizer Market

00:26 Current Fertilizer Market Challenges

02:07 Audience Interaction and Questions

03:49 Josh Linville's Market Analysis

07:49 Global Supply Issues and Political Impacts

15:45 Middle East and Global Shipping Concerns

20:22 European Production and Market Dynamics

33:54 Technological Advances and Future Outlook

35:15 Phosphate Market and Tariff Implications

37:58 Understanding Market Signals

38:27 Global Phosphate Supply Issues

39:01 Impact of US Government Policies

40:07 China's Export Restrictions

43:52 India's Struggle with Subsidies

48:05 Internal Fertilizer Trade Dynamics

49:51 Tariffs and Market Reactions

54:05 Potash and Sulfur Market Insights

01:01:05 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

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The webinar features key speakers including Dave Sullivan from Global Ag Risk, Dean Klippenstein and Tyson Kenneth from MNP, and Carl DeConnick Smith, who is known for his contrarian yet effective farming strategies. T

he discussion covers crucial topics such as effective risk management, insurance options, agri-stability, forward pricing strategies, and the importance of having a well-thought-out plan. 

With live questions from an engaged audience, there are lots of actionable insights to fellow farmers striving for resilience and success. 

00:00 Welcome and Introduction 

00:46 Engaging the Audience 

01:15 Panelist Introductions 

03:15 Technical Difficulties and Chat Interaction

05:48 Starting the Discussion: State of the Union 

06:14 Insurance Options and Strategies 

17:39 Q&A Session 

19:06 New Farmer Challenges and Solutions 

28:46 Halfway Mark: Transition to Farmer's Perspective 

33:06 Forward Pricing and Crop Insurance 

34:37 Real-Life Examples and Benefits 

35:29 Multi-Layer Tools and Strategies 

36:31 Insurance in Action: Case Studies 

39:58 Understanding AgriStability and GARS 

42:24 Scenario Analysis and Decision Making 

52:21 Final Thoughts and Encouragement

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🛠️ Key Topics Discussed:

• The highs and lows of raising capital and the hidden challenges of venture capital.
• The fear of growth and competition, and how it shaped business decisions.
• Insights into working with top investors like Kleiner Perkins, Mitsui, and Prem Watsa from Fairfax.
• Building a billion-dollar ag-tech company and the reality of public markets.
• How Farmer’s Edge became a leader in carbon offsets and the emerging potential of "insetting."
• The emotional and professional toll of losing control over his company.
• Wade’s thoughts on the future of farm data, AI, and why John Deere is leading the pack.
• His new venture, Ronin, and a return to the roots of higher-touch agronomy services.

🎧 Why You Should Listen:
Wade provides an honest look into the pressures of being a tech entrepreneur in agriculture, including what he would have done differently and why he believes a more personal touch with farmers is the key to success. Whether you're in agribusiness, tech, or just love a great entrepreneurial story, this episode is packed with valuable lessons and insights.

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#GrowingTheFuture #FarmersEdge #WadeBarnes #AgTech #Entrepreneurship #CarbonOffsets #PrecisionAg #Ronin #VentureCapital #IPO

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In Part 2 of Wade Barnes' incredible journey, we dive into the high-stakes battle between Farmer’s Edge and industry giants like Monsanto, John Deere, and Nutrien. This isn't just a story about farming—it’s about corporate power, data wars, and the fight for the future of agriculture.

💡 In this episode, we cover:

• How Farmer’s Edge competed with billion-dollar corporations
• The deal with Nutrien that almost destroyed the company
• Why Monsanto was obsessed with farm data and precision ag
• How a single technology breakthrough changed everything
• The real reason venture capitalists and investors bet big on farming tech

📢 Tune in to hear the inside story from Wade Barnes on how he built, battled, and survived in an industry where the biggest players don’t like competition.

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Wade didn’t follow a traditional roadmap—he challenged old ways of thinking, fought through skepticism, and built a business that changed how farmers manage their land. Without a blueprint, without guarantees, and without waiting for permission, he created something entirely new, proving that sometimes the best way forward is to carve your own path.

In this episode, we explore:

• The roots of precision ag – How GPS, satellite imagery, and hard-nosed agronomy changed the game.
• Pushing against the establishment – Why traditional experts doubted his approach and how he proved them wrong.
• The power of relationships – How key connections with industry leaders like Cam Henry and Mark Keating helped launch Farmer’s Edge.
• Scaling the business – The challenges of rapid growth, securing investment, and consolidating his vision.
• A masterclass in deal-making – How a business coach from Winnipeg gave Wade the tools to negotiate high-stakes partnerships.

This is Wade’s first-ever long-form podcast, offering a rare inside look at the lessons learned from building a company on the cutting edge of agriculture. His journey reflects the samurai mindset—self-reliant, disciplined, and unafraid to challenge convention.

Listen now and subscribe for Part 2 as we dive deeper into the story of innovation, persistence, and the future of digital agriculture.

00:00 Introduction to Precision Agriculture

01:07 Welcome to the Growing the Future Podcast

02:46 Meet Wade Barnes: A Visionary in Ag Tech

03:32 Wade's Early Life and Farming Roots

05:57 The Birth of Farmer's Edge

12:39 Challenges and Innovations in Precision Ag

19:47 Scaling Up and Industry Recognition

29:48 Consolidation and Growth

38:23 Key Partnerships and Business Lessons

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In this heartfelt episode of the Growing the Future podcast, host Dan Aberhart reconnects with Preston Marthey, a Territory Manager for CropX. 

Join us as Preston shares his inspiring journey from high school 'wild child' to an innovator in the precision ag industry, stepping into the huge shoes left behind by his father, Big Dave. 

Dive into the rich history of water management, the evolution of precision agriculture, and the transformative power of ag tech. Witness the strong familial bonds and core values that drive Preston's passion for sustainable farming practices, as well as the cutting-edge solutions he's bringing to farmers across North America. 

Tune in for a conversation filled with wisdom, wit, and a touch of nostalgia, celebrating the past while paving the way for the future of agriculture. 

00:00 Welcome to Growing the Future Podcast 

02:25 Introducing Today's Guest: Preston Marthey 

03:12 Preston's Early Journey in Agriculture 

06:23 Technological Shifts in Precision Agriculture 

09:39 Generational Wisdom and Business Evolution 

13:15 Challenges and Innovations in Water Management 

26:39 Balancing Family and Work in Agriculture 

31:38 The Art and Science of Land Forming 

47:04 Balancing Simplicity and Precision in Farming 

47:28 The Impact of OptiSurface on Land Leveling 

48:10 Challenges and Solutions in Soil Management 

50:14 Regional Differences in Agricultural Practices 

53:33 The Importance of Precision Investment 

55:17 Nutrient Management and Technology Integration 

01:10:06 Mentorship and Personal Growth in Agriculture 

01:27:40 Final Thoughts and Reflections

📩 Contact Preston: Preston@pmwmc.com | 📞 +1 (870) 819-7151

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This heartbreaking experience led Benny to two life-changing realizations: 

1. His Business Didn’t Need Him Every Day: At the time of his brother’s death, Benny had implemented the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) in his company, which allowed it to function without his constant oversight. For the first time, he saw how freeing it was to detach his identity from his business. It gave him the space to step away and be present for his grieving family without the pressure of everything falling apart. 

2. He Needed a Greater Purpose: The loss forced Benny to ask himself a tough question: Is running a roofing company all I’m meant to do? He realized his true calling was to share his story with others—stories of resilience, vulnerability, and finding purpose beyond work. This moment inspired him to launch a podcast, take the stage at speaking events, and help others navigate their own challenges. Benny’s journey is a powerful reminder of the importance of separating our identity from our work and creating space to live authentically and fully. 

He’ll be sharing this deeply personal story—and the lessons he’s learned—at the upcoming Convergence Conference 2025 in Regina, Saskatchewan. Benny’s keynote promises to inspire, challenge, and help attendees see the bigger picture in both their business and personal lives. If you’re ready to reflect, grow, and start 2025 with a fresh perspective, don’t miss Benny Fisher at Convergence Conference. It’s a message you need to hear.

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They talk about their on their collaborative journey, the formation of their numerous agribusiness ventures, and the importance of aligning with values-driven partners. 

This conversation covers the launch of Convergence Growth, their experience with AgriTrend, insights into the MNP Ag Intellect initiative, and the establishment of Aberhart Group. 

The episode also previews the upcoming Convergence Conference 2025, aimed at fostering innovation and collaboration in agriculture. 

Join us for an inspiring dialogue on making a meaningful impact in agriculture while maintaining personal well-being and strong community ties. 

00:00 Catalyst for Change: Embracing New Beginnings 

00:43 Welcome to Growing the Future Podcast 

02:06 Introducing Esteemed Guests: Warren Bills and Terry Aberhart 

04:01 The Journey Begins: Warren and Terry's Backstory 

12:14 Agritrend and Its Impact 

16:46 Convergence Growth: A New Vision

27:54 MNP Ag Intellect: A Collaborative Future 

35:39 Aberhart Group: Family and Business Synergy 

40:25 Convergence Conference: Join the Movement 

47:09 Closing Thoughts and Future Plans

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They discuss the importance of creating hands-on educational opportunities for students to explore careers in agriculture. Sara shares insights from her global experience and emphasizes the need to connect kids with meaningful food experiences to understand the local and global impacts of agriculture. 

The conversation highlights the Acres for Education campaign aimed at raising $100,000 to provide farm visits and out-of-school experiences for students. This episode underscores the critical need to inspire future generations to consider careers in agriculture and the collective effort required from the industry. 

