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Invest In A Skills Upgrade

By Elaine Froese October 5, 2009

Late in August I attended the 2009 International Succession Conference in Quebec City. Why would I leave the farm when harvest was just beginning? In order to get more tools and ideas to help farm families work through the tough issues of transferring the farm to the next generation. Here’s a cornucopia of gleanings from […] Read more

Columns

“Dare” To Love Your Spouse

May 4, 2009

Last week my friend and I had the joy of taking a warm evening walk in town, and seeing the young kids testing out the depths of the water in the ditches. I bet some of them had “dares” to see who would go in the deepest. This same friend also gave me a copy […] Read more

News

Denmark Prepares Youth For Agriculture

April 6, 2009

We introduced Grainews read-e rs to Brenda Campbell in the November issue. The 22-year-old from a cow-calf farm near Sundre, Alta., is in Denmark for a six-month working visit on a dairy. We asked her to send regular reports to tell us what she’s doing, how farming in Europe is different from farming in Alberta, […] Read more

Columns

If you use farm expansion as a way to keep taxable income low, eventually it will catch up with you. Incorporation will reduce the tax burden

April 6, 2009

Al Worknoplay, a modest mid-sized grain farmer on the Canadian Prairies, recently introduced us to his neighbour Johnny Cash. Mr. Cash is a large farmer who has expanded very aggressively, and he has a new problem. Mr. Cash asked to meet with us out of concern for a looming income tax liability that he feared […] Read more

Columns

You have lots of important business information stored in your head and in files all over the place. It would help to have this organized so when you die, your family knows what to do

By Elaine Froese March 23, 2009

Before you read this column, grab a pen, paper, or your laptop. We have some serious work to do. Many readers are aware that our family said farewell to Mom Froese in January 2009. It was a hope-filled journey for us to hear her blessing in the hospital while she could still talk. The family […] Read more

News

Here are five tools to help you reduce the tax burden of farm transfer

By Shawn Friesen March 23, 2009

In this article, I will go into more detail on a very important part of the succession process: income tax. (In the February 9 Grainews, page 44, I had listed five basic steps to help start and progress a viable succession plan for your farm business.) While there may be many years where a farmer […] Read more

Features

Two Alberta farmers share what they learned at Syngenta’s Grower University

By Holly Nicoll March 23, 2009

This year marked the sixth annual session of Grower University — a Syngenta program developed in partnership with the Richard Ivey School of Business in London, Ontario. The program’s purpose is to teach participating producers how to build their business skill sets along with enhancing their farm management effectiveness. While the course is by invitation-only, […] Read more

Columns

Do you have a negative opinion about someone in your farm family that nags in the pit of your stomach? Ask yourself how YOU can change your thinking

By Elaine Froese March 9, 2009

I am writing this in a hotel room in Melfort, Sask., as I am on the road with the Farm Leadership Council (www.wflc.ca)talking to farm folks and credit union staff about “Who wants the farm and when?” One of my key stories is about the filter that the father has for his daughter-in-law, the way […] Read more

Columns

Why Grandma Is A Bully

February 23, 2009

Grandmas, get your financial affairs in order and have a reality check on what you really need for an income stream to live well into your 90s Please don’t take offense at this headline. Let me explain. I came across the expression “why is grandma a bully?” from a very insightful 10-year-old farm kid. She […] Read more

Farm Life

Don’t put off your farm succession planning any longer. Here’s how to start

By Shawn Friesen February 9, 2009

As the owner of a family farm business, you have undoubtedly thought about what the future holds for you and your family. Your concerns probably extend to what you are going to do with the farm once you retire. Having a sound and relevant succession plan in place is one of the most important things […] Read more

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Farm business

Invest In A Skills Upgrade

“Dare” To Love Your Spouse

Denmark Prepares Youth For Agriculture

If you use farm expansion as a way to keep taxable income low, eventually it will catch up with you. Incorporation will reduce the tax burden

You have lots of important business information stored in your head and in files all over the place. It would help to have this organized so when you die, your family knows what to do

Here are five tools to help you reduce the tax burden of farm transfer

Two Alberta farmers share what they learned at Syngenta’s Grower University

Do you have a negative opinion about someone in your farm family that nags in the pit of your stomach? Ask yourself how YOU can change your thinking

Why Grandma Is A Bully

Don’t put off your farm succession planning any longer. Here’s how to start

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