In today’s episode, Brock Taylor shares his history in agriculture and about his experiences in the cattle industry. He is the second generation at Taylor Auctions and his oldest son is now involved in the business as well.

Brock is the Past President of the Livestock Markets Association of Canada and shares a bit about his role with this organization.

Brock gives us a breakdown of what is involved in livestock marketing and the main considerations for a producer over a production year. He also discusses where he sees the biggest opportunities for an operation to improve profit when developing and carrying out a marketing plan.

We discuss the optimism that was in the cattle industry early in the 2024 year and how this optimism has remained and maybe even built through the year and looking into 2025. Along with this, Brick shares his expectations in the cattle markets looking into 2025 and the next 2-3 years.

We round out the episode with a bit more information on marketing tips and where producers could go to find out more about when and where to market their cattle.

To contact Brock or find out more about Taylor Auctions, please visit https://taylorauctions.ca/ or call the office @ 204-522-3996 or Brock directly @ 204-522-6396. Taylor Auctions is also on Facebook at Taylor Auctions.

The research programs and daily operations at MBFI would not be possible without the funding from the Province of Manitoba, Government of Canada, and Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, as well as the partnership with Manitoba Agriculture, Manitoba Beef Producers (MBP) and Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC).

We encourage you to follow MBFI on social media, or check out the website for more information on project findings and results, upcoming events and more!

Instagram: @MBBeefandForage

Facebook: @MBBeefandForage

X (Twitter): @MBBeefandForage

Website: www.mbfi.ca

Email address: information@mbfi.ca

Mary-Jane’s Phone Number: 431-255-0011

Trevor Atchison operates Poplarview Stock Farm with his wife Melissa, their two children Reese and Wyatt, his parents Lloyd and Joan Atchison and nephew Tyler Scott. Poplarview Stock Farm was recognized as a Century Farm in 2005. Trevor’s children and nephew are the 5th generation.

The farm is located just east of Pipestone, MB in sandy soils bordering Plum Lake. The operation utilizes a land base of 9000 acres of deeded and rented land for pasture, hay, and 700-900 annually cropped acres that produce silage feed grains and some cash crops.

Around 750-800 cows are calved annually in May/June with the calves predominantly sired by Limousin bulls. Calves are weaned and backgrounded with additional purchases of 200-350 calves. They annually pasture around 500 of these calves as yearlings for this summer.

In today’s episode, Trevor tells us about the large operation that he and his family own and operate here in Manitoba. He is a regenerative cattle farmer with and intentional focus on soil health and utilizes rotational grazing and extended grazing in his operation. We discuss how the operation has changed over the years and how it has evolved into the enterprises that are run today.

Included in their operation is a large calf backgrounding enterprise, which is the focus of most of our conversation. Trevor shares what his experience has been in backgrounding calves and what he has learned along the way. We discuss growth implants and how these have worked in their operation. Trevor also shares how he utilizes feed that is produced on farm in his backgrounding system, and how this changes with the year.

Trevor also shares some of his marketing strategies, economics of backgrounding in his operation, his daily cost of gain and costs, and target profit. We wrap up with some information about his goals moving forward with the business.

To contact Trevor, call him at 204-522-5542 or email him at poplarviewfarm@gmail.com

Or follow Poplarview Stock Farm on Facebook.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Beef Cattle Research Council Silage Cost of Production Formula: https://www.beefresearch.ca/blog/silage-cost-of-production/

MB Ag Cost of Production Spreadsheets: https://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/farm-management/cost-production/index.html

The research programs and daily operations at MBFI would not be possible without the funding from the Province of Manitoba, Government of Canada, and Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, as well as the partnership with Manitoba Agriculture, Manitoba Beef Producers (MBP) and Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC).

We encourage you to follow MBFI on social media, or check out the website for more information on project findings and results, upcoming events and more!

Instagram: @MBBeefandForage

Facebook: @MBBeefandForage

X (Twitter): @MBBeefandForage

Website: www.mbfi.ca

Email address: information@mbfi.ca

Mary-Jane’s Phone Number: 431-255-0011

Elaine Froese has coached over 1000 families helping decrease their anxiety over the uncertainty of their future. She has authored 5 books and written a Grainews column for 30 years.

Froese Family Farms, a certified seed farm near Boissevain in Southwestern Manitoba is her home base, where she farms with her husband, son, and daughter in law.

Faith Today magazine calls her “Canada’s Farm Whisperer”.

CBC radio calls her the “Dr. Phil for farmers. “

Penny ,Ruby, and Read call her “Gramma.”

Elaine understands the culture of agriculture and is gifted at helping folks see great outcomes and workable paths for their family farms. Her team of 5 next-gen coaches work with farms and ranches all over Canada and the US. Elaine’s monthly membership site is a live group coaching experience 3 times a month for over 55 farm families.

Her mission is to help families find harmony through understanding.

In today’s episode, Elaine and I chat about all things farm transition planning, including the reasons why this can be such a difficult conversation to start and continue for farm families. We talk about why communication is so important and some of the steps Elaine and her team take in helping families navigate difficult situations and move towards a place of harmony.

Elaine shares her thoughts on where farmers should be during each decade of their life on the farm in terms of ownership and transition to the next generation.

Elaine shares stories, her passion and her wisdom in this amazing episode. To hear more from Elaine, listen to her podcast, The Farm Family Harmony Podcast wherever you listen to podcasts.

To contact Elaine,

Website: https://elainefroese.com/

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

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

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

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/farmfamilycoach/videos

Twitter: https://twitter.com/elainefroese

Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@farmfamilycoach

Farm Family Harmony Podcast: https://elainefroese.com/farm-family-harmony-podcast/

Email: elaine@elainefroese.com

204-534-7466

www.elainefroese.com

@elainefroese

Links mentioned in this episode:

Shop for Elaine’s books at: https://elainefroese.com/shop/

The Economics of Family Living by FCSAmerica staff published May 21, 2021 : https://www.fcsamerica.com/resources/learning-center/2021/the-economics-of-family-living

The research programs and daily operations at MBFI would not be possible without the funding from the Province of Manitoba, Government of Canada, and Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, as well as the partnership with Manitoba Agriculture,