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Should You Buy That New Sprayer?

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$ 6,000 Additional Repairs and Maintenance on Existing Sprayer: $ 8,000 This included rebuilding wheel motors and continued boom repair Repairs not anticipated on the newer sprayer Net Custom Work: 1,500 acre Fungicide @ $2.50 & 1,500 ac Preharvest @ $1.50 $ 6,000 Total: $14,000 Al estimates his cost per acre at $4.00. The Net […] Read more
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$100 Million Annually

Advertisement The Producer Car Shippers of Canada recently commissioned Travacon Research to determine some specific railway cost savings. The table below shows the actual cost savings realized by the railways when they ship grain in larger hopper car block sizes. The table also shows the actual incentives that the grain companies are receiving. Travacon Research […] Read more
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Why Fathers Need To Be Good Leaders

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As we stood by the grave-side of my friend’s father we both noticed two Canada Geese winging overhead as the casket was being lowered into the grave. I smiled and thought God had provided a gentle reminder that He was there; the geese mate for life, and they flew overhead to remind me of the […] Read more
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Respect The Soil Fungi

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For more than 10 years there have been many studies done on Vesiculararbuscular mycorrhiza (VAM) fungi and the role they play in phosphorus availability to crops. Most of us tend to concentrate on things we know most about and soil microbiology was never my long suit. So I kind of listened at what I thought […] Read more
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Get To Know Your Markets

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In Saskatchewan we love our Pil. Maybe it’s the taste, maybe it’s the bright-green label, maybe it’s because it’s local and fills us with a bit of regional pride. Whatever the reason this is Pil country. Other parts of Canada have their own preferences beer-wise, but if you asked an out-of-province beer drinker to tell […] Read more
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Why Should I Be A Better Listener?

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What if I showed you a free tool that you could implement today that would have the potential to make your farm 21 per cent more profitable, without spending a dime? This tool was used by U. S. farm journalist John Phipps and he said his business generated more income as a result. It was […] Read more
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Get To Know Your MENA

The Middle East and North Africa region is made up of 24 nations, ranging from Western Sahara in the extreme west to Iran in the east, with Turkey as the northern border and Somalia at the southern tip (see map). While seemingly geographically diverse, these countries are grouped together due to significant commonality of language […] Read more
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A Farming For Fitness Strategy

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I was going to start my new lifestyle/fitness/exercise program this morning, but then I had to write this column so now it will likely be tomorrow or even next Monday before I really get at it. Monday is always the best day to make major lifestyle changes. I am a morning person so I have […] Read more
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So Who Owns That Tractor?

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My title for this article evokes the image in my mind of an ag lender scratching out a line in an equipment list as she goes through it with a farmer client. Lenders sometimes have a real challenge getting a clear understanding of the business structure of farms and the ownership of farm assets. The […] Read more
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How To Live Off The Sale Of Land

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Last issue (April 19), I discussed how to manage capital gain on farmland if your family had the land before 1987, and how that is different for land you started farming after 1987, the year the rules changed. Today I want to discuss how to manage the money you get from selling your farm and […] Read more

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