Connect with Sara: 

Website: https://aitc-canada.ca/en-ca/ 

 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AITCCanada/ 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AITCCanada

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aitccanada/ 

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbDjICByAj9euDpyUMb9aZg 

 Family of Companies:

https://aberhartagsolutions.ca 
https://aberhartfarms.com 

https://suregrowth.ca 

https://www.convergencegrowth.com

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They share their personal experiences abroad, the history and mission of the Canadian Food Grains Bank, and the innovative Grow Hope initiative. Terry’s son Holden shares his unique perspective as a young man engaged in these critical issues. 

This is all about giving, the importance of relationships, and how small acts can have profound impacts on communities around the world. 

“The Full Man Does Not Understand the Wants of the Hungry” - Irish Proverb 

Connect with Rick: 

Website: https://foodgrainsbank.ca 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CanadianFoodgrainsBank 

X: https://x.com/Foodgrains 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/foodgrains 

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/foodgrainsbank 

Aberhart Family of Companies: 

https://aberhartagsolutions.ca 

https://aberhartfarms.com 

https://suregrowth.ca 

https://www.convergencegrowth.com 

Connect with us on AGvisorPro: https://link-app.agvisorpro.com/aberhart-dan 

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But it didn’t stop there. The Jim Pattison Group, a corporate giant with over 48,000 employees across 25 industries, saw something in him. Arthur became one of Pattison’s Vice Presidents, sitting at the same table as one of Canada’s most iconic businessmen. Jim Pattison’s leadership was simple and sharp: “Spend money like it’s your own,” and “Don’t do anything you wouldn’t want on the front page of the newspaper.” It was the kind of no-frills wisdom that fit Arthur like a glove.

In this episode, Arthur reflects on:

The lessons learned from farming and how they carried over into running dealerships and corporate boardrooms.

The challenges of balancing old-school agriculture with new business realities, including scaling operations while holding onto small-town values.

What he took away from working with one of Canada’s sharpest business minds—and why the hardest part wasn’t making it to the top, but staying there.

Now, Arthur’s back on prairie soil, working with Aberhart Group to build something real—businesses that serve their people, their customers, and the land. He’s traded in the skyscrapers for Saskatchewan sunsets, but the fight’s still the same: do right by people, take care of the customer, and build something that lasts.

Tune in for a conversation that’s as much about grit as it is about growth. Arthur’s journey is proof that whether you’re on a tractor or in a boardroom, it all comes down to knowing the value of hard work and the power of doing things the right way.

0:00 Introduction and Core Values

00:33 Welcome to the Growing the Future Podcast

00:48 Introducing Today's Esteemed Guest

01:15 Family of Companies Overview

02:09 Arthur Ward's Early Life and Career Beginnings

04:48 Transition to Agricultural Sales

07:36 Challenges and Successes in the Ag Industry

11:14 Leadership and Coaching Philosophy

18:00 Joining the Jim Pattison Group

18:51 Innovations and Future Plans

41:52 Adapting to Market Changes

43:19 Lessons from Farming

45:25 Unexpected Life Changes

48:33 Joining the Aberhart Group

53:45 The Role of Chief Integration Officer

56:51 Future Goals and Reflections

57:36 Rapid Fire Business Insights

01:02:29 Building Sustainable Businesses

01:14:02 Personal Reflections and Future Plans

Aberhart Family of Companies:

https://aberhartgroup.com

https://aberhartagsolutions.ca

https://aberhartfarms.com

https://www.convergencegrowth.com

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In this episode of the Growing the Future Podcast, Matt Gosling breaks down many different concepts that every farmer should have the opportunity to hear. 

From balancing nitrogen, to building dynamic soil zones, to challenging the status quo, Matt shares his 21 years of hands-on experience in agronomy, offering practical insights for treating your farm like the multi-million dollar business it is. 

These aren’t just theories—they’re hard-earned lessons on soil health, smart decision-making, and innovation that will push your farm to the next level. Hear how mentorship, continual learning, and entrepreneurial spirit are shaping the future of farming—plus, why family and purpose are just as important as innovation. 

Explore the future of farming with AI, data, and proven agronomy practices.  

Subscribe now to learn the keys to smarter, more profitable farming!

Connect with Matt:

Website: https://www.premiumag.ca/ 

Twitter: https://x.com/PremiumAg
 

Aberhart Family of Companies:

https://aberhartagsolutions.ca

https://aberhartfarms.com

https://suregrowth.ca

https://www.convergencegrowth.com

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When you're at the top of your game …

When you've got 35 years experience in the field of international agricultural fertility …

When you've been to 80 countries all around the world …

When you could ride out the last victory laps of your professional life in relative safety and comfort …

And yet, you decide that you can do more, you can offer value in a totally different way …

That you can become an entrepreneur and build a brand new business to change the world …

Yet through the many twists and turns you end up in a totally different spot than you anticipated!

And you end up fighting for your very life, against the very disease that took your father's life ...

When Jeff Ivan left the farm in the 80's, things were very different …

In this episode you will learn about balance in the soil and in your own life as Jeff recounts his challenges as he founded a brand new company, full of scientific innovation similar to the advances that saved his life from a terminal diagnosis!

Connect with Jeff: 

Website: https://www.soilgenic.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soilgenic/ 

Twitter: https://x.com/Soilgenic

Aberhart Family of Companies:

https://aberhartagsolutions.ca

https://aberhartfarms.com

https://suregrowth.ca

https://www.convergencegrowth.com

Connect with us on AGvisorPro: https://link-app.agvisorpro.com/aberhart-dan

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Jessica shares her incredible journey of overcoming life challenges, including the heartbreaking loss of her son to Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). Discover how her faith, resilience, and choice to bring joy have transformed her life and the lives of many others through the Love for Lewiston Foundation. 

This episode dives deep into the importance of self-worth, the power of choice, and bringing joy, even in the hardest of times. Don’t miss this emotional and inspiring conversation that is sure to leave a lasting impact.

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In 2006, Steve founded Beyond Agronomy, providing agronomic services and strategies to farms in Canada and internationally. He also ran businesses in carbon and ag technology and published The Spark newsletter from 2008-2019.

A first-generation farmer since 2007, Steve operates a no-till research farm near Morrin, AB. He shares his expertise locally and internationally.

In his community, Steve enjoys making ice, coaching hockey, and winter activities with his family. He’s always ready for a brainstorming session.

Steve shares his vision for Nuffield Canada, including better communication and branding, and the goal of making the organization more widely known and impactful.

In this episode, Steve Larocque discusses:

• his journey with the Nuffield Scholarship and the impact it has had on his life and career.
• his experience with controlled traffic farming and the benefits it has brought to his farm, including improved soil health and increased yields.
• his approach to working with farmers, emphasizing the importance of confidence and execution in agronomy practices.
• the need for farmers to have a broader perspective and invest in further education to drive innovation and change in the industry.  
• the future of agriculture, including the role of autonomous equipment, the need for value-added products, and the importance of food processing.
• the shift towards sustainability and the challenges of navigating climate change policies.
• the need for farmers to be involved in policy-making and to have a strong voice in shaping the future of agriculture.
• the value of homeschooling and raising children who are informed about the industry.

Aberhart Family of Companies:

https://aberhartagsolutions.ca

https://aberhartfarms.com

https://suregrowth.ca

https://www.convergencegrowth.com

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Learn from Craig’s hands-on approach to aligning agribusiness solutions with growers’ needs and his experiences with the cutting-edge products and practices that are shaping the future of farming.

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn from the boots-on-the ground experiences of a fifth-generation family farmer from Virden, Manitoba. Tune in for a blend of personal stories and professional growth in agriculture.  

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In the midst of a life-threatening car crash and the potential of not making it through the night at a hospital in Australia thousands of miles from home, Marcel made it through with the incredible support of his team, his family and a local South African family who helped him find community and faith. 

Marcel’s journey is about his recovery and what he learned about being a good boss, building a people-first team culture, and scaling an agricultural equipment business using the right business structure.

 It’s an episode you won’t want to miss.

➡️ CLICK HERE TO WATCH PT. 1 Marcel Kringe | Ag Entrepreneurship: The Essence of Happiness: 👀 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTrO4BQRosM 

Connect with Marcel: 

Website: https://bushelplus.ca/who-we-are/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BushelPlus/ 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BushelPlus 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bushelplus/ 

Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChiABoQgTTuxU9ZgdHpE4fg

 Aberhart Family of Companies:

 https://aberhartagsolutions.ca 

https://aberhartfarms.com 

https://suregrowth.ca 

https://www.convergencegrowth.com 

Connect with us on AGvisorPro: https://link-app.agvisorpro.com/aberhart-dan 

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Marcel unfolds his agricultural narrative, meandering through the rustic allure of German farming to the vast landscapes of Canada and Russia.

In part one, immerse yourself in the personal odyssey of adaptation, financial challenges, and the priceless lessons gleaned from the fields!

Rooted in a culture of unwavering diligence and commitment, shaped by family values, these principles resonate in the ethos of Bushel Plus today. Despite the geographical distance, the familial bond remains robust, and Marcel shares anecdotes from his upbringing.

This episode unfolds a tale of genuine camaraderie and infectious laughter. Grab your coffee and tune in as Dan and Marcel unravel his captivating story.

Stay tuned for part two—activate your notifications to ensure you don't miss the next chapter. 

