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Navigating PPOs: Now, Everybody Out Of The Pool

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Let’s go back a bit and look at how the producer payment options (PPOs) came about. The short version is that farmers were asking for more control over pricing their wheat sold through the CWB, as opposed to having to stay in the pool. With market fluctuations and futures markets becoming more active due to […] Read more
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Three Strategies For Off-Farm Investing This Year

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The stock market has staged a remarkable recovery since it hit bottom on March 9, 2009. In 2010 alone, the S&P/TSX Total Return Index (stock prices plus dividends) is up 26 per cent compounded annually. In most sectors what was lost has been recovered. On February 16, the S&P/TSX composite index rose over 14,000, the […] Read more
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Tips For Finding Tops And Bottoms Of Stocks

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I’ve never written an article on how I use charts to help me find tops and bottoms of my favourite stocks. It’s part of what is called technical analysis. I should say up front that a lot of people have no respect for technical analysis. But I’ve learned and now have used charts to help […] Read more
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Where To Find Charts

To follow what to do with charts, go to a free site www.stockcharts.com. Click on FREE CHARTS so you will have the 50-and 200-day moving average right on the chart plus some other stuff on there correctly. Then scroll down to indicators and you should see the letters RSI and to the right the word […] Read more
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A Few Thoughts On Farm Programs

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For this article I have my farmer hat firmly in place. I have no credentials in agriculture economics or farm policy so take it for what it is. Many years ago I remember sitting in a University of Saskatchewan lecture theatre at a then Farm and Home Week program. The minister of the day had […] Read more
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Can A Small, Specialized Farm Thrive?

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In British Columbia, a widow we’ll call Martha, 51, has taken over five acres of farm land. The operation is small and dependent on rainfall, but was profitable before the expense of the installation of an irrigation system. The single crop Martha raises, organic scallions, produced gross sales of $10,000 in 2010 on just half […] Read more
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Eight Tax Tips For Farmers

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Everyone wants to minimize the amount of taxes they pay. For farmers, reducing and deferring taxes leaves more money on the farm to re-invest in assets or increase compensation to employees and owners. There are many different tax tips and reduction strategies for farmers like you. KEEP GOOD RECORDS To ensure that you claim all […] Read more
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Texas In The Lexus Or Dodge In The Lodge, Part 5

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In the first four parts of this multi-part series, we stressed the importance of understanding and committing to very clear goals prior to entering into retirement planning. Part two stressed the importance of calculating your financial needs for retirement and your options to generate cash by earning cash with assets or generating cash through the […] Read more
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Texas In The Lexus Or The Lodge With The Dodge, Part 4

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In the first three parts of this multi-part series, we stressed the importance of understanding and committing to very clear goals prior to entering into retirement planning. Part two stressed the importance of calculating your financial needs for retirement and your options to generate cash flow. Part three shed light on the tax considerations and […] Read more

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