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How the Coming Skills Revolution Can Transform Agriculture
A fourth agricultural revolution is underway, and this one isn’t powered by seeds or diesel. It’s all about data.
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Free Agricultural Management Course!
The University of Guelph’s Foundations in Agricultural Management course was created in collaboration with RBC & Farm Credit Canada. This free, self-paced, online course will help guide farmers & producers in implementing effective business planning processes, leveraging financial tools to improve their business, motivating staff for greater engagement & output, managing farm transition and more.
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The Business Success Story of Les Jardins G&R Ltée
The relationship between RBC and Les Jardins G&R Ltée dates back to the 1980’s, and the two have worked hand in hand to ensure a successful future for the operation. It was a good fit and their instant rapport quickly led to monthly meetings between the two parties, where they would review current goals, recap recent progress and set future goals to work towards – a process that continues to this day.
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Greendike Farm
Chris and Henrietta Groenendijk were inspired to switch to solar power after visiting family in the Netherlands. Discover how Greendike Farm reduced their dairy operation’s energy bills for years to come with a little help from RBC.
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Mmmm!
On Canada's Agriculture Day, we're giving a shoutout to producers like you. There's a lot we could say about all the hard work you do, but as you'll see in this video we cooked up, there's only one thing that needs to be said!
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Landry Family
The Landry’s farm business started in 1962 with a modest 100 acres of land. Learn how RBC has supported their vision of the future as they have grown, expanded and modernized into a large-scale operation that now produces nearly 50,000 litres of milk every day.
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Your 3-Point Mental Health & Resilience Checklist
For too long, farmers have struggled alone with mental health challenges. Today, the topic is more widely discussed and help is more readily available.
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Investing in Canada’s Future
To celebrate Canada’s 150th anniversary, we are inspiring young farmers across Canada to make a difference in their communities.
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Your Someday
Like the Kaiser family, who emigrated from Switzerland with dreams of starting a farm and growing their business for generations to come.
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Here you can learn something new or brush up on some key skills by exploring the insights and perspectives we’ve gathered that cover all aspects of business management.
Setting Your Business Up for Success
According to Farm Management Canada's 2015 Dollars and Sense report, only 25% of farms have a formal business plan. Terry Betker, President & CEO of Backswath Management Inc., can help.
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Your Farm - Your Future, What's the Plan?
In this webinar, Scott VanEngen, Financial Planning Specialist with RBC® Wealth Management Services, suggests that the vision of what the future looks like is more important than the actual technical steps required to get there.
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Balancing Business and Financial Risk
Listen to this online seminar by Michael Langemeier, professor from the department of agricultural economics at Purdue University, for a better understanding of the relationship between business, financial and total risk.
Watch VideoWomen in Agriculture Video Series
RBC is committed to investing in the future of women in agriculture. Our new video series is focused on celebrating the success and progress of women in agri-business—and empowering young women to join the industry.
RBC Podcast Series - Mind Your Farm Business
You can pick up a great new idea in a matter of minutes. Sometimes, though, it’s important to dig a little deeper. The RBC Mind Your Farm Business podcast series lets you do that.
Ep 96: Boosting Farm Leadership Through Improving Your Inner Game
Ep 95: Peak Performance Culture
Ep 94: This AND That – Learning Farm and Business Skills in Tandem
| Podcast Episode | Download |
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| Ep 93: Don't Wait for the Grave for Farm Transition | Download |
| Ep 92: The Importance of an Accurate and Complete Cost of Equipment Per Acre | Download |
| Ep 91: Being a Relatable, Reliable, and Responsible Leader | Download |
| Ep 90: Facing Fear in Business and in Life | Download |
| Ep 89: Making Put and Call Options an Approachable Tool | Download |
| Ep 88: Putting the Whole Picture Together | Download |
| Ep 87: The New Realities of People Management | Download |
