GTF Podcast: Hoping for Rain Is Not a Risk Management Plan

Jake Leguee grows grain in Saskatchewan. He has watched dry years come and watched producers make very different choices about how to respond. Some waited. Some moved. His argument is not about whether to farm in drought country. It is about which decisions are actually in your control in a year when the rain is not. Most operators confuse weather risk with business risk. They are related, but they are not the same thing. This episode is about separating the two.   What's Inside - The difference between weather risk and business risk on a Prairie grain farm - What Jake Leguee does differently in a dry year vs. a wet one -- and why the decision-making process is the same - Why hoping for better conditions is not a plan and what replaces it - The financial and operational moves that protect a grain operation when the variable you cannot control goes wrong - What resilient Prairie grain farmers have in common that has nothing to do with the weather   Related Episodes - Engineer Your Revenue Floor Before You Seed (Mar 2026) -- the financial decisions that happen before the crop goes in - Who Has the Export Data? (May 2026) -- where grain markets are heading and what that means for the plan   Want to connect with Jake?  https://ca.linkedin.com/in/jake-leguee-a45289106   Connect with Growing the Future Website: growingthefuture.ca YouTube: Growing the Future Instagram: @growingthefuturepodcast LinkedIn: Growing the Future Register for the Convergence Conference at convergence.ag and stay updated by subscribing to the Growing the Future Podcast at growingthefuturepodcast.ca.