Reading Time: 3 minutes Entering into employment agreements with each of your farm employees should be at the top of every farm’s “to do” list, but caution must be exercised.
Employment Agreements Can Help Protect Your Farm
Entering into employment agreements with each of your farm employees should be at the top of every farm’s “to do” list, but caution must be exercised
How to talk about your farm succession plan
Estate planning is never easy — and more difficult still is the conversations you need to have with your family. But these conversations can be a great opportunity to teach the next generation about money, family relationships and how to make decisions together
Reading Time: 5 minutes You’ve worked hard your whole life and lived within your means. Now, you want your estate to help the future generation succeed — not create problems or heartache for your family. But if you want your estate to create a legacy of positivity, you’ll have to proactively communicate your wishes through an estate plan. Like […] Read more
How to grow a finance team for your agribusiness
Building the finance team for your agribusiness requires the right mix of processes, technology and people
Reading Time: 3 minutes Typical growing pains for an agribusiness include managing the overhead of accounting and finance. I like to think of the operations and sales team as the invading army — looking to conquer more acres, market share and revenue. Meanwhile the accounting and finance team functions in a supporting role as the supply lines, providing current […] Read more
Country Guide November editorial: The now, the next and the numbers
Reading Time: 2 minutes I must admit that when I was younger numbers mystified and frustrated me. In fact, my typically jovial grade six teacher finally lost his patience with me one day after hearing me say (likely with that distinctive snooty-dismissiveness only a twelve-year-old can conjure up), “Why do I need to learn this? I’m never going to […] Read more
The farm transition trial
Transitioning the farm from one generation to the next is often fraught with challenges and can be an adventure into the unknown. But a focus on the bigger picture can help keep everyone aligned and form the basis for important decisions
Reading Time: 8 minutes For anyone affected by cancer, they have likely heard the adage that “a person doesn’t get cancer, the family does.” When 45-year-old grain farmer KR Vreeling was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2009, he and his wife, Tammy, realized they needed to expedite their farm transition plan or, at the very least, that they needed […] Read more
A new spin on farm legacy
Farms are starting to think differently about the future. What does this mean for the next generation?
Reading Time: 3 minutes What does farm legacy look like for the next generation.
Sibling issues in farm succession
A six-part series exploring the challenges of sibling conflict and the effect it can have on the farm
Reading Time: 5 minutes Advice on handling sibling conflict and the effect it can have on the farm
Farm peer groups still provide value
Farm peer groups have been around for a while. Are they still an important avenue for learning?
Reading Time: 5 minutes A look at whether farm peer groups are still relevant.
Will investments in defence benefit Canadian agriculture?
A bump in Canada’s NATO spending commitments could lead to infrastructure investments that would benefit rural areas
Reading Time: 7 minutes A bump in Canada’s NATO spending commitments could lead to infrastructure investments that would benefit rural areas
Why do farmers hate paying taxes?
There are plenty of reasons why farmers might hate paying taxes – and several ways to avoid it
Reading Time: 3 minutes It didn’t take long in my accounting career to learn that farmers don’t like paying income tax. No one does really, but farmers seem to have a particular disdain for sending money to Ottawa. I think there are a few reasons for this. One is cash basis income tax treatment which means farmers can often […] Read more
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