Connect with Marcel:

Website: https://bushelplus.ca/who-we-are/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BushelPlus/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BushelPlus

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bushelplus/

Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChiABoQgTTuxU9ZgdHpE4fg

Aberhart Family of Companies:

https://aberhartagsolutions.ca

https://aberhartfarms.com

https://suregrowth.ca

https://www.convergencegrowth.com

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Amidst tornado warnings in Nashville, Blake sits at the piano, channeling the energy of the farm into a heartfelt composition. The song becomes a tribute to his father, capturing the late-night moments when he would be woken up to play 'Great Balls of Fire.' Blake reflects on his father's unwavering support, mirroring the cycles of farming in the ups and downs of creative pursuits.

The farm, a constant presence in their lives, becomes a sanctuary for the Berglund siblings in times of need. As the family experiences grief and heartache, amidst the pain, there's a profound sense of rebirth. Together, they embark on a lifelong journey of healing, finding love and insights that can only emerge through the process of grieving.

Blake performs 'Farming Wives,' a song from his new album 'Left of the Right,' he shares thoughts on the importance of the matriarchy in the Berglund family. 

This episode captures the essence of love, loss, and the enduring connection to the farm that shapes the lives of the Berglund family.  

Connect with Blake: 

The Straight & The Narrow Substack: https://blakeberglund.substack.com/

Instagram: www.instagram.com/blakeberglund

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blakejohnberglund

Website: https://blakeberglund.com/

Aberhart Family of Companies:

https://aberhartagsolutions.ca

https://aberhartfarms.com

https://suregrowth.ca

https://www.convergencegrowth.com

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Join Robert and Dan on an exciting ride as they explore the bright future of agriculture, delving into the revolutionary impact of AI and gene editing. From weed control to drought-tolerant crops, they discuss the potential game-changers that could shake up the world of farming.

But that's not all – buckle up for insights into collaborative farming, where Robert shares his firsthand experience. Discover the importance of partnerships with tenants, enhancing efficiency and aligning operational decisions with on-the-ground insights.

They go beyond traditional farming, uncovering the strategic blend of land management and capital investment that's shaping the evolution of agriculture. It's not your average farming talk – it's an adventure into the future of farming!

Join the conversation as Robert addresses misconceptions and sheds light on contemporary farming practices. Learn how education plays a vital role in dispelling outdated views on farming and land management.

Just a quick heads up – the views expressed here are Robert's own opinions and investment ideas. This is all about sharing insights and information, so consider it a fun and informative ride, not financial advice!

Connect with Robert: 

Website: https://andjelic.ca/about 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008628990360 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-andjelic-a0474178/ 

Aberhart Family of Companies: 

https://aberhartagsolutions.ca 

https://aberhartfarms.com 

https://suregrowth.ca 

https://www.convergencegrowth.com 

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Robert discusses the importance of maintaining capital flow into agriculture, especially in these uncertain times. Canada, in his words, is at the forefront of efficiency, with a need to invest wisely for the benefit of future generations.

Even with formulas and foresight, Robert shares his experience of being unable to foresee the specific situation in Ukraine. Geopolitical shifts were anticipated, but their impact on agriculture and global trade was unexpected. 

He also touches on his foresight into the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy and the impending challenges once government support wanes.

Robert shares experiences from past recessions and the innovation required to navigate the upcoming economic shifts. 

Despite all challenges in other sectors, Robert emphasizes why agriculture remains a safe investment. Tune in for a thought-provoking discussion on the intricacies of global shifts, economic challenges, and the evolving landscape of agriculture. 

Please note that the views expressed here are Robert's opinions and his own investment ideas. This is provided for informational purposes only and should not be construed as investment advice.

Connect with Robert: 

Website: https://andjelic.ca/about

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008628990360

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-andjelic-a0474178/

Aberhart Family of Companies:

https://aberhartagsolutions.ca

https://aberhartfarms.com

https://suregrowth.ca

https://www.convergencegrowth.com

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Robert’s journey is a testament to resilience, adaptability, and visionary thinking. In this captivating series, we dive deep into the chapters of his life, exploring challenges, triumphs, and the secrets behind his remarkable success.

 In this episode, Dan and Robert unravel his extraordinary life story, from daring immigrant escapades to pioneering moves in real estate and commodities. 

Dan explores Robert's challenges and triumphs migrating from Croatia to Canada in 1958. From early construction experiences to a foundation for future success, his story is truly inspiring. 

Robert shares his ventures into real estate, learning from architects and engineers, and preparing for economic shifts like the '90s recession.Insights from the '90s and the 2008 financial crisis are revealed, showcasing his bold maneuvers in real estate and commodities trading. 🏗️ 

Turn on your notifications and prepare for an immersive journey as Dan and Robert unveil his remarkable story!

Connect with Robert: 

Website: https://andjelic.ca/about

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008628990360

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-andjelic-a0474178/

Aberhart Family of Companies:

https://aberhartagsolutions.ca

https://aberhartfarms.com

https://suregrowth.ca

https://www.convergencegrowth.com
 

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In the early days, Andy discovered a profound truth—that every cowboy carries a tale of sorrow. While burning the midnight oil in college, he realized that farming isn't just a right but a privilege.

The struggle to preserve the family farm, salvage his parents' marriage, and excel academically led him to a dark and isolating place. However, it was when his friends sought his assistance with their family farms that he realized his capabilities extended beyond merely inheriting the family legacy.

No longer content with farming until his last breath, Andy packed his bags and embarked on the journey of "Stubborn Farmer." Through this venture, he discovered that the root of all conflicts lies within oneself. Before investing in others, he believes in the importance of personal adaptation, growth, and learning.

Andy's mission goes beyond the fields; he aims to rescue the essence of family Christmases by safeguarding the family farm and eliminating the need for mediators altogether.

Join Dan and Andy in this profound episode as they delve into the intricacies of family dynamics and share insights on how to reshape the narrative for a brighter future. 

Connect with Andy: 

Website: https://stubborn.farm 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/caygeon

Twitter: https://twitter.com/stubborn_farm

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stubborn.farm/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@StubbornFarm

Aberhart Family of Companies:

https://aberhartagsolutions.ca

https://aberhartfarms.com

https://suregrowth.ca

https://www.convergencegrowth.com

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Learn how Trent bridged the gap in grain marketing for farmers with the Klarenbach Report covering equities, cryptocurrencies, and more!

He has been on a rollercoaster of constant learning and reassessment. Mistakes became stepping stones in this mentally demanding field, leading to the publication of his newsletters.

Trent dives into why focusing on price action, not personal opinions, is the game-changer in a noisy market.

Unlock trading insights, from take-profit targets to navigating emotional granularity. It's not just about predictions; it's about sharing strategies for informed decisions.

You don’t want to miss this episode as Dan and Trent get into the back end of the market! 

Connect with Trent: Website: https://www.klarenbach.ca/about Twitter:https://twitter.com/TrentKlarenbach 

Aberhart Family of Companies: 

https://aberhartagsolutions.ca 

https://aberhartfarms.com 

https://suregrowth.ca 

https://www.convergencegrowth.com 

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From his early days as a vinyl-spinning DJ to his unexpected detour into app development, it was clear that Harry had the entrepreneurial itch. 

But it was when he stumbled upon the fascinating world of podcasting and vertical farming that things got serious! 

Vertical farming – yes, you heard that right! Picture crops reaching for the skies instead of sprawling fields. 

Harry was hooked and couldn't help but wonder about the origins of our food. 

Why do some folks still struggle to find fresh produce in today's high-tech world? 🌱 

Through his podcast Harry guides listeners through the vertical farming jungle, debunking myths and sharing how it's revolutionizing agriculture. It's not about pitting vertical farming against the good ol' traditional approach however, sharing how they complement each other. 

Harry and Dan peel back the layers of vertical farming and how it's changing the game in our quest for food security. 🌽💪 Tune in for a deep dive into the world of vertical farming and the modern food revolution!

Connect with Harry: 

Website: https://harryduran.com 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harryduran/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HarryDuranFu... 

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Buckle up, because in this episode Dan and Jacqueline Keena, Managing Director of EMILI, are taking you to Innovation Farm, where the newest startups test their latest tech. 

It's not just a farm; it's a space for collaboration between leading industry researches and academia institutions. 

These startups receive all the support – capital, resources, mentors, you name it – to help them grow, scale, and become the next big tech in digital ag. 

But it doesn’t end there! 

At Innovation Farm, they've teamed up with real-life farmers to help eliminate risks in startups by providing real time data. 

Join Dan and Jacqueline as they take you on a journey through the digital ag landscape. 

Connect with Jaqueline: 

Website: https://emilicanada.com 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/emilicanada 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/emil... 

Family of Companies: 

https://aberhartagsolutions.ca

 https://aberhartfarms.com

 https://suregrowth.ca 

https://www.convergencegrowth.com 

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Are our classrooms adequately equipped with agricultural knowledge? 

It's startling how even in close-knit ag communities, the education on farming practices seems insufficient.

But what if we fail to nurture the youth today? Will they know the journey from field to table?

That’s where Ag In The Classroom comes into play, partnering with agricultural and educational communities to connect kids and agriculture through innovative, experiential, curriculum-based programs and resources.

Join Terry, Holden and Sara Shymko, Executive Director of Ag in the Class, as they embark on a journey to cultivate a brighter future.

Let's sow the seeds of knowledge, nurture the next generation of ag leaders, and create a world where the students of today become the teachers of tomorrow. Remember, there's a place for everyone in this ag adventure!

