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Farm succession connections

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Good farm succession planning and environmental stewardship may not seem joined at the hip, but Jeremy Funk of the Asper School of Business at the University of Manitoba is examining a possible connection. The fifth-year PhD student is in the process of surveying farmers about their succession plans in an effort to explore the relationship
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Farmers Turn To The Web To Burnish Image

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October is a busy month for Kansas farmer Darin Grimm. With 2,000 acres of corn and soybeans to harvest, the third-generation family farmer is running a combine nearly dawn to dusk. But he still makes time to tweet. Whether it s touting the benefits of a new fertilizer, sharing photos of a newborn calf, debating
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Ten things to consider before incorporating the family farm

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Every year the debate continues, as farmers wonder whether they should incorporate the family farm or not,” says Merle Good, business development – tax strategies, with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development. “The answer is not that simple, but I have found over the years it depends on a farmer’s answers to 10 questions.” Income 1.
Opinion

Advice For Young Farmers – for Jul. 29, 2010

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The opinion is of ten expressed that young people don’t want to farm. That isn’t really the case. Farming appeals to a lot of young people, but they usually don’t have the capital available to start even a modest operation or else they’ve examined the financial returns and aren’t willing to accept the risk. “There
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Land-Grab Warning

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Canadian farmland is not immune to the global land grab that’s underway as corporations and countries position themselves for the prospect of future food shortages, the National Farmers Union says. “We may be on the verge of a new system wherein those who work the land do not own it – a situation that would
Cereals, Opinion

Myths Distort Canadian Farm Policy

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“(T)he argument that we need to subsidize farming in case the world collapses and we need to supply ourselves simply makes no sense. Myths exist about the strategic position of food, the importance of the family farm to the preservation of rural Canada, and the need to defend Canadian farming in the face of European
Opinion

Nothing Passé About Old MacDonald’s Approach

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Manitoba’s farm media is full of the same story. The stories have different headlines and characters, but the main issue is as recurring as the beat of a drum. “What’s wrong with Prairie agriculture? What’s wrong with the AgriStability program? What’s happening to commodity, fertilizer, and cattle prices?” Sometimes columnists allude to the problems that
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Corporate Farming Arrives On The Prairies

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“This industry has been looking for additional capital… Agriculture is a great place to be.” – LARRY RUUD, ONE EARTH FARMS Aone-million-acre grain and cattle farm planned by Sprott Resource Corp. represents a fork in the Prairie road for Canadian agriculture, but the super-farm’s president and chief executive says family farms have more to gain
Opinion

Why support farmers who don’t need it?

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American President Barack Obama is creating a bit of a stir in agriculture circles. For one thing, he has indicated he’ll bring in a ban on meat packers owning cattle. This has been a long time on the wish list of American ranchers, who believe that when packers own cattle, they are able to manipulate

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