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Farming is so profitable that…

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In a new twist that is probably a sign of the times in the U.S. economy, a 347-acre golf course in Illinois will be sold by auction Feb. 21. Though it might be just a clever way to attract free publicity for the auction, the company handling the sale issued a news release speculating that
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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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Compost Co-Operative Among New Co-Ops Starting Up In Manitoba

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One of Manitoba s newest cooperatives hits the road this week and is hoping to recruit new members as it demonstrates the services it offers. The Compo-Stages Manitoba Services Co-op was expected to be out doing on-farm demos at St. Pierre, Marchand, La Broquerie, Notre Dame du Lourdes and Steinbach with its newly purchased windrow
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New Rules Aim To Make Co-Ops Easier To Launch

The province of Manitoba is changing the rules governing how co-op businesses are structured to allow for multiple classes of membership. The province has announced it will amend its Co-operatives Act to allow groups that would normally form separate co-ops, such as workers and consumers, to combine their resources to create a co-op together. The
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Separate Business Of Farming From Land And Way Of Life

Merle Good has been advising farmers about business arrangements and succession planning for over 30 years, helping farmers develop strategies to cope with all sorts of challenges. His advice, especially for parents and children farming together, is to separate land from the business of farming. “Seventy years ago, almost every farmer owned the land they
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Rolling Up The Rim To A Better Business

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What does a guy who sells coffee and doughnuts know about farming? Very little. But that didn’t prevent Ron Buist, the former marketing director for Canada’s favourite coffee house from delivering an intriguing message to farmers at the 2011 Manitoba Special Crops Symposium. The marketing guru behind Tim Hortons “Roll Up the Rim to Win”
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Bee Facts

Pollinators – such as bees, butterflies and bats – are responsible for the continued existence of more than 70 per cent of the world’s flowering plant population. From the production of hybrid canola seed in southern Alberta to the pollination of blueberries in the Maritimes and British Columbia, honeybees are the primary managed pollinator for
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The Dirt On Farmland Ownership

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Would you rather put up $800 to make $200 (and get a property tax bill), or put up $60 to make $200? It’s a simple question. But the answer is riddled with complexity. Nevertheless, it’s being dangled in front of farmers these days by Brad Farquhar, manager of Assiniboia Farmland, a limited partnership that has
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Strained Relations Over Land Rents – for Aug. 26, 2010

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With millions of acres unseeded this year, some unusual strains have been placed upon the relationship between landowners and renters. Most Saskatchewan grain farms are a combination of owned land and rented land. Rented acres are a big percentage of the overall land base. Some renters with unseeded land are asking for a break on

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