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Tom Button
Columns, Opinion

Editor’s Note: Who should own the land?

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Some problems must be solved before they become problems. For Canada, a question that will soon require an urgent answer is, who should own our farmland?  There’s a whole world full of things that you and I can disagree about. One thing we can’t, though, is that farmland is an increasingly precious commodity whose management […] Read more
Lobster barns, lobster pots and the fishing boats of New London, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Features

Farming in a postcard province

Guide Canada: Prince Edward Island’s agriculture, lobster and tourism industries share a single island — not always easily

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Reading Time: 10 minutes On the first of May every spring, Kevin MacIsaac heads out on the water with his son-in-law, a lobster fisherman, to set the 300 traps they’re allowed under their quota system. For the next month, the pair are back out on the water to empty those traps — daily, at four in the morning.  On […] Read more
Guide Business, Management

Coping with uncertainty

A look at how senior executives are dealing with COVID-19’s effects on their firms

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Reading Time: 7 minutes The disruptions to business and industry caused or worsened by COVID-19 have been well documented in the media. How, exactly, are equipment makers being affected, and how are they fighting back? Are they all experiencing similar problems, and how significant are they? To find out, Country Guide spoke with senior executives at three Canadian manufacturers. […] Read more
An image created by Nexu Science Communication, together with Trinity College in Dublin, shows a model structurally representative of a betacoronavirus, the type of virus linked to COVID-19. (Nexu Science Communication via Reuters)
General, Reuters

Canada to ease travel requirements as COVID cases decline

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Updated — Ottawa | Reuters — Canada will ease entry for fully vaccinated international travelers starting Feb. 28 as COVID-19 cases decline, allowing a rapid antigen test for travelers instead of a molecular one, officials said Tuesday. Antigen tests are cheaper than a molecular test and can provide results within minutes. The new measures, which […] Read more
“Number one is building in the value of your time, because if you don’t build it into your cost of production and your pricing structure, there won’t be money to pay yourself.” – Julia Shanks.
Guide Business, Management

Above board

Pay yourself, and put the numbers right from the start in your budgets. It’s better for you, and for the business too

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Reading Time: 5 minutes The thing is, you’re going to eat anyway, and probably wear clothes too. When a farmer doesn’t build a salary into their business model, they’ll still spend money on their personal needs and desires. It’s just that the money gets sucked out some other way. Of course it’s an idea that can take some getting […] Read more
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Hanson Acres

Hanson Acres: There’s always more room in a farmer’s schedule

If only farming was as simple as everyone seems to think

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Reading Time: 4 minutes Jeff Hanson was next in line at the Co-op grocery store cash register when he ran into his old friend Shawn. “That’s a full cart,” Shawn commented. Jeff had loaded his shopping cart with a week’s worth of food for himself and his two kids. Shawn, still single, didn’t need a grocery basket, let alone […] Read more
File photo of cropland in Greece. (Urbazon/iStock/Getty Images)
General, Markets, Reuters

Greek farmers stage tractor protest against soaring energy costs

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Larissa | Reuters — Farmers in central Greece on Friday protested with hundreds of tractors against soaring energy costs, dismissing government support measures as inadequate and demanding more help to cope with rising prices. The farmers parked tractors on a national highway near the town of Larissa in central Greece, where they faced off with […] Read more
Achieving your goals in 2022
Guide Life

Achieving your goals in 2022

Turn your New Year’s resolutions into goals that will keep you healthier and more alive

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Reading Time: 5 minutes There is something about flipping the calendar over to a new year that prompts many of us to want to adopt better habits such as eating healthier, drinking less alcohol or exercising more. These are worthy goals. Taking care of your body and mind can give you more energy, improve your mood, and have many […] Read more
Soon after they launched their transition plan in 2014, Country Guide interviewed Saskatchewan farmers Doyle Wiebe and Mark Thompson. Now in their eighth year, are they still as confident?
Guide Business, Succession strategy

Joint venturers

Joint ventures rarely get used in today’s farm succession plans. These two producers call that a major missed opportunity

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Reading Time: 11 minutes [UPDATED: Mar. 22, 2022] Doyle Wiebe expects to do a lot more golfing this summer than he did eight years ago, and he’s managing to find time for a lot of other activities too, like mentoring and consulting, that he much prefers over driving a tractor for hours at a time. In 2014, by contrast, […] Read more

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