Ottawa, ON - Agri-Food Management Excellence (AME) Inc. and Farm Management Canada (FMC) are excited to announce a new partnership to enhance the delivery of the renowned Canadian Total Excellence in Agricultural Management (CTEAM) program, Canada's only national farm business management training program.
AME and FMC will be working together to conduct an in-depth analysis of the CTEAM program, assessing its reach and impact, and identifying areas for program enrichment, including alumni and lifelong learning programming, and connectivity with complementary international programs.
Ultimately, the partnership aims to enhance efforts to increase the awareness and adoption of beneficial management practices and improve the attitudes of Canada's farmers towards farm business management and management skills development.
CTEAM is specifically designed for farm managers and ranchers with a desire for excellence in management, production, and marketing. The early bird deadline for the 2014-2016 class is Sept. 30. Over the course of the 2-year, four session program, participants:
- Learn from leading industry experts across management disciplines
- Develop and implement their own strategic and operating plans unique to their farm
- Learn how to benchmark their financial status against the best and how to financially optimize their assets
- Learn how to confront change with confidence for continued growth, expansion, succession and transition
- Build a lifelong network of peers and management experts
Life-long learning opportunities for alumni include international study trips.
Quotes:
"We are excited to join forces with AME - not only in the continuous improvement of an already-excellent program, but also in being intimately involved in continuing to build world-leading farm managers, and ultimately agriculture, in Canada." - Linda Pipke, FMC Chair
"Going through CTEAM is like coming out of a dark tunnel with a light at the end. You gain the focus to head toward the light, and when you get to the end you realize how large your opportunities are." - Robert Semeniuk, RAS Farms, Alberta (CTEAM Graduate 2007-2009, and Outstanding Young Farmer of Alberta, 2012)
"The support of FMC underlines our commitment to excellence in business farm management." - Heather Broughton, AME partner
"We love this program because we are continually inspired by the success of those who enrol. Our aim is to honour them by continually improving CTEAM and our Life Long Learning program." - Larry Martin, AME partner and lead instructor.
Source: Agri-Food Management Excellence Inc