Connect with Sara: 

Website: https://aitc-canada.ca/en-ca/ 

 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AITCCanada/ 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AITCCanada

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aitccanada/ 

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbDjICByAj9euDpyUMb9aZg 

 Family of Companies:

 https://aberhartagsolutions.ca 
https://aberhartfarms.com 

https://suregrowth.ca 

https://www.convergencegrowth.com

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The 2024 Crop Olympics commence with a vibrant and lively opening ceremony, celebrating the rich diversity of crops from various regions around the world. 

Each country's team enters the stadium with their unique crops, displaying colorful and bountiful harvests. 

It wasn't easy to make it this far! 

That's where people like Jarrett Chambers, President of ATP come in. Starting with a passion for agriculture, science and people. 

Jarrett coached you to fuel your crop with every necessary nutrient to get you across the finish line to bring home gold. 

It's not just a single nutrient; it's a complete package and theres a science behind it all. 

This episode Dan and Jarrett take us across the finish line as they dive into nitrogen, bio-stimulants and all things plant nutrition.

 If you want a gold medal wining crop, you're going to want to check this episode out! 

Connect with Jarrett: 

Website: https://atpag.com

 Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/ATPNutritionLtd 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ATPNutritionLtd Aberhart

 Family of Companies:

 https://aberhartagsolutions.ca 
https://aberhartfarms.com 

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As a young boy Andy Caygeon Junkin quickly learned that every cowboy has a sad story. 

While attending college burning the midnight oil he discovered that farming is a privilege. 

Battling to save the family farm, his parents marriage and maintain good grades drove him to a dark and lonely spot. 

It wasn’t until his friends starting coming to him for help with their family farms that he learned he had more talent then just taking over the family farm. 

He no longer wanted to just farm until the day he died. 

He packed his bags and started “Stubborn Farmer”.  

He started to learn that all conflicts truly start with you, we need to adapt, change learn and grow before we invest in others. 

Andy’s goal is to save the family Christmas by saving the family farm and eliminating mediators all together. 

Grab your notebooks as Dan and Andy get deep into family matters and how to turn the tables for a brighter future in this heartfelt episode. 

Connect with Andy: 

Website: https://stubborn.farm

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/caygeon

Twitter: https://twitter.com/stubborn_farm

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stubborn.farm/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@StubbornFarm  

Aberhart Family of Companies: 

https://aberhartagsolutions.ca

https://aberhartfarms.com

https://suregrowth.ca

https://www.convergencegrowth.com

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You spend hours on the farm, prioritizing everything else before yourself.
 

As the days become shorter and darker, it's easy to feel your mind wandering and you start to get that heavy feeling.

Although you acknowledge that you should be grateful for having food and shelter, you still feel a sense of darkness.

Expressing your emotions to your loved ones is difficult and the doctor is not providing any solutions.
 

You are NOT alone!

Lewellyn Melnyk, Author and farmer has had that same feeling since she was a teenager…
 

She is now opening the door to talk about mental health in rural areas with her new book Rooted.
 

She shares how she stays Small Town Strong when life gets hard and how you can too.
 

In this episode Dan and Lewellyn dive deep into living with depression and anxiety.

Lewellyn shares her top tips for pushing through the bad days, you don’t want to miss this emotional episode. 
 

Connect with Lewellyn: 

Website: https://www.lewellynmelnyk.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lewellyn.melnyk

Twitter: https://twitter.com/lewellynmelnyk

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lewellynmelnyk/

Aberhart Family of Companies:

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https://aberhartfarms.com

https://suregrowth.ca

https://www.convergencegrowth.com

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Every agricultural entrepreneur has had them! You wake up in the middle of the night panicked on how you’re going to make payroll. 

Trevor Thiessen, President of Redekop Manufacturing shares how he beat the rat sweats and set big goals and achieved them for the future of the company. 

If theres one thing for certain, Trevor has carried the old school ag virtue and rolled those values into Redekop today. 

Trevor's success story offers inspiration for entrepreneurs facing similar challenges. 

This episode highlights Trevor’s dedication to traditional agricultural values and his love for the land. 

Dan and Trevor engage in a conversation centred on a farmer-first mentality, where Trevor's passion for farmers shines bright. 

Connect with Trevor: 

Website: https://redekopmfg.com 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/redekopmfg 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/redekopmfg 

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/MAVstrawchopper 

Aberhart Family of Companies: 

https://aberhartagsolutions.ca 

https://aberhartfarms.com 

https://suregrowth.ca 

https://www.convergencegrowth.com 

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We all have them when it comes to our operations! 

You need to spray xyz fungicide every year at this date…. 

As far as you know, bull 321 is the best among the herd in the pen.

What if we introduced new technologies and broke free from our usual routines?

By using genomics you can help ensure success for your farm in the future.

This where Heather, Vice President of Operations of Quantum Gentix comes in to play. 

She has helped producers take the guesswork out of farming decisions with DNA testing in livestock and crops.
 

Dan and Heather get into the details of how genomics and DNA testing is done and applied to operations.

You don't want to miss this inside scoop to an incredible technology.

In this episode, you will learn:

How Heather uses Quantum Genetix on her own farm

Heather’s professional journey

How Heather got involved with Quantum Genetix

How Quantam Genetix was started

The technology they are currently using today

What is animal genomics?

What do genes tell us?

How has the genome advanced over the last 20 years

Using genomics to get the best return on your cattle

How to execute this technology properly

How much do we really know about the genome?

What else Quantum Genetix is working on?

How does this technology excel traditional breeding methods

Can you eliminate faulty genes for better herds

How well can this detect diseases

How Quantum made the leap from cattle to crops

What was the flax crisis?

What types of diseases they are testing for in crops?

How does detecting diseases work

What does Sclerotinia look like

How do producers decide to spray without using this technology

Does Quantum Genetix look at the environmental factor or spraying

What does turnaround time look like for producers using this tech?

How accurate is this technology

How Quantum got into Covid testing

How Heather feels about Covid

The future of Quantum Genetix

How to get ahold of Heather

Connect with Heather:

Website: https://quantumgenetix.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/QuantumGenetix/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/quantumgenetix

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quantumgenetix/?hl=en

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyvOvvRhLAhNeKqWLA_uxvQ

Aberhart Family of Companies:

https://aberhartagsolutions.ca

https://aberhartfarms.com

https://suregrowth.ca

https://www.convergencegrowth.com

Connect with us on AGvisorPro: https://link-app.agvisorpro.com/aberhart-dan
 

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Is it the land of the living skies? 

The beauty in the fields? 

The incredible people? 

There’s no denying there’s something special in the air when you enter the province. 

Michael Muscoby is no exception, a true representation of Saskatchewan Spirit! 

Through trails and tribulations his family has always adapted to the ever changing landscape. 

His roots go way back to when his grandmother was born under a wagon box a mile we from Kipling, SK…. 

Days later they were fighting a fire to protect their land. 

Michael shares his family's journey to farming in the prairies and how they have advanced over the years. 

You don’t want to miss this episode as Dan and Michael have an old school farm table chat. 

What you will learn: 

-Michael’s family origins 

-How Michael’s family landed in Saskatchewan 

-What the family farm looked like 20 years ago 

-What Michael’s farming career has been like 

-Farming during the low of 2000 

-The family succession plan 

-The trouble with farming and banks 

-Michael’s regrets on land 

-Michael’s perseverance and positive attitude 

-Why Michael left livestock 

-The importance of working off the farm 

-Michaels career in the oil sands 

-What Michael's operations look like today 

-When the next generation will take over 

-Where Michael sources his information for planing from 

-The struggle with equipment and fertilizer 

-How Michael makes a decision for the future of the farm 

-Michael’s farming accident 

-What colour Michael runs 

-What fertilizers Michael is using 

-How Michael got invested in a Fly Fishing Camp 

-What Michael is most excited for in agriculture 

-How to get ahold of Michael 

Connect with Michael: 

Phone: 1-306-736-7800 

Email: muscobym@gmail.com 

Aberhart Family of Companies:

 https://aberhartagsolutions.ca

https://aberhartfarms.com 

https://suregrowth.ca 

https://www.convergencegrowth.com 

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In show jumping (VC Agtech), where horses (startups) are racing (solving farmers problems) against a clock where time (money) is running out to navigate many challenging obstacles (regulatory hurdles, finding customers, and developing a sustainable business model), the horse (founder) has a personality of their own; the team must get to the end without too many mistakes (penalties) against you or your ride = zero.

There are some winners though, and big winners at that.

For Wilson Acton, Managing Partner at Tall Grass Ventures, a unique venture capital fund out of Alberta focused on agricultural companies, so far they've sifted through 160 companies to find 6 that could be winners.

Hear how Wilson applies the lessons learned as a 5th generation farmer, competing in show jumping, and a career as an M and A lawyer to helping agricultural startups in his stable on this episode. 

Connect with Wilson: 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wilsonacton/  

Website: https://www.tallgrass.vc 

Email: wacton@tallgrass.vc 

Aberhart Family of Companies:

https://aberhartagsolutions.ca

https://aberhartfarms.com

https://suregrowth.ca

https://www.convergencegrowth.com

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… sitting in the yard in the air seeder and the clock is rapidly ticking …

… trying everything to get the monitor working but you’ve had no success …
 

… you’ve got that sinking feeling of time and acres wasting away …

… you realize it’s after hours just before the long weekend …
 

… you begin doing the math on yield loss per day of lost seeding after a certain date …

… you then realize you have an ace in your pocket …
 

… it’s your precision ag consultant Matt Yanick …
 

… you call him up and due to his encyclopedic knowledge of monitors, he quickly diagnoses the issue and walks you through the steps to get things running …
 

… before you know it you’re back up and running in the field and that one call saved you a tonne of stress and potential yield loss and paid for the MY PRECISION AG service in itself!
 

