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No time for retirement

With over 50 years’ experience as a businessman, farmer and entrepreneur, Peter Rhodes wasn’t ready to retire when he emigrated from England to Canada in 2002 at the age of 70. Instead, he launched into yet another venture. “My partner Lisa and I lived in Saskatoon for a short time, but I’m not a city […] Read more

A pre-emptive retirement

Farm Financial Planner: Preparing for life in town, a Manitoba farm couple prepares 
to pull an income out of their farm corporation assets

Central Manitoba grain farmers we’ll call Mel and Judy, 56 and 53, are in the process of selling their farm and migrating to town. They are making what you could call a pre-emptive move, for they have two children with off-farm jobs. Neither of the children has an interest in keeping the farm going. Mel […] Read more