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New rule on farm transfer tax treatment put off to 2022

Farm groups protest delay

Rule changes passed in a federal bill to standardize tax treatment for sales of family-owned farms and small businesses will be delayed to the start of 2022, to the dismay of several farm groups. Bill C-208, a private member’s bill spearheaded by western Manitoba Conservative MP Larry Maguire with amendments to the federal Income Tax […] Read more

Columns, From the Hip, Opinion

Schoepp: When it comes to succession, things can so easily go terribly wrong

By Brenda Schoepp June 30, 2021

Reading Time: 3 minutes When the transfer of the farm goes off the rails, the hurt and hardship never really go away This is a factual case study of succession gone wrong — and the hurt and hardship it created for the families on three farms. The farms and farm families are extraordinarily similar. The families are well-known and […] Read more

Columns, From the Hip, Opinion

This harvest, take a bit of time to do things differently

Instead of the usual go-go-go approach, think about how we can all learn to use time more wisely

By Brenda Schoepp August 28, 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutes I watched in horror a video on social media in which a farmer wrapped his preteen son in bale wrap. The child was in the machine! Later that week I coaxed an elderly man holding his electric saw down off a 25-foot extension ladder. At a lavender farm, I encouraged the owner to stop giving […] Read more

Dairy Cattle, Livestock

Talk to family, friends about farming

By Shannon VanRaes December 20, 2017

This holiday season Melodie Chan wants producers to avoid what she calls the “spiral of silence,” which can happen around the dinner table, over beers or even in the gentle lull between turkey and pie if farmers don’t speak up when they hear misinformation about agriculture. “What are we afraid of?” asked Chan, speaking at […] Read more

General

Ten things farm moms really want

June 28, 2017

It would be fun for you to be a fly on the wall of my office when the calls from farm moms come in. They range in age from 33 to 93. Regardless of your age or stage as a farm mom, I bet there are things that you would like to be able to[...]
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Heartland

Four life lessons from the farm that will serve you well in life

By Jennifer Blair December 23, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutes Fifteen-year-old Andrea De Groot has a thing or two to teach us adults about life on — and off — the farm. And those lessons have been learned working alongside her farmer father. “On the outside, I may look like a regular high school girl,” said De Groot, a 4-H speech contest winner from Taber,[...]
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Christmas lantern light in night on snow

Opinion

The gift of Christmas comes not in a box or bag, but in the heart

The holiday season can be a stressful, and painful, time —  but also one for cherishing the true gifts we have been given

By Brenda Schoepp December 23, 2014

Reading Time: 3 minutes Seasons of celebration can be lonely times for many individuals and families. It is a time that lends itself to reflect on times past, love lost, and the empty chair in the room. A painful memory can easily overshadow the chaos and commotion — even when, or especially when, children are involved. We suffer in[...]
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U.S. grains: Corn, soy futures sag on end-of-month selling

Dominican Republic restricts pig shipments after ASF confirmed

CNH Industrial bets on strong market to counter worst supply chain situation

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U.S. grains: Corn, soy futures sag on end-of-month selling

Dominican Republic restricts pig shipments after ASF confirmed

CNH Industrial bets on strong market to counter worst supply chain situation

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New rule on farm transfer tax treatment put off to 2022

Schoepp: When it comes to succession, things can so easily go terribly wrong

This harvest, take a bit of time to do things differently

Talk to family, friends about farming

Ten things farm moms really want

Four life lessons from the farm that will serve you well in life

The gift of Christmas comes not in a box or bag, but in the heart

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