Telling agriculture’s story key to recruiting and retaining talent

The competition to recruit and retain people to work in all industries continues to heat up. Ag For Life CEO Dave Sprague tells Rural Roots Canada competing against an extremely vibrant industry like oil and gas for talent is hard, but can be done if the agriculture industry tell its story effectively. “In the case […]

Addressing the labour shortage in agriculture long term

There is a growing labour shortage in the agriculture industry. Agrium Vice President and Regional Manager of Crop Production Services Kevin Helash tells Rural Roots Canada we have to start teaching kids early about agriculture to help fill the growing need for people to work in the industry. “The amount of people in the country […]