Communication in the workplace is a crucial aspect of running a business. Developing effective communications is also one of the biggest challenges businesses and organizations face. Nancy Priest, learning strategist and owner of Glass of Learning, says communicating within a family business can be especially difficult. Relatives form new relationships as workplace peers and are […] Read more
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Five ways to improve workplace communication
Choosing the right method, listening can improve business
Corteva raises forecast as demand for seeds, crop protection products booms
Bengaluru | Reuters – Corteva Inc CTVA.N on Thursday raised its full-year sales and profit forecasts as the crop protection products maker benefits from surging demand from farmers looking to cash in on higher prices since the Ukraine war. The company, which reported a 14 percent jump in second-quarter operating earnings, also unveiled plans to exit some […] Read more
Bayer’s agriculture unit, consumer health drive outlook hike
Frankfurt | Reuters – Agriculture and pharmaceuticals company Bayer BAYGn.DE on Thursday lifted its 2022 earnings guidance on strong demand from farmers for its seeds and crop chemicals and higher sales of consumer health products. Bayer is now targeting earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA), adjusted for special items, of about 13 billion […] Read more
Russian strikes kill Ukrainian grain tycoon; drone hits Russian naval base
Kyiv | Reuters – Russian missiles pounded the southern Ukrainian port city of Mykolaiv on Sunday, killing the owner of a major grain exporter, while a drone strike on Russia’s Black Sea naval base in Sevastopol was launched from within the city in a “terrorist attack,” a Russian lawmaker said. Oleksiy Vadatursky, founder and owner […] Read more
Canada losing ground in ability to export, analyst warns
The country has dropped from having the world’s 10th best trade infrastructure system to 32nd in the last 12 years
Glacier FarmMedia – Foreign customers are losing confidence in Canada’s ability to move its products to market, an expert on international trade told an agricultural conference in Alberta. “Over the past 12 years, Canada has gone from having the 10th best trade infrastructure globally to currently being ranked — any guesses — 32,” said Carlo […] Read more
Opinion: Inflation is brewing up a spending hangover
Glacier FarmMedia – Man, beer has gotten expensive. That was one of the things I thought the other evening when I met a colleague for a couple of brews on a pleasant patio. We were drinking fancy local brews rather than off-the-shelf main market brands, and those are more expensive, but still, beer ain’t as […] Read more
Report lobbies for better foreign agriculture worker rights
20 recommendations provided to ensure better representation, wage parity and labour law inclusion
A new report calls on federal and provincial governments to shore up representation, wages and health and welfare protection for foreign agri-food workers. The COVID-19 special report: The Status of Migrant Agricultural Workers in Canada 2022, issued 12 recommendations at the federal level and eight provincially, said Pablo Godoy, Western Canada regional director for United […] Read more
Philippines’ Marcos lays out ambitious policy agenda with farm sector in focus
Manila | Reuters – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Monday outlined ambitious plans for his six-year term in office that focus on fiscal management, infrastructure upgrades and turning the long-neglected farm sector into an engine of growth. The Philippines is beset with numerous challenges, from soaring prices, food shortages, poverty and inequities in education, but Marcos, the […] Read more
Carbon tax rebates not equal to costs
Government bill to reimburse carbon taxes to farmers see some get more, some less than what they paid
Glacier FarmMedia – The average rebate farmers can expect on the carbon tax they paid to dry grain is $820 per farm, according to a federal finance official. Bill C-8, the federal government’s answer to calls for natural gas and propane used to dry grain to be exempt from carbon pricing, passed last month. Why […] Read more
Climate-focused group preps for new policy framework
Farmers for Climate Solutions releases new report ahead of agriculture ministers meeting
With federal, provincial and territorial ministers set to gather this month for the final time before the expiration of the current Agricultural Policy Framework (APF), a national coalition of farm organizations hopes its newly published climate ‘task force report’ will win the attention of policymakers. “We’re not sure if we’ll be allowed to attend (the […] Read more
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
