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Retiring From The Ranch

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In northern Alberta, Jack Downey (not his real name) farms 1,280 acres. He has a herd of 200 beef cows. The time has come to pass the operation on to his three children, who are in their mid-50s. There is not much time to waste, for Jack is 79 and his ailing wife Mary is […] Read more
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Texas In The Lexus Or The Lodge With The Dodge, Part 3

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In part one and two 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 outlined your options to generate cash by earning cash with assets or generating cash through […] Read more
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How A Young Farm Family Can Succeed

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Farms are unique entities in that they combine a rural lifestyle and a business enterprise at the same location and at the same time. That has its advantages and disadvantages. Family members are always close to the business but the business and all its challenges is always right there also. Both of those parts (the […] Read more
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Understanding Explorers, Developers And Producers

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There are three types of mining businesses: explorers, developers and producers. We should understand which one we are buying before we buy shares in a company. A lot of investors want to hit a home run so they buy penny stocks — these are often explorers. Some make that home run, but many don’t. I […] Read more
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How To Sell A Job To Potential Employees

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Finding and hiring the right person for any job starts with knowing what you need before you go looking. My previous articles emphasized the need for a clear description of the duties and tasks of the job and an estimate of the costs and time required to become an employer. Before you hire anyone, however, […] Read more
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The (Very Wet) Prairie Soil Moisture Map

We all know 2010 was an exceptional year for rain, especially in parts of Saskatchewan. So when it came time to making the soil moisture map for freeze up 2010, some extra thinking was required. The Very Dry, Dry, Moist and Wet categories are the same ones I set up in 1978 and have stood […] Read more
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Watch The Weather Overseas

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In recent months, we’ve heard of flooding in Australia and Pakistan causing losses and damage to field crops. Last year’s flooding and precipitation levels of 150 to 200 per cent above normal in Western Canada is being made worse by above average snowfall in many regions of Western Canada. As balance, it’s too dry in […] Read more
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Rising Rates Spell Peril For Bond Investors

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Interest rates are rising around the world. You wouldn’t know it from the stand pat position of the Bank of Canada, which continues to hold overnight loan rates to chartered banks down to one per cent. That administered rate sets the tone and the rate of interest for short bonds and many bank loans. But […] Read more
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Don’t Kid Yourself, YouTube Is Watching

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I think it’s time farmers got tuned in to the environment, adopted good land stewardship and proper animal welfare practices. It’s time to stop pollution of land and water, time to stop growing cancer-causing genetically modified crops and time to stop sticking pins into baby calves and otherwise generally being cruel to livestock. I know […] Read more

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