Mark Andrew Junkin

Andy Junkin (christened Mark Andrew Junkin) is a 7th generation farmer from Bobcaygeon, Ontario, Canada. The day he left for Agriculture College, his mother showed him the farm financials and stated, “If you don’t fix these numbers, I’m leaving your father.” When Andy’s father ploughed under his crops out of jealousy in 1996, he quickly realized that knowledge and skills aren’t the only things needed to turn around a failing farm.

Over the past two decades he became a self-taught expert creating his niche field of farm decision science - studying indepth on how farm families often have a dysfunctional decision-making culture and an awkward transition of management. Andy has written four books, has a column in 9 farm magazines, and speaks everywhere. Over the past decade he’s made a full-time living mediating and has a track record for pulling off miracles.

What he has learned over the past decade helping farm families is that you can’t ever tell a farmer WHAT to do. His focus and expertise is on getting the farm to focus on what matters and improve HOW farm families make DECISIONS together.

You’ve got to do three things:

1. You’ve got to identify where you are going.

2. You’ve got to define how you’re getting there.

3. You’ve got to be realistic about where you’re at!

This is what he writes about.

In 2017, Andy married a Michigan farm girl named Bernadette Fox, and they settled near Solon, IA. As a true husband/wife team, they are zealous about their mission to save as many family farms as possible.