Reading Time: 4 minutes A generation ago, crop-share agreements made up 40 per cent of land rentals. A lot of landlords were retired farmers and they wanted to retain their active farming status, says Merle Good, provincial tax specialist with Alberta Agriculture based in Olds. On the tax side, they wanted to look like an active farmer by having […] Read more
Five Paths To A Fair Rent
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Reading Time: 6 minutes ith land values climbing across the country, farming children can no longer expect to inherit all their parents’ farmland. Nonfarming siblings will almost certainly be in line for at least part of the farm. The dollars are just too big to give them all to only one of the children. The question is: Does that […] Read more
Five Paths To A Fair Rent
Reading Time: 5 minutes Recent tax interpretations have reaffirmed that most retired farmers can cash rent without jeopardizing their estate and succession plans. That’s taken the wind out of crop-share agreements, but it has also created an opportunity for farmers and landlords to look at newer and better ways to establish fair rental rates. A generation ago, crop-share agreements […] Read more
Feed The Farmers
Reading Time: 5 minutes With volatile commodity prices, the finger is getting pointed at farmers for profiteering while the rest of the world starves. The facts from two internationally renowned ag scientists are completely different. In most countries, especially in the developing world, today’s higher prices may finally let farmers lift themselves out of the deepest poverty, says Clive […] Read more
Book ReviewThe Coming Famine
Reading Time: 3 minutes THE COMING FAMINE The Global Food Crisis And What We Can Do To Avoid It By Julian Cribb University of California Press Julian Cribb’s message is hardly what anyone wants to think about at this time of year. Yet we have to look inside its risks, dangers and potential catastrophes, Cribb says, to find our […] Read more
Book Review The Coming Famine
Reading Time: 3 minutes THE COMING FAMINE The Global Food Crisis And What We Can Do To Avoid It By Julian Cribb University of California Press Julian Cribb s message is hardly what anyone wants to think about at this time of year. Yet we have to look inside its risks, dangers and potential catastrophes, Cribb says, to find […] Read more
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