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1. Innovation inFarm Business Management‘A Grass Roots View’ Canadian Farm Business Management Council
Innovation Day
May 29,2007
Ottawa, Ontario
By: John A. Anderson
Kingston, Ontario
Janderson150@Cogeco.ca
613-389-3746
Agri-Business and Farm Succession Services
2. Innovation inFarm Business Management‘A Grass Roots View’ Where is Farm Business Management Advancing to in the 21st Century?
What are we seeing at the Farm Gate?
3. A Personal view… We are seeing Innovation
and
Change
4. The Motivator May Be in the “Challenge” The Agriculture Industry continues to change……
More complex
Knowledge intensive
Producers must ensure that they are taking advantage of all opportunities
5. Perhaps Farm Managers Are Heeding the Results of Research?
6. The Key to Profitability Research into the depths of farm income indicates:
“ Profitability isn’t determined by where you farm, nor by the size of the operation, and not even by the commodity you produce.”
Al Mussell – Senior Research Associate
George Morris Centre, Guelph Ontario
7. The Key to Profitability The real message one should take from farm income statistics:
“….investing in and upgrading farm management skills could pay rich rewards, and significantly enhance Canadian agricultural competitiveness.”
Al Mussell – Senior Research Associate
George Morris Centre, Guelph Ontario
8. Perhaps Projects such as …
Are having an impact…
Leading Farmers making management decisions now that could be the common practices of the majority a decade ahead?
9. So what is new and Innovative? But first….
10. What is Farm Business Management?
11. Farm Business Management is… Allocation
Direction
Control
of Limited Resources to achieve the goals of:
The farm
The farm family
Farm Management: Principles and Strategies by Kent D. Olson
12. To appreciate Innovation and Change understand…Producer Attitude Two stereotypes Management Feel that they can control their future. Non-Management Feel that they are at the mercy of whatever happens!!