In this episode Matt and Dan talk about how to get the best ROI on your iron and what the future of precision ag looks like.

In this episode, you will learn:

• Matt’s farming background
• Matt’s educational journey
• How Matt’s education has transferred over to his customers
• Matt’s experience working in dealerships with GPS
• What it was like starting his career at 19 off the farm
• How has precision ag advanced over the last decade
• How Matt can help advance your technology
• Are a lot of systems the same?
• When Matt realized he had a business opportunity
• What Matts company looks like today
• Does Matt deal with overlap with dealerships?
• Why don’t dealerships contract matt?
• Does Matt wear John Deere under wear?
• The gap in private equipment sales
• What Matts customer base looks like
• What does it cost to work with Matt?
• The ROI you will see working with Matt
• What the going rate is for dealerships
• The biggest thing producers can do to improve logistics
• Logistics optimization on the farm
• The next big thing in precision ag
• Matt’s thoughts on the DOT
• Which manufactures are nailing precision ag
• Where Matt sees his business in three years
• What producers should take advantage of in 2023
• Values Matt learned on the farm that has applied to his business
• How to get ahold of Matt
   

Connect with Matt:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MyPrecisionAg/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/myprecisionag

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/myprecisionag/

Website: https://myprecisionag.ca

Aberhart Family of Companies:

https://aberhartagsolutions.ca

https://aberhartfarms.com

https://suregrowth.ca

https://www.convergencegrowth.com

Connect with us on AGvisorPro: https://link-app.agvisorpro.com/aberhart-dan
 

If you want to be part of the Growing the Future community, make sure to say hi on social at: https://linktr.ee/Growingthefuturepodcast

Register for the Convergence Conference at convergence.ag and stay updated by subscribing to the Growing the Future Podcast at growingthefuturepodcast.ca.

Yevgen’s journey has lead him all around the world before finally reaching Canada - a place he now calls home.

Through determination, perseverance and a no fear mentality Yevgen has built a very successful career in agriculture.

Currently he teaches at Olds College and works with the DOT Autonomous Farming Platform.

He has taken his passion of autonomous farming and drone work to assist the Ukrainian military on the frontlines today.

You will quickly be inspired by his story and mindset!

You don’t want to miss this episode as Dan and Yevgen talk about his dreams for the Ukrainian educational system and how you can help the military frontlines. 
 

For donations: https://linktr.ee/dronestoukraine

Money transfers:

e-transfer/PayPal to dronestoukraine@gmail.com

Paysend/Wise to debit card: 4724-0905-5545-1283

Paysend can be sent from all over the world in any currency. Beneficiary currency - CAD

WhatsApp: +14034726662
 

In this episode, you will learn:

• How Yevgen went from Ukraine to Canada
• How Yevgen got into autonomous agriculture
• What it was like growing up in Ukraine
• Yevgen's educational background
• How Yevgen constantly challenges himself
• Yevgen’s journey with CNH Industrial
• How Precision Ag caught Yevgen’s eye
• Yevgen’s journey to Regina, SK
• Everywhere Yevgen has traveled to work in agriculture
• How Yevgen got into drones
• Yevgen’s work with Olds College
• The DOT Omni Power by Raven
• The power of Yevgen’s Youtube channel
• Farming in Australia
• Immigration policy for Ukraine to Canada and Australia
• How Yevgen ended up in Asia
• The current war in Ukraine
• Yevgen’s experience in the frontlines
• How Yevgen got into teaching military how to use drones
• Yevgen’s dreams for the Ukraine education systems
• How you can help Yevgen and the Ukrainian Military

Connect with Yevgen:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000996022732

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MYAGRO_CA

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mykola.mykhailichenko/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yevgen-mykhaylichenko-083541b3/

Check out Yevgen’s Youtube Videos:

Mazergroup (former Markusson New Holland) YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@mazergroup1003/videos

MY AGRO CANADA YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@myagrocanada2066/videos
 

Soil Compaction Maps YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@soilcompactionmaps.myagro.3348/videos
 

Aberhart Family of Companies:

https://aberhartagsolutions.ca

https://aberhartfarms.com

https://suregrowth.ca

https://www.convergencegrowth.com

Connect with us on AGvisorPro: https://link-app.agvisorpro.com/aberhart-dan

If you want to be part of the Growing the Future community, make sure to say hi on social at: https://linktr.ee/Growingthefuturepodcast

Register for the Convergence Conference at convergence.ag and stay updated by subscribing to the Growing the Future Podcast at growingthefuturepodcast.ca.

Have you ever thought about the writer behind the article? 

Toban Dyck grew up on a farm but started out his career ambitions with the written word as his craft. 

This lead him to become an award winning writer for many different papers. 

His writing eventually took him far from the farm to the big city of Toronto. 

On a visit home he realized the true beauty and legacy of the family farm and decided to return. 

Toban's talent and passion to write gave him the ability to relate with producers on a very practical level. 

His question quickly became ... do we take writing for granted in agriculture? 

Through his articles he has connected with not only hundreds of producers sharing their stories, tips and tricks around the farm, but the broader public in order to create awareness. 

He is also making an impact on agricultural organizations ability to communicate their message through his new company, Burr Forest Group. 

There's one thing that will always remain the same, great storytelling always wins.

Join Dan and Toban as they discuss how you can farm and keep your passions alive at the same time. 

What you will learn: 

-How a small town farm boy ends up in Toronto writing -

Toban’s journalism background 

-Toban’s first writing gigs

-How Toban landed an interview at the Globe 

-Is the CBC the devil? 

-How Toban ended up writing in agriculture 

-How Toban wrote for Financial Post 

-How different Toronto was then home for Toban 

-Do Torontonian’s even know about farming? 

-Is it important everybody know about agriculture? 

-What it’s like to write for a living 

-The reality of writing in a public space 

-What does it take to create a successful piece 

-The worst piece Toban ever wrote in his career 

-Will AI tools take over the writing space? 

-How Toban ended back at the farm 

-The transition back into farming 

-What are the true characteristics of a writer? 

-How Toban translated being back on the farm into writing

-How Toban’s writing has connected him with many farmers 

-How to farm and continue your passions 

-The power of storytelling 

Connect with Toban: https://burrforest.com 

Connect with Dan: https://linktr.ee/Growingthefuturepodcast 

Aberhart Family of Companies:

https://aberhartagsolutions.ca

https://aberhartfarms.com

https://suregrowth.ca

https://www.convergencegrowth.com 

Register for the Convergence Conference at convergence.ag and stay updated by subscribing to the Growing the Future Podcast at growingthefuturepodcast.ca.

A coach is to help an individual or their team grow.

It's not always encouragement.....

Sometimes it's being kind of strict, pushing them, knowing what their boundaries are, what they can, what they can't do, and what they're not ready to do.

The perfect example of that would be when you introduce producers into variable rates for their first time or try a new prescription.

Just like the players on the court, a coach guides them into new realms and techniques.

Lance Lindbloom does just that with 406 Agronomy!

Tune in as Dan and Lance dive into how bringing together competition and producers in the same room, can bring home the trophy for the future of ag.

Grab your clipboards and get ready to take notes on Lance's strategies and plays in agronomy.
 

In this episode, you will learn:

• The journey of 406 Agronomy
• How Lance got into agronomy coaching
• The real competition between agronomists
• The difference between agronomists and agronomy coaches
• Lance’s farming background
• What is 406 agronomy?
• The biggest agronomy challenge in Montana
• How drought has affected Lances business
• Lance’s risk management in years with no rain
• How Lance balances fertility in drought
• What Lance thinks of variable rates
• Which methodology Lance uses for prescriptions
• The different management styles in agronomy
• Current technology Lance is using in his practices
• Lance’s experience with NutriScan
• Lance’s thoughts on technology coming to agronomy
• The 5th annual 406 Agronomy Summit
• The key technical takeaways of Summit
• Lance’s opinion on regenerative ag
• Lance’s personal health journey as a producer

Connect with Lance:

Website: https://406agronomy.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/406Agronomy

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/papabloom/?hl=en

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lance-lindbloom-83b64810/

Aberhart Family of Companies:

https://aberhartagsolutions.ca

https://aberhartfarms.com

https://suregrowth.ca

https://www.convergencegrowth.com

Connect with us on AGvisorPro: https://link-app.agvisorpro.com/aberhart-dan
 

If you want to be part of the Growing the Future community, make sure to say hi on social at: https://linktr.ee/Growingthefuturepodcast

Register for the Convergence Conference at convergence.ag and stay updated by subscribing to the Growing the Future Podcast at growingthefuturepodcast.ca.

I'd be singin' the blues,

Just lookin' for clues,

On how to get my fields to produce...... 🎶

In the case of Josh Linville Director of Fertilizer at Stone X, fertilizer used to be a relatively boring topic.  Now 🎶 “She thinks my fertilizer is sexy”🎶  as the song goes given all of the events in the market in the last two years.

The reality of the market is that of a Hank Williams song, “A Country Boy Can Survive", … 🎶"The preacher man says its the end of time and the Mississippi River she's a going dry.”🎶
 

In this episode Dan and Josh discuss whether or not producers should be worried about the supply and current markets.

Josh recommends a glass of whiskey to take the edge off while he delivers the news.

