We could almost title this week’s newsletter ‘things you don’t like, but that are good for you’.
For example, not many people enjoy the annual struggle to find seasonal employees for the upcoming busy spring-summer-fall seasons. In fact, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to find willing hands to work on Canadian farms. In the article ‘Exploring non-traditional labour markets to source farm employees’ contributor Helen Lammers-Helps explores the factors behind this phenomenon and offers some tips for sourcing labour.
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Another icky-but-necessary topic is financial planning of your assets when you die. For instance, special taxation rules apply to RRSPs/RRIFs upon your death. Jessi Brockman, a lawyer with Stevenson Hood Thornton Beaubier LLP, explains how you can be proactive about this now.
In ‘Managing highs and lows: How optional inventory adjustments (OIAs) fit into farm strategy’, Doug Hewko, CPA, CA, a chartered accountant and partner at KPMG Canada, explains what OIAs are and how they can help you manage when income volatility is a fact of life in Canadian agriculture.
And a word that makes us automatically think “yuck!’ is ‘bitter’. As Cultivating Wellness columnist Kathlyn Hossack explains, bitter flavour profiles might not always taste great but the foods that contain them offer many health benefits. Learn more in ‘Bitter is not always bad.’
Happy Easter and Passover to all who celebrate(d)!
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