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Deer And Wet Bring Liver Flukes

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Transportation $289.95 FLUKE DRUGS EXPENSIVE Autopsy EDR certificate $25 to $100 $100 Total cost $673.95 to $748.95 Extreme wet conditions we’ve had in Manitoba’s Interlake have hit us from another angle. As if the inability to make enough feed wasn’t enough, we are now faced with an increase in liver flukes. Wet conditions and the […] Read more
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Prepare To Adjust 2010 Plans

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“Cost per bushel grown” is also becoming an increasingly important measure of value creation. It isn’t in PMG’s software yet, but it’s coming. Even if you have a business plan on paper, be prepared to make revisions and maybe make a couple more contingency plans. We’re looking at another roller coaster ride for 2010. The […] Read more
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Who Owns Your Assets?

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75% 85% Traditional Leverage Thresholds Enterprise Dairy Cereal/Oilseed Special Crops Hogs (Stable Contract) Hogs (No Contract) Beef Low Risk 80% 75% 80% 100% Medium 50-75% 70-85% 60-80% 50-75% 65-80% 85-100% High Risk <50% <70% <60% <50% <65% <85% In January, the local banker Hans Immapocket asked many of our clients in the Grainews community for […] Read more
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Ratios Uncover The Good, Bad And Ugly

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Through the month of January, many of our clients in the Grainews community received a request from the local banker, Hans Immapocket, for an updated net worth statement and income tax or financial statements. The banker wants these statements in order to renew the operating line of credit for the next year. Rather than just […] Read more
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Spend Farm Program Money On Insurance

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For decades now our national government has administered a wide ranging and constantly changing suite of farm programs. To be honest, I think most of the politicians and bureaucrats that serve them and us are sincere in wishing to help the family farm survive. But many of these programs are so cumbersome and have such […] Read more
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Die Healthy! Watch What You Eat

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Managing your glycemic index is a fancy term for keeping your blood sugars at a healthy level. My weight loss program helps me choose lower glycemic foods. If you want a really good book with colour charts, get Rick Gallop’s “The G. I. Diet Clinic.” Since June 1, 2009, I have been on a wellness […] Read more
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Disease Prevention Is Priority No. 1

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When we decided in 1998 to experiment with raising sheep we sat down and brainstormed. We had many important factors to consider: What kind of capital we had to invest. How we wanted to raise them (intensive or pasture based.) And whether we wanted hair sheep or wool sheep. But what we decided was the […] Read more
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Don’t Let Your Homemaking Slip

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Recently my hubby and I watched Peter Walsh, life organization expert, “strip down” a family of four who were highly stressed, eating poorly, living in clutter, and only communicating via electronics. Wes’s question at the end was, “What was the stay-at-home mom doing all day?” Exactly. Today’s farm families are texting, listening to professional development […] Read more

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