Columns & Production Tips

A dynamic investment trio: TFSA, Stocks, the ‘Rule of 72’

Use the three parts of this trio to build your own self-sustaining retirement program

By Herman VanGenderen February 25, 2019

The TFSA program is beneficial to all, but is especially beneficial to the younger generation who have an unprecedented ability to use its tax-free compounding potential for many years. Let’s look at how the TFSA can be combined with stock investments, compounding through the “Rule of 72,” to build a self-sustaining retirement program. Stocks are […] Read more

One of your first steps is to find out what markets are offering.

Columns, Marketing

Review your last year, plan for next year

This is a good time to look at last year’s marketing plan, and do the math for next year

By Brian Wittal February 25, 2019

In my last column, I asked if you know your costs of production for every crop you grew last year. Then I asked if you ran a breakeven analysis for each crop, so you would know what prices you needed to sell at a profit. If you had done these things and stuck to a […] Read more

This is the Birch Hills area as shown by Google Earth on May 10, 2017. The town is in the bottom left area.  Clearly, much of this area is not good land in wet years without some slough consolidation.

Columns

Les Henry: Crop Week offers a good mid-winter break

Saskatoon’s annual winter farm show offers a chance to see old friends and new tech

By Les Henry February 22, 2019

The highlight of cold, dark January is Crop Week/Crop Production Show that takes place in Saskatoon each year. One of the things that takes place during that week is the annual reunion of the Saskatchewan Agricultural Graduates Association (SAGA). The saga of SAGA SAGA formed in 1935 when a few Agros (University of Saskatchewan ag […] Read more

Columns

Toban Dyck: Keeping the agriculture sector together

As Ag Days kicks off conference season, the media divides the ag community

By Toban Dyck February 22, 2019

“You look familiar. We’ve met before,” I said. He nodded. “Yeah. We have. But I know about you. I read your articles. How are you doing keeping everything together?” I’m always a little tickled when people stop by the Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers booth at Ag Days to chat. It doesn’t get old. I […] Read more

News, Wheat & Chaff

Build a bridge for mental health this upcoming Canadian Agricultural Safety Week

Canadian Agricultural Safety Week runs March 10 – 16

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association, Gerry Friesen February 21, 2019

How often have you heard the term “get over it?” I know I’ve used it occasionally, and I suspect that, in a few of those instances, I’ve used the term inappropriately. There are certainly times I need to be reminded to get over it. Like when I lose patience with the flow of traffic, or […] Read more

Crops, Wheat & Chaff

Can a cover crop help establish forages?

Q & A with Nutrien Ag Solutions

By Stacie Yaremko February 20, 2019

Q: Are there benefits to a cover crop for forage establishment? A. There are many benefits to planting a cover crop (sometimes referred to as a companion or nurse crop) for forage establishment. Cover crops commonly planted alongside perennial forages include oats, barley and wheat. Before a forage stand becomes well established, bare soil can […] Read more

Editor's column, Wheat & Chaff

Editor’s Column: More than one way to skin a cat

By Leeann Minogue February 19, 2019

Winter is the time for commodity associations to hold business meetings across the Prairies. Saskatchewan’s AGMs were held in Saskatoon, back in January. Alberta’s took place at the end of January, in Edmonton, and Manitoba’s meetings happened in mid-February, in Winnipeg. I’ve been attending as many of these meetings as I can, and I can’t […] Read more

The 31st annual World Cheese Awards were held in Bergen,  Norway in 2018. There were 3,472 cheeses in the competition.

Columns, Hart Attacks

Travel the world for a great cheese

In search of a great Gouda  or a robust Raclette?

By Lee Hart February 18, 2019

If you have trouble reaching me in mid-October I will probably be at the World Cheese Awards competition in Bergamo, the Lombardy Region of Italy. I like cheese, so I thought I would head to the World Cheese Awards. It is a big deal. I buy orange cheddar cheese from my local grocery store, but […] Read more

Columns

Down markets aren’t bad markets

A review of 2018’s market  performance shows a slight gain  from the sample portfolio

By Herman VanGenderen February 15, 2019

Down markets are great if you’re in the stock buying mood. Markets ended 2018 with a thud. In the fourth quarter there were declines of about 16 per cent in Canada and 20 per cent in the U.S., closing the year slightly off these lows. Financial headlines were dire, with many suggesting the worst December […] Read more

Columns

Toban Dyck: Formalizing weekly meetings

The owners at Burr Forest Acres settle in to a new Saturday morning routine

By Toban Dyck February 15, 2019

Things were weighing on us. We were both carrying stress related to the farm and we were doing so in silence. I was busy and used that as an excuse to put aside the things that needed our attention. In November, it all came to a head. I went first, expressing all the things that […] Read more

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Columns

A dynamic investment trio: TFSA, Stocks, the ‘Rule of 72’

Review your last year, plan for next year

Les Henry: Crop Week offers a good mid-winter break

Toban Dyck: Keeping the agriculture sector together

Build a bridge for mental health this upcoming Canadian Agricultural Safety Week

Can a cover crop help establish forages?

Editor’s Column: More than one way to skin a cat

Travel the world for a great cheese

Down markets aren’t bad markets

Toban Dyck: Formalizing weekly meetings

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