What Do You Need Help With?

Farming is a balance of physically hard work and important decision making. If you feel overwhelmed by the volume of physical labour and don’t have enough time for crop management and marketing, it might be time to hire someone to do the grunt work. Or if you feel underskilled in an area that you believe […] Read more

Corporate Bonds Ripe For Picking

Before buying any bond, check ratings at rating company websites like www.Moodys.comand www.dbrs.com.You have to register at each site for some rating information, but a lot of the data is free. There is money ready to be taken off the table in investment-grade bonds. That’s because many investors remain skittish and are reluctant to pay […] Read more



The Biggest Casino In The World

In this column, I’m going to comment on the most common excuses I’ve heard for why farmers don’t invest in stocks. I hope I don’t tick off a bunch of readers with my reactions. Before I get into it, first let me say that I have been doing taxes for farmers since 1974, plus CAIS […] Read more


build up off-farm investments,

even if he does succeed in taking over his Dad’s operation. “The lesson of Bill’s situation, in which family members complicate the transfer of a family farm is that lack of clarity in a will leaves a burden of planning on beneficiaries who then are forced into legal and even political negotiations that are divisive […] Read more

Poorly Written Will Threatens Farm

An Alberta grain farmer we’ll call Bill and his wife, who we’ll call Marilyn, both in their early 40s, have two teenagers. They are part of a family tradition that has seen his dad cultivate 3,000 acres of dry land. Now the question of succession has arisen. Bill’s dad, now in his 80s, has a […] Read more


Want Help? – for Nov. 9, 2009

Grainews is looking for farmers with troublesome financial questions. We will protect your privacy. We insist on examining real situations, but we DO NOT use real names or even identify your hometown. You do not have to pay to participate in this article. If you have a financial question, send your name and your question […] Read more

Saskatchewan Bull Wins Title

The Feiges emphasize that winning is great but not a high priority. The Feige name is synonymous with quality purebred cattle. First, with purebred Horned Herefords and now for high-end purebred Black Angus. Kelly and Angie Feige are third-generation beef cattle producers from Parkside, Saskatchewan, who are proud of the title given to their Eastondale […] Read more


Woman Of Many Talents

Before Leona Morrison’s husband passed away 30 years ago, he made her promise that when he was gone, she would get out and do things. She has certainly kept that promise. The 86-year-old Davidson, Saskatchewan woman has been so active in her community, it’s difficult to itemize all her accomplishments. When Harold passed away, Leona […] Read more

From A To Z It’s A Farm Book For All

The book gave me an opportunity to tell of the importance of shops to Prairie farms since early times. In 2002 I made an alphabet book showing people and objects from A to Z for our first grandchild, Claire. When our grandson Gavin was born, I decided to make him a similar book about the […] Read more