Business/Finance Archives - Page 9 of 18

Editor’s Column: Cashing in on the cash advance

By Leeann Minogue August 27, 2018

On August 23, when you heard the Alberta Wheat Commission is going to start offering cash advances through its new program, FarmCash, you probably looked up from the swath you were combining, thought, “that’s nice. More cash advances.” then turned to check your yield monitor. When it rains, take time to consider this news. It […] Read more

Columns

Farm Financial Planner: Selling the farm for cash to live on

For a widow needing to raise cash, a charitable donation could hold down taxes

By Andrew Allentuck August 10, 2018

A central Manitoba widow we’ll call Edna, 67, has a 320-acre farm she is no longer able to run. She thinks she can get $800,000 for the property. It’s clear of loans and any liens, so the sale should be quick and clean. Edna needs to raise her income. At present she has only $2,090 […] Read more

*10-year growth compares 2017 to 2008. Example, Royal Bank’s 2017 dividend was 1.8 times larger than in 2008.

Columns

Sorting through the mumbo jumbo of financial investments

Herman VanGenderen puts his model portfolio to the  test for Grainews readers

By Herman VanGenderen August 8, 2018

There is a lot of mumbo jumbo surrounding the stock investing field, and quite frankly a large amount of horse exhaust as well. Let’s cut through a bunch of that, in this and the next column, to illuminate what’s really important to us as independent investors. I have taken the portfolio I described in my […] Read more

Columns

Starting your self-managed accounts

Getting accounts started is a simple as a visit to your local bank

By Herman VanGenderen July 6, 2018

So you have emptied your piggy bank, read my book, and are now motivated to start a stock investing account. Or you already have accounts at a few different places and want to consolidate them to start managing yourself. Perhaps you are working with a financial advisor but want to take more control. How do […] Read more

Equipment, News

How do you buy half a combine?

Overequipped? Underequipped? How do you make those farm equipment decisions?

By Angela Lovell June 19, 2018

How do you know if you are over equipped or under equipped? In other words, do you have the right number of tractors, combines and seeders on your farm? When do you need to buy or change equipment? What if you decide to seed more acres and one combine isn’t quite enough but you don’t need two. What […] Read more

Columns

Where in the world should we invest?

Time to get down to the details and choose the stocks for your TFSA portfolio

By Herman VanGenderen May 30, 2018

With the groundwork for international diversification laid in my previous column, let’s now complete “construction” of a prospective TFSA portfolio begun on March 27. This prospective portfolio would be suitable for an account of $15,000 to $57,500, the current maximum TFSA contribution if you hadn’t made a previous contribution, and you were 18 years of […] Read more

Horsch’s new Agro Innovation Center is located at Downs, Illinois.

Machinery, News

Horsch opens North American research centre

The equipment brand aims to look at all areas of crop production technology

By Scott Garvey May 16, 2018

The German tillage and seeding equipment brand Horsch has had a presence that includes manufacturing facilities in North America for some time. And now it’s opening a crop production research centre, adding to the list of other such facilities it operates around the world. The new Agro Innovation Center is located at Downs, Illinois, and […] Read more

Columns, Guarding Wealth

Watching risk and interest rates

Guarding Wealth: There’s a gulf opening between the borrowing costs and what you can get on a GIC

By Andrew Allentuck May 9, 2018

Interest rates are rising in the U.S. and Canada. That brings opportunity to those putting money into savings accounts and guaranteed income certificates, but also pressure on those who borrow. Global politics, trade negotiations and the sheer risk of investing are separating returns on investments from the cost of borrowing. Trend setting government bond interest […] Read more

Columns, Marketing

Are your grain deliveries protected?

Know the full CGC rules to make sure your payment is protected when you make a sale

By Brian Wittal May 4, 2018

Not getting paid for the grain you deliver. It doesn’t happen often, but when it does, it’s a tough financial blow. Know the rules so you can protect yourself. The law in this area is in the hands of the Canada Grains Commission. Everything you read here in italics comes from the CGC website. Let’s […] Read more

Features

What’s the impact of agricultural business mergers?

Are these companies merging to get stronger, or prepare for changing trends?

By Lee Hart May 2, 2018

Are big agriculture company mergers a good or bad thing for the ag industry in general and for farmers specifically? “It is a big question that doesn’t have any real clear cut answers,” says Murray Fulton, a business professor at the University of Saskatchewan. Historically mergers haven’t been all that favourable in industry in general, […] Read more

Feed Grain Weekly: Barley, wheat competing with U.S. corn

China to reduce pig herd amid low consumer demand

U.S. cattle ranchers slowly start to rebuild decimated herd

GFM Network News

Feed Grain Weekly: Barley, wheat competing with U.S. corn

China to reduce pig herd amid low consumer demand

U.S. cattle ranchers slowly start to rebuild decimated herd

Tag Archives Business/Finance

Editor’s Column: Cashing in on the cash advance

Farm Financial Planner: Selling the farm for cash to live on

Sorting through the mumbo jumbo of financial investments

Starting your self-managed accounts

How do you buy half a combine?

Where in the world should we invest?

Horsch opens North American research centre

Watching risk and interest rates

Are your grain deliveries protected?

What’s the impact of agricultural business mergers?

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