| Ep 86: Strategic Storytelling | Download |
| Ep 85: Clarifying a Time for Farm Transition | Download |
| Ep 84: The Payback of Investing in Onboarding Employees | Download |
| Ep 83: Team Building Under Pressure | Download |
| Ep 82: Hiring Right the First Time | Download |
| Ep 81: Chase the Bears with Your Farm Business | Download |
| Ep 80: Culture, Core-Values and High Performing Teams | Download |
| Ep 79: Planning for Business Growth | Download |
| Ep 78: The Perks and Pitfalls of Generation Gaps | Download |
| Ep 77: Budgeting on a Farm | Download |
| Ep 76: The Power of Peer Groups | Download |
| Ep 75: Personality assessments and their role in business culture | Download |
| Ep 74: The importance of key performance indicators | Download |
| Ep 73: Effective Managers: the why, when and how of consulting | Download |
| Ep 72: Assembling an Advisory Board | Download |
| Ep 71: The Burnout Gamble | Download |
| Ep 70: Making Time for Time Management | Download |
| Ep 69: Financial records best management practices | Download |
| Ep 68: Multi-Generational Practicalities with The Jochums | Download |
| Ep 67: The Future of the Farm | Download |
| Ep 66: Multigenerational Impacts on Succession and Management | Download |
| Ep 65: Chronic Stress and Trauma | Download |
| Ep 64: Measuring Return on Investment | Download |
| Ep 63: Make meetings matter | Download |
| Ep 62: Good governance is good business | Download |
| Ep 61: A plan for professional development | Download |
| Ep 60: Unconventional succession planning | Download |
| Ep 59: Learning to lead through conflict | Download |
| Ep 58: Establishing your farm brand | Download |
| Ep 57: Managing currency risk at the farm level | Download |
| Ep 56: How to bump farm profitability at the meeting – not kitchen - table | Download |
| Ep 55: Training the next generation of farm leaders | Download |
| Ep 54: Leveraging the power of an advisory board | Download |
| Ep 53: Data driven profit decisions | Download |
| Ep 52: Buying the farm one share at a time | Download |
| Ep 51: Navigating farm support programs | Download |
| Ep 50: Leverage and liquidity - making the most of a low interest rate environment | Download |
| Ep 49: Farming Safe During COVID-19 | Download |
| Ep 48: Avoiding marketing plan pitfalls | Download |
| Ep 47: Climbing the value chain | Download |
| Ep 46: Navigating multi-generational farm management | Download |
| Ep 45: Pushing Agriculture Into Economic Primetime | Download |
| Ep 44: Pre Nups, Post Nups, And Estate Planning - Agreements That Save The Farm | Download |
| Ep 43: Farming through adversity - managing around what you cant control | Download |
| Ep 42: The Impact of Women in Ag | Download |
| Ep 41: Being intentional building and measuring trust - Scott Downey | Download |
| Ep 40: Chasing rabbits and long-term planning | Download |
| Ep 39: Making headway on mental health in agriculture | Download |
| Ep 38: Buying vs Leasing - Lance Stockbrugger | Download |
| Ep 37: Mentorship | Download |
| Ep 36: Fitting Technology to your Farm - Rob Saik | Download |
| Ep 35: Self-Care | Download |
| Ep 34: Sweat Equity | Download |
| Ep 33: Starting the Succession Discussion | Download |
| Ep 32: Public Trust | Download |
| Ep 31: Human Resources | Download |
| Ep 30: Tax Changes - When and Why to Incorporate Your Farm Business | Download |
| Ep 29: Putting Together a Solid Farm Business Plan | Download |
| Ep 28: The senior partners perspective on succession | Download |
| Ep 27: Farm Succession - The Younger Partners Perspective | Download |
| Ep 26: The Funeral Home | Download |
| Ep 25: Business Risk and Financial Risk | Download |
| Ep 24: Risky Business | Download |
| Ep 23: Farm Business Planning | Download |
| Ep 22: Fair vs Equal - Jolene Brown | Download |
| Ep 21: Marrying Into the Farm | Download |
| Ep 20: Attracting and Retaining Employees | Download |
| Ep 19: Taking Advantage of Trade Agreements | Download |
| Ep 18: The Makings of an Innovative Farmer | Download |
| Ep 17: Where Is Your Farm At Risk | Download |
| Ep 16: The Importance of Working Capital | Download |
| Ep 15: Joint Ventures, Mergers and Farm Marriages | Download |
| Ep 14: The Business Scorecard | Download |
| Ep 13: Small Changes Lead to Big Wins | Download |
| Ep 12: The Keys to Successful Succession Planning | Download |
| Ep 11: Bootstrapping Your Balance Sheet | Download |
| Ep 10: Farm Financial Ratios to Focus On | Download |
| Ep 9: Preparing for the Day Interest Rates Rise | Download |
| Ep 8: Accrual Accounting as a Tool for Measuring Profitability | Download |
| Ep 7: How Do you Manage Currency Risk | Download |
| Ep 6: Incorporating the Farm for Today’s Benefit and for the Long Term | Download |
| Ep 5: Leverage the Value of Experience Through a Peer Advisory Group | Download |
| Ep 4: Three Strategies to Manage Margin Compression | Download |
| Ep 3: Balancing Farm risks, Rewards and Opportunity | Download |
| Ep 2: Do You Manage by Instinct or Analytics | Download |
| Ep 1: The Art of Goal Setting | Download |
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