In this episode, you will learn:

• Josh’s background in agriculture
• How Josh became known as the “Fertilizer Guru”
• Is fertilizer sexy?
• What is Josh’s current role in the fertilizer market
• How Josh’s business helps manufactures
• Who is Josh’s customer?  Produce or speculators?
• Why the conversation of fertilizer has become critical
• What has changed with volatility in the past year
• What is a Black Swan Event?
• How is food production correlated to fertilizer?
• Who's profiting off market volatility?
• What is happening in Europe?
• Why can’t we make our own Nitrogen?
• Did we miss the mark with regulation?
• Are we going in the wrong direction?
• Do we see any wherewithal to ensure food security?
• How much of Josh’s job depends on being right
• Where are producers sentiments at?
• What is holding back producers on making fertilizers decisions
• How Josh is coaching retailers on fertilizer markets
• Is regenerative ag going to move the needle on global supplies?
• What is happening with less synthetic fertilizers?
• The Black Swans of logistics
• Why can’t we just truck product?
• How is Amazon effecting fertilizer?
• Josh’s advice for buying nitrogen in next year
• What to do if you didn’t make the jump on purchasing
• Josh’s thoughts on new technologies in efficient catalysts
• Should you worry about not being able to get Nitrogen?
• What is phos going to look like in ten years?
• Snake Oil in phosphorous markets
• Are we creating problems for the future?
• Josh’s thoughts on buying phos right now
• Is there demand destruction?
• What's going on with potash?
• A day in the life of Josh
• How to connect with Josh

Connect with Josh:

Website:https://www.stonex.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JLinvilleFert

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-linville-9555a711/

Aberhart Family of Companies:

https://aberhartagsolutions.ca

https://aberhartfarms.com

https://suregrowth.ca

https://www.convergencegrowth.com
 

Connect with us on AGvisorPro: https://link-app.agvisorpro.com/aberhart-dan

If you want to be part of the Growing the Future community, make sure to say hi on social at: https://linktr.ee/Growingthefuturepodcast

Register for the Convergence Conference at convergence.ag and stay updated by subscribing to the Growing the Future Podcast at growingthefuturepodcast.ca.

The soil is a complex ecosystem with countless interactions taking place between different elements.

In order to produce healthy crops, producers must manage these interactions carefully.

This is where Greg Patterson comes in.

Greg is a wealth of knowledge on soil fertility and health, and he has spent years researching the topic and much more.
 

In this exclusive two-hour episode, Greg and Dan delve into the roots of our food system, starting back to the evolution of fertility.

This episode is a must-listen for anyone who wants to learn more about the hidden world beneath our feet.

In this episode, you will learn:

• The history of fertility and achieving yields
• How to achieve balanced fertility
• The pros and cons of balanced fertility
• The tools Greg uses to help clients achieve proper nutrients
• Are producers collecting enough of the right data
• How to harness microorganisms in the soil and use them as work horses
• Where are we today in the spectrum of history
• Do we need micronutrients?
• Boron deficiencies
• The truth of bugs in a jug
• High producing soils and bugs
• How microbes work with fertility
• Soil health indexes for Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta
• What nutrient is the biggest concern for Western Canada?
• How to properly address and fix deficiencies
• Nitrogen in today’s world
• Overstimulated microbes and the soil
• How to make phosphorus available and is it currently a concern?
• Spreading rock phosphate
• Where are we at with potash in Western Canada?
• Sulphur in comparison to other nutrients
• How to execute on increasing your soils biome
• The investment of getting your operations data
• What nutrients we need as humans?
• Meat diet vs plant diets
• Why do we truly grow food?
• Autoimmune diseases and food
• Your health and the impacts of nutrients
• What is “Repoopulating”?
• Pregnancy an birth bacterias
• How A & L Labs born
• How to connect with Greg
   

Connect with Greg:

Website: https://www.alcanada.com/index

Twitter: https://twitter.com/alcanadalabs

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ALcanadalabs

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alcanadalabs
 

Aberhart Family of Companies:

https://aberhartagsolutions.ca

https://aberhartfarms.com

https://suregrowth.ca

https://www.convergencegrowth.com

Connect with us on AGvisorPro: https://link-app.agvisorpro.com/aberhart-dan
 

If you want to be part of the Growing the Future community, make sure to say hi on social at: https://linktr.ee/Growingthefuturepodcast

Register for the Convergence Conference at convergence.ag and stay updated by subscribing to the Growing the Future Podcast at growingthefuturepodcast.ca.

Taking the leap from doing what you know, to doing something your passionate about can be scary

Chris Jones is the definition of entrepreneurship, he always took the leap    

In the blink of an eye he left his education to pursue entrepreneurship and invent his first product

He quickly became known as the man of sporting goods after inventing a football receivers glove

He was then struck in a pivotal moment and realized he wanted to sell his company and move into coaching

That’s when Chris joined the world of EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating Systems)

Since then Chris has written books and helped multiple businesses grow

In this episode Terry and Holden get a front seat view of the trials and tribulations of Chris’s entrepreneurial journey

In this episode, you will learn:

• Who is Chris Jones?
• Chris’s entrepreneurial journey
• What Chris invented while at school
• What shifted Chris from entrepreneurship to coaching?
• What happened when Chris lost 70% of his business overnight?
• The pivotal moment Chris walked away from his sporting goods business
• Chris’s advice to know if you’re going in the right direction
• What is EOS ?
• How did Chris get into EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating Systems)?
• The challenging parts of entrepreneurship
• The biggest hurdles in Chris’s entrepreneurial journey
• How to effectively delegate on your farm or business
• All about Chris’s new book
• How to have hard conversations
• How Chris effectively works with leadership teams
• Why it’s important to turn off work and take a holiday
• The importance of having healthy debates with leadership teams
• What is the difference between Strategic Coach and EOS?
• How Terry and Chris have worked together
• Chris’s key message to the audience
• How to start working with Chris 

Connect with Chris:

Website: https://www.relentlesschrisjones.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisjonesyyc/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/RelentlessChrisJones/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/relentlesschrisjones

Download chapter one of Relentless AF https://www.relentlesschrisjones.com
 

Aberhart Family of Companies:

https://aberhartagsolutions.ca

https://aberhartfarms.com

https://suregrowth.ca

https://www.convergencegrowth.com

Connect with us on AGvisorPro: https://link-app.agvisorpro.com/aberhart-dan

If you want to be part of the Growing the Future community, make sure to say hi on social at: https://linktr.ee/Growingthefuturepodcast

Register for the Convergence Conference at convergence.ag and stay updated by subscribing to the Growing the Future Podcast at growingthefuturepodcast.ca.

From the fields of France …
 

… to Iowa,

… to Saskatchewan,
 

… to Haiti,
 

… and now to Montana,

… this man has traveled the globe to pursue his passions.
 

Franck has supplied distributed farm equipment internationally across 32 states to Europe and back. 

Franck has represented Canada internationally as an Envoy, learning about problems Canadian farmers face and tried to provoke more favourable policies from the national government.

Franck has even taught what he knows about farming to those who are less fortunate.
 

Now in Montana he explores his interests in regenerative and nutritive agricultural techniques to fulfill his desire to live amongst the consumers of the food that he raised.

Together with his wife and kids they operate “The Living Skies Farm” where they promote advanced agricultural techniques to enhance the nutritive value of the grains they grow while also improving soil microbiology and carbon capture and moisture content.

This episode is a front seat ride that will take you around the world and back giving you an inside look at agriculture! 
 

Be ready for some laughs as well as some deep conversation between Dan and Franck. 

In this episode, you will learn:

• Who is Franck Groeneweg
• Franck’s farming background
• What it’s like to farm in France
• Why farming in France wasn’t taken seriously
• Why Franck left France and came to America
• Franck’s journey in importing and exporting parts and equipment
• Relationships Franck built through importing and exporting
• How Franck got into farming in Saskatchewan
• What the farming community was like in Saskatchewan
• How Franck and his family got through the frost of 2004
• An impactful moment of 2018 on Franck and his family
• Why Franck sold the farm in Saskatchewan and headed to Montana
• How Franck produces food to impact people’s mental health in a positive way
• The feeling of producing a commodity for the community in the community
• How Franck got involved with advocacy and different boards
• The disconnect between consumers and producers
• The climate crisis and the impact on food
• How to get in touch with Franck
   

Connect with Franck:

Website: https://livingskygrains.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/franckgroeneweg/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/livingskygrains/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LivingSkyGrains/

Email: franck@livingskygrains.com

Phone: 406-521-5234 
 

Aberhart Family of Companies:

https://aberhartagsolutions.ca

https://aberhartfarms.com

https://suregrowth.ca

https://www.convergencegrowth.com
 

Connect with us on AGvisorPro: https://link-app.agvisorpro.com/aberhart-dan

If you want to be part of the Growing the Future community, make sure to say hi on social at: https://linktr.ee/Growingthefuturepodcast

Register for the Convergence Conference at convergence.ag and stay updated by subscribing to the Growing the Future Podcast at growingthefuturepodcast.ca.

A coach is a motivating source of inspiration who pushes you to your full potential no matter the pain or obstacle.

Farmer Coach is an executive agriculture training program that brings primary producer entrepreneurs together into a group setting to learn and share collaboratively on topics and behavior that drive agriculture forward.

Kristjan Hebert, Course Collaborator and Managing Partner of Hebert Grain Ventures is also known as one of the most progressive young farmers

Along with Evan Shout, Coach, President and co founder of Maverick Ag Ltd and Chief Financial Officer at Hebert Grain Ventures.

