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How Much To Pay Staff?

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A Canadian grain farm wanting to maintain net profit of 10 per cent of total revenues will have to increase revenues by $300,000 to cover the cost of an employee paid $30,000. You’ve decided to hire help. You’ve done your homework so you know what that person will do, and you’ve put these details into […] Read more
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Biggar, Saskatchewan Fabric Artist

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“Things happen on the sewing machine, you know, things that make me feel like dancing when I’m done.” Cindy Hoppe is a fabric artist — a term, she says, that leaves the field open to a whole lot of things. “I’m not a quilter because I equate quilting to careful, precise stitching, and the materials […] Read more
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Mother/Daughter Team Creates Books

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Farm Legacy Photography evolved when Kelly Thorson and her daughter Jess, realized that many families were leaving the farm — some after three generations and a century in the same family. They both enjoy photographing abandoned homesteads and during one photo session they discussed the idea that maybe families would enjoy seeing photographs of their […] Read more
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More Tips For The Kitchen

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For best flavour and nutritive value, always cook sweet potatoes whole in their skins. It takes 35 to 55 minutes in boiling water and about 35 to 60 minutes in a hot oven (425F). Tip: Give your mashed potatoes a yummy twist by adding duck fat to the pot before mashing. Keep bread fresh longer […] Read more
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Funky Food And Fashion In Montmartre

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Marie Anne Fournier and her sister Jeannine Bujaczek came up with the idea for a funky boutique and bistro in Montmartre, Saskatchewan, the minute they heard that a historic building in their hometown was for sale. “We’ve both lived in many different places over the years, but our hearts were always in Montmartre,” says Marie […] Read more
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Just In Time For The Cold Weather

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Slow cookers are perfect for having hot soup ready on a cold January day. Get your dinner started first thing in the morning, and sit down to a piping hot, tasty bowl of soup for your evening meal. Since your dinner is already prepared, you’ll have the time to bake buns, too. Some cold cuts […] Read more
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Run Your Fridge More Efficiently

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Our cost of power last summer for a two-person household was significantly higher than it had been on the farm, in the dead of winter, raising cattle. Four heated watering bowls, barn and yard lights, tractor and vehicle block heaters, furnaces, diminished daylight, steady use water well pump, all were run for less cost in […] Read more
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Tips To Prevent Tomato Blight

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Having a crop of blighted tomatoes is enough to make any gardener cry and maybe shout: What did I do wrong? I shall deal with tomato blight today. But first, here’s a little cookie joke I picked up over the Christmas and holiday season. Q: Why did the shortbread cookie cry? A: Because its mother […] Read more
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No Will Can Destroy The Farm

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— KEVIN JAQUES “By doing the will himself, the farmer saved perhaps $50, but it cost his beloved sister a $500,000 loss out of the inheritance he undoubtedly intended for her.” Passing a farm down from one generation to the next is the dream and goal of many farmers. Saving the farm from being severely […] Read more

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