Anton Borst: Halarda Farms

Join host Matti McBride as she chats with Anton Borst, owner of Halarda Farms in Elm Creek, Manitoba. Learn about the dairy, current succession plans, why Halarda Farms invests in technology and opts to be a trial farm for emerging technologies, as well as future plans for the dairy.  Here is the episode breakdown: 0:50 – Introduction to Halarda Farms1:40 – Using a parlor and robots3:00 – History of Halarda Farms4:30 – Succession planning6:30 – Slow, steady growth8:00 – Investing in technology10:00 – Managing employees and technology12:00 – Employee buy-in14:30 – Experiences with being a trial dairy17:00 – Current technologies being trialed 18:30 – Goals at Halarda20:50 – The life of a cow at Halarda24:30 – Future plans27:00 – Rapid-fire questions