Together they have created Farmer Coach!

Farmer Coach bridges the gap that exists between farming as a lifestyle and farming as a successful and thriving business. It is the first comprehensive business management program in Canada designed specifically for primary producers.

If you want to create momentum on your farm, build culture and increase morale, learn shortcuts, programs, and platforms to permanently simplify your operation then look no further.

This episode features Dan, Terry, Kristjan, Evan and a live audience.

Grab your notebook and a pen  as this episode is packed with valuable information and lessons.

In this episode, you will learn:

• What is Farmer Coach? 
• Why Farmer Coach was brought to Western Canadian Ag
• Who is this program for?
• Why you could benefit from a coach
• The tiers of Farmer Coach
• Terry’s experience with similar programs
• What the program entails
• The importance of coaching
• The involvement of participating
• Benefits of participating with other producers in the program
• Topics addressed in the program
• How Kristjan and Evan plan to overcome resistance from producers
• Why Terry prioritizes coaching in his life and business
• How much of a commitment is Farmer Coach
• Program capacity
• Where the training is taking place
• The value from this program versus a peer group setting
• Kristjan, Evan, and Terry’s definition of success
• Taking the program with your spouse
• How to register for Farmer Coach
• Where to get in touch with Farmer Coach

Register for Farmer Coach: https://farmercoach.ca/programs/
 

Connect with Farmer Coach:

Website: https://farmercoach.ca

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Farmer_Coach

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/farmercoach/
 

Connect with Kristjan:

Website: https://kristjanhebert.com/blog/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/KristjanHebert

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristjanhebert/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristjan-hebert-cpa-50b46425/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCaw2ZgDB6GvUYXxfvYp3vA
 

Connect with Evan:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/evanshout?lang=en

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evan-shout-985483209/?originalSubdomain=ca

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/evan.shout

Aberhart Family of Companies:

https://aberhartagsolutions.ca

https://aberhartfarms.com

https://suregrowth.ca

https://www.convergencegrowth.com

Connect with us on AGvisorPro: https://link-app.agvisorpro.com/aberhart-dan

If you want to be part of the Growing the Future community, make sure to say hi on social at: https://linktr.ee/Growingthefuturepodcast

Register for the Convergence Conference at convergence.ag and stay updated by subscribing to the Growing the Future Podcast at growingthefuturepodcast.ca.

You remember watching your parents stress, breakdown, lose their tempers all the while sucking in those emotions and habits.

Fast forward and you finally understand the emotions of life, the responsibility of caring for a family, and the weight of the world on your back.

Life can be a tough journey and that’s no secret, but you don’t have to bear it alone!

Canada’s Farm Whisperer Elaine Froese shines the light on finding harmony through understanding.

Sitting around the kitchen table hashing it out for the future isn’t easy, that’s where Elaine comes in.

She has worked with thousands of farm families over the last 40 years, including the Aberhart family.

Elaine is highly educated, has written five books, and received numerous awards! 

She's on a mission to guide farm families across North America to get unstuck, communicate better, find harmony through understanding and secure a profitable farm legacy.

This episode is real, raw and unfiltered.

Join Dan and Elaine as they touch on deep topics of emotion, grab a tissue!

In this episode, you will learn:

• Why relationships are so hard
• How you can become a better listener
• How to keep the peace in situations
• How to ask the right questions
• How to work with coaches
• What happens when your personal relationships suffer
• The effects of workaholism
• Why we get defensive so quickly as humans
• The 24 hour rule
• How we can become aware of our own emotional patterns
• How to live in a healthy gap
• How to distinguish an aggressive situation
• How to live in the now
• What breaking generational issues can look like
• How to continue one sided relationships
• How to deal with betrayal
• Elaine’s advice to those who feel alone
• Elaine’s values
• How Elaine has helped the Aberhart Family
• How to start working with Elaine

Connect with Elaine:

Website: https://elainefroese.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/elainefroese

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/farmfamilycoach

Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/user/farmfamilycoach

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elainefroese/

Elaine’s FREE gift to listeners: https://elainefroese.com/farm-family-coach/

Aberhart Family of Companies:

https://aberhartagsolutions.ca

https://aberhartfarms.com

https://suregrowth.ca

https://www.convergencegrowth.com
 

Connect with us on AGvisorPro: https://link-app.agvisorpro.com/aberhart-dan

If you want to be part of the Growing the Future community, make sure to say hi on social at: https://linktr.ee/Growingthefuturepodcast

Register for the Convergence Conference at convergence.ag and stay updated by subscribing to the Growing the Future Podcast at growingthefuturepodcast.ca.

Sean O’Conner and Kyle Scott of Emmertech are the self described “Alfreds'” of the Canadian Ag Tech world.

Kyle Scott is the Managing Director at Conexus Venture Capital and Emmertech.

Sean O’Conner is the head of Conexus Venture Capital who runs the VC fund on behalf of Conexus and Emmertech.

This $60 million dollar fund has thrown out the Canadian playbook when it comes to venture capital.

They have reinvented it and rebuilt a new investment approach to fit the world of ag tech.

Dan, Sean, and Kyle discuss closing the venture capital gap between the massive investment in the US and Canada.
 

This episode is an eye opening conversation on Canadian Ag Tech and funds.

In this episode, you will learn:

• Who is Emmertech?
• Who is Conexus?
• Sean’s role
• Kyle’s role
• How to become a Venture Capital Manager
• What it’s like spending other peoples money
• What ag tech in the prairies looks like today
• What comic book heroes Kyle and Sean relate to
• The work dynamic between Kyle and Sean
• What it’s like to receive money to invest
• Core values of Emmertech
• How hard it is to raise funds
• What Kyle and Sean have to say to investors that have not put their money into the fund
• What do the funds currently look like for ag tech?
• Who are the investors?
• What does the role of an investor look like
• Can investors lend anything other then money
• Why don’t companies just bootstrap?
• How Kyle and Sean handle the different personalities of investors
• The top question Sean and Kyle ask new companies
• What is different about AgTech from a conventional fund?
• Some of the exciting companies Sean and Kyle are working with
• Who is Emmertech currently investing in
• What’s next for Emmertech?

Connect Sean:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/seantoconnor

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-o-connor-73310b46/

Connect with Kyle:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyleascott/

Connect with Conexus Venture Capital and Emmertech:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Conexus_VC

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/conexusventurecapital/
 

Aberhart Family of Companies:

https://aberhartagsolutions.ca

https://aberhartfarms.com

https://suregrowth.ca

https://www.convergencegrowth.com

Connect with us on AGvisorPro: https://link-app.agvisorpro.com/aberhart-dan

If you want to be part of the Growing the Future community, make sure to say hi on social at: https://linktr.ee/Growingthefuturepodcast

Register for the Convergence Conference at convergence.ag and stay updated by subscribing to the Growing the Future Podcast at growingthefuturepodcast.ca.

A Famerizer is known as, the man himself Mr. Korey Peters! 

You've undoubtedly seen some of his relatable reels on Instagram and chuckled. 

Korey starts the episode off with a bang, as he recreates the moment he crossed the border by signing “Footloose" to the crossing guard. 

Yes, he sings for the podcast audience and, as a result, his years of teaching choir shine through. 

More than that, Korey is a former music teacher that grew up on a 3rd generational family farm.

After spending a few years in the classroom, he decided he wanted to return to his roots on the family farm. 

Dan and Korey dive deep into his Mennonite background, what’s happening in the hog industry, and what his grain operations look like this year. 

This episode is an epic kitchen table style convo that will make you want to pull up a chair and grab a beer! 

Cheers! 

In this episode, you will learn: 

* What is a Farmerizer?

 * Korey’s career journey 

* How his teaching skills translate into social media 

* How Korey used acapella to cross the border 

* Why Korey left the generational family farm to teach 

* Korey’s advice to young graduates on a family farm 

* Korey’s fondest memories of teaching 

* How teaching eighty kids compares to working with family 

* Why Korey left teaching to come back to the family farm 

* The roles and responsibilities on his family farm 

* Korey’s Mennonite background 

* Korey and Dan’s favourite mennonite dish “schmaunfat” 

* What Korey’s 2022 farm year looks like 

* Weather conditions and impacts in Korey’s area 

* How hog farming impacts the grain side of Korey’s Farm 

* How hog farming affects fertility 

* What the hog industry looks like right now 

* The impact of African Swine Flu from China 

* How Korey’s grain side of the farm doing 

* The latest innovations he is working with 

* How Korey innovates with the current demands 

* What does the future look like for the family farm 

* What does future mean to Korey, diversified or specialized? 

* How the Farmerizer got into social media 

* The future of Farmerizer merch 

* Who is Korey cheering for in the battle of Alberta? 

Connect with Korey: 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/KoreyPeters 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/farmerizer/ 

Aberhart Family of Companies: 

https://aberhartagsolutions.ca 

https://aberhartfarms.com 

https://suregrowth.ca 

https://www.convergencegrowth.com 

Connect with us on AGvisorPro: https://link-app.agvisorpro.com/aberhart-dan 

If you want to be part of the Growing the Future community, make sure to say hi on social at: https://linktr.ee/Growingthefuturepodcast

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Nitrogen gas makes up almost 80 percent of the atmosphere.

We breathe it in and out all day long, but in this state it is useless to the plants we grow to feed the world.

Above our heads is a vast vault of unusable nitrogen; under our feet, a limited amount of fixed nitrogen.

