Top 10 Beneficial Management Practices

October 2004 Issue of RenewalNow!

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Outlined below are 10 practices that embrace the principles of beneficial management among leading farmers. This list is drawn from numerous reference sources with the most recent study from Toma & Bouma Management Consultants at the International Congress on Best Practice of Leading Farmers done this past winter.

Know your customer.
Make a choice of what it is that you do best.
Strive for continuous improvement.
Ensure efficiency and effective use of resources.
Be proactive – think strategically.
Pursue life-long learning.
Build relations.
Use a total systems approach – balancing personal, family and business goals.
Plan ahead with a written business and succession plan.
Recognize the need to outsource to professionals.

The Agricultural Policy Framework (APF)
A FEDERAL-PROVINCIAL-TERRITORIAL INITIATIVE

Other Articles October 2004 Issue of RenewalNow!

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Farm Management Courses Mean Better Management Decisions
The CFBAS Program - A Farmer's Perspective
Top 10 Beneficial Management Practices - Current Document
Renewal and Elaine Froese: Cultivating Farm Change
The CFBAS Program -- A Banker's Perspective
Consultant Corner
Dr. Leonard Bauer, 1937 - 2004
Scholarship Opportunities
One Year to a Better Bottom Line
Benchmarking

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