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Blogs Rise To Legitimacy

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Weblogs started out as online journals. Early versions go back to the ’70s, but it was not until about 2000 that we started seeing the steady rise of weblogs — shortened to “blogs.” Now there are 130 million or more of them, according to an article in Inc magazine, November 2009 issue. I do not […] Read more
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Profits Made In Greek Tragedy

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Buying U. S. Treasury bonds, which pay on average 20 basis points more than Government of Canada bonds for mid and long terms, is looking more attractive in spite of the American economy’s well-known problems. As well, the U. S. dollar is gaining respect. The greenback has been soaring as global investors flee from the […] Read more
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Good Times For My “Cows”

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Since I retired from Grainews, I now run a portfolio that could be like running 300 to 400 cows, but my “cows” leave me with more time to think. When I spoke to the beef seminar in Teulon, Man., in late January, I asked how much time it would take me to work 400 cows. […] Read more
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Good Times continued

continued from previous story Beef producers will need to cut costs, raise beef the market wants, and likely either work with smaller herds and have another income or increase the size of their herd to 400 cows or so. ple had become old enough since 1999 to have a job. So I don’t know how […] Read more
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Multiply The Capital Gains Exemption

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A simple technique to multiply your capital gains exemption is to set up a valid partnership. Clients often call upon us to determine whether their sale of farm assets, including partnership interests and shares of corporations, qualify for the capital gains exemption. The rules for “qualified farm property” are quite technical, but at the same […] Read more
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Did You Ever Milk A Rice Kernel?

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I’ve been struggling with the term “oxymoron.” The dictionary defines it as “a figure of speech in which opposite or contradictory ideas or terms are combined (like thunderous silence or sweet sorrow). I know that jumbo shrimp is an oxymoron but what about soy milk? Or rice milk, or almond milk? Have you ever tried […] Read more
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Excel Tutorial: Advanced Topics

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Excel is a great tool for tracking, monitoring and calculating different operations, expenses and cash flows that occur on your farm. Excel has built in features that can make the its use much more accurate, timely and effective. A few of these features are the autosum, trace, sort and filter options. Having a general knowledge […] Read more
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Ask Reena – for Mar. 1, 2010

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With such a wide variety of hardwoods available, what works for one floor will not necessarily work for another. Q. Have you found a way to remove orange pop stains on carpet? Whenever people visit they ask me where the orange stain came from. It is very visible and I would like to get rid […] Read more
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Yes You Can Make Your Own Cookie Cutters

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When people think of cookie cutters their minds usually turn towards gingerbread men and Christmas. In our house they are for any occasion and I find that they lend themselves to crafts quite nicely. Recently my daughter and I were faced with a dilemma. We needed to make some heart-shaped cookies as shower favours, that […] Read more

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