Synthesis of this unusable nitrogen into fertilizer through the Haber-Bosch process has fuelled the population growth of the last 100+ years.

Yet we often take for granted that the air we breath is clean.

45,000 immature deaths occur in the UK alone yearly because of Nitrous Oxide pollution.

What if you could take that pollution and turn it into a product that produces higher yields….

Dr Apostolos Papadopoulos (Tolis) Inventor and Developer of Technologies at Crop Intellect has done just that with R-LEAF.

Crop intellect was established in 2011 to preform, research and develop innovations that are out of the ordinary and disruptive.

After they sold the Chlorophyll Increase Activator to Cargill to be commercialized globally it was time for something new!  

R-LEAF is a disruptive technology  that is based on photocatalyst (A material which absorbs light to bring it to higher energy level and provides energy to a reacting substance to make a chemical reaction occur.)

R-LEAF captures Nitrous Oxide from the atmosphere and turns it into Nitrate which is food for plants.

The secret of successful farming is moving nitrogen around.

Even the Queen uses R-LEAF!

This episode Dan and Dr Apostolos Papadopoulos (Tolis) dive deep into science and innovations.

In this episode, you will learn:

• Tolis’s professional background
• Patented products Tolis’s has created
• How Tolis has taken 100 year old technology and used it in todays technology
• Why this technology is so important in today’s practices
• Why Nitrous Oxide is an issue
• How is Nitrous Oxide being produced
• How much Nitrous Oxide is being sequestered
• How much Nitrogen is being produced per month
• Why producers aren’t interested in reducing their nitrogen applications
• What Tolis is being compensated for carbon credit
• The pros and cons of R-LEAF
• How R-LEAF compares to other bacteria based products
• What type of application method is used for R-LEAF
• The impact Tolis’s product will make in urban areas
• What Tolis is currently recommending for application rates
• What the economic return on this practice and product is
• The lifespan of one application of R-LEAF
• Where R-LEAF is currently at in the lifecycle of getting to market
• How much money has been raised currently for R-LEAF
• Tolis’s words to producers who are skeptical

Connect with Tolis: 

Website:https://cropintellect.co.uk

Twitter: https://twitter.com/crop_intellect

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Crop-Intellect-Ltd-196699347202607

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/apostolos-papadopoulos-02843220/
 

Aberhart Family of Companies:

https://aberhartagsolutions.ca

https://aberhartfarms.com

https://suregrowth.ca

https://www.convergencegrowth.com

Connect with us on AGvisorPro: https://link-app.agvisorpro.com/aberhart-dan

If you want to be part of the Growing the Future community, make sure to say hi on social at: https://linktr.ee/Growingthefuturepodcast

Facts sourced from The Alchemy of Air written by Thomas Hager

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Lesley Kelly’s husband Matt has lived with such anxiety.

For many years it fueled him.

Eventually, it became too much to bear alone.

It took great courage to share his story on social media.

In the end, it changed their lives, and the lives of many others.

There are very few that went before them.

Now the conversation about mental health in ag has changed.

Terry and Holden continue that conversation with Lesley on Season 4, Episode 9 of the  Growing the Future Podcast.

Lesley is known as “High Heels and Canola Fields” on social media.

She is a farmer, public speaker, Co-Founder of The Do More Agriculture Foundation, and co-host of the “What the Farm Podcast” along with Rob Sharkey .

This episode will flood you with emotions as we can already relate to the struggles that Lesley, Terry, and Holden have faced.

In this episode, you will learn:

• Why is Lesley passionate about sharing their mental health story?
• Lesley’s background in farming
• Lesley’s social media influence
• How to deal with the stigma and feelings of mental health
• How can parents can help their kids when struggling?
• Why is it so hard to talk about mental health?
• How are schools dealing with student’s mental health
• What is the finger exercise and what is it good for?
• How to be self aware when it comes to your mental health
• What happened the first time Lesley opened up on social media about mental health?
• How you can help those struggling with their mental health?
• What is self care? How should one practice it?
• Succession plans that include mental health
• Lesley’s dad and the impact he made on the community
   

Connect with Lesley: 

Website:https://highheelsandcanolafields.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/lesleyraekelly

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/highheelsandcanolafields

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/highheelsandcanolafields/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAv8ctmfnYIN2BTOi4I5rxg

Shop Lesley’s merch here: https://highheelsandcanolafields.com/shop/
 

Aberhart Family of Companies:

https://aberhartagsolutions.ca

https://aberhartfarms.com

https://suregrowth.ca

https://www.convergencegrowth.com

Connect with us on AGvisorPro: https://link-app.agvisorpro.com/aberhart-dan

If you want to be part of the Growing the Future community, make sure to say hi on social at: https://linktr.ee/Growingthefuturepodcast

You are never alone help is a call away: 

National Crisis Centre: 1-800-784-2433

Child/Youth Crisis Line: 250-723-2040

Mental Health Line: 211 or 211.ca

Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868

Register for the Convergence Conference at convergence.ag and stay updated by subscribing to the Growing the Future Podcast at growingthefuturepodcast.ca.

Michelle is known as Forbes top farmer to follow! She has made a name for herself as a dedicated myth-buster in the food industry who has influenced corporations as powerful as Burger King. 

She is working hard to bring the real story of agriculture and food to the forefront of the headlines as seen in Business Insider, Vice, Forbes and many more. 

She is passionate about advocating for agriculture and bridging the gap between consumers and producers by sharing the science and behind the scenes of farming.  

She has stepped on stage among leading industry experts as one of the most well known voices in agriculture travelling over four continents. 

You won’t want to miss this episode, as Michelle and Dan dive deep into the myths in mainstream media and agriculture.  

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• How Michelle became an advocate for agriculture
• The moment she realized she was wrong about the food she eats
• How she got the name “The Farm Babe”
• How Michelle makes a living online
• How Michelle talks to her audience
• When Michelle’s career in speaking took off
• Michelle’s thoughts on public persecution and if she’s ever encountered it
• How humans got so off track with the truths of food and agriculture
• How celebrities support and effect agriculture
• World hunger versus food quality in the future
• Where Michelle gets her facts and information from
• The top three things Michelle has debunked in Agriculture
• Problems that agriculture is solving in the world currently
• The impacts Michelle has had on large corporations
• How corporation’s get so mislead in science
• Michelle’s end goal for agriculture and media
• Michelle’s journey to fame
• Michelle’s advice for reaching out to customers
• What is the next big thing for The Farm Babe
• Michelle’s final words to non farming folks

Connect with Michelle:  

Website: https://thefarmbabe.com

Twitter: https://thefarmbabe.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IowaFarmBabe

Instagram: https://instagram.com/thefarmbabe

Youtube: https://instagram.com/thefarmbabe

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle576/

Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/thefarmbabe

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thefarmbabe?lang=en
 

Shop Michelle’s merch here: https://thefarmbabe.com/shop/

Aberhart Family of Companies: 

https://aberhartagsolutions.ca

https://aberhartfarms.com

https://suregrowth.ca

https://www.convergencegrowth.com
 

Connect with us on AGvisorPro: https://link-app.agvisorpro.com/aberhart-dan

If you want to be part of the Growing the Future community, make sure to say hi on social at: https://linktr.ee/Growingthefuturepodcast

Register for the Convergence Conference at convergence.ag and stay updated by subscribing to the Growing the Future Podcast at growingthefuturepodcast.ca.

Evan is the President and founder of Maverick Ag and CFO at Hebert Grain Ventures (HGV), as well as Aberhart Farms.

Evan’s goal is to change the face of financial risk management in agriculture, and to leave the dirt and financial statements of the industry in a better state than the last generation.

Evan has also been working on a new coaching program specifically designed for farmers.

As an attendee of Strategic Coach he saw a need for coaching on farms and took action.

He is now bringing his plan to life, and is excited to share his knowledge and wealth with the agriculture industry!  

You won’t want to miss this episode, as Evan shares about his new coaching program. 

 In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Current events in the agriculture world spring 2022
• What is the media presenting to the farmer?
• Why did some producers hold back on ordering fertilizer this year?
• Lifetime opportunities and big margin for producers in 2022
• Outcomes of those who planned with risk management and those who didn’t
• What producers don’t know right now that they should
• Evan’s coaching advice on planning for the next two years
• Evan’s number one tool to implement with risk management
• Evan’s role in insurance marketing for producers
• Why farmers seek out Maverick
• How Evan uses metrics and dashboards for his clients
• What is an Entrepreneurial Operating System?
• What Evan has experienced working with Aberhart Farms
• What are free days?
• Why should you take 150 free days?
• The key concepts of Strategic Coach
• What is Evan’s new coaching program?
• All about Farmer Coach and the benefits
• Evan’s plan for Farmer coach in three years
• How to learn more about Farmer Coach
   

Connect with Evan: 

Website: https://maverickag.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/EvanShout

                https://twitter.com/Maverick_Ag

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evan-shout-985483209/

Farm Forum Event 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMv88zxEqm8

Evan’s first episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17HzGD_oSEw

Aberhart Family of Companies:

https://aberhartagsolutions.ca

https://aberhartfarms.com

https://suregrowth.ca

https://www.convergencegrowth.com

Connect with us on AGvisorPro: https://link-app.agvisorpro.com/aberhart-dan

If you want to be part of the Growing the Future community, make sure to say hi on social at: https://linktr.ee/Growingthefuturepodcast

Register for the Convergence Conference at convergence.ag and stay updated by subscribing to the Growing the Future Podcast at growingthefuturepodcast.ca.