In late 2021, Steve and Emily Wideman, co-owners of SW Farms Ltd., were presented with a rare opportunity to acquire a 2,500-sow farrowing operation in Lambton County, Ontario. While potentially attractive, the expansion posed significant financial and operational challenges. Already managing a multi-site hog and crop operation, the Widemans faced constraints on both capital and management capacity. To pursue the opportunity, they would need to make .....more

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Aurora Caddell, director of pharmacy at St. Lawrence Hospital (SLH), oversees pharmacy services and medication costs at the hospital. In April 2024, the senior leadership team mandated all programs to identify a minimum of 3 per cent cost savings without impacting service levels or access to patient care. After discussion with her management team, it seems to Caddell that the only viable opportunity to reduce costs without impacting service levels .....more

In November 2020, Paul Dietrich was wrapping up his busy harvest season for the 1,100 acres of farmland he currently operated. Although the fall harvest season demanded much of Dietrich’s time and attention, he simply could not ignore an investment opportunity that had been presented to him. A local farmland owner was selling a 150-acre parcel of farmland that adjoined some land parcels already owned by Dietrich. Dietrich estimated that a competitive .....more

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