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Changes coming to capital gains taxes

2017 federal tax rules changes are right around the corner. Are you prepared?

By Ron Friesen October 14, 2016

If you are a farm business owner considering a sale of capital assets such as land or quota in the next few years, there are some proposed tax changes coming into effect that you should know about today. Two changes have been approved as of the March 2016 federal budget announcement. These will take effect […] Read more

Ontario realtor Murray Gibbons says we’ll see some British farmers relocating to Canada after Britain leaves the European Union.

Columns, Guarding Wealth

Guarding Wealth: Heading to the colonies

After Brexit, some Brits may be taking a look at Canadian farmland

By Andrew Allentuck October 12, 2016

British farmers’ interest in moving to Canada is rising in the wake of the U.K.’s June vote to leave the European Union. The Economist, a British newsweekly, reported that the urge to move somewhere else among all residents of the United Kingdom is at “an all-time high,” spiking dramatically as it became obvious that Britain’s […] Read more

Columns, Guarding Wealth

Guarding Wealth: Owning a piece of the business

Roller coaster or reliable investment? Consider both sides of the stock market

By Andrew Allentuck September 21, 2016

It is a fact of life that we need money to grease the wheels of commerce, to buy seed, machinery, trucks to move the grain, and so on. It is also a fact of life that the people wanting to do all of this stuff don’t have the money. How they get it is the […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Cow-Calf, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Various views on the feeder cattle market

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News July 27, 2015

If you talked to three Western Canadian cattle buyers this week, you probably would receive four different views on the market. Certain auction barns were reflecting an average week-over-week decline of $3 to $5 but feature strings of cattle were back up to historical high prices. Early sales in the season are like tryouts at a […] Read more

Smithfield Foods raises annual profit forecast as hog business recovers

A ‘Farm Babe’ fights for GMOs and Big Ag, pushing back on MAHA influencers

China slaps preliminary anti-dumping duties on Canadian canola

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Smithfield Foods raises annual profit forecast as hog business recovers

A ‘Farm Babe’ fights for GMOs and Big Ag, pushing back on MAHA influencers

China slaps preliminary anti-dumping duties on Canadian canola

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Changes coming to capital gains taxes

Guarding Wealth: Heading to the colonies

Guarding Wealth: Owning a piece of the business

Klassen: Various views on the feeder cattle market

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