Insights and Stories on Farm business

Mar. 26, 2015 at 9:33 pm CDT

Quebec’s farming sector can expect a noticeable cut in program spending and a handful of tax credits and tax relief coming out of Thursday’s provincial budget. Finance Minister Carlos Leitao on Thursday announced a cut of about 15 per cent in program spending for the agriculture, food and fisheries ministry […]

By Staff

Dec. 19, 2014 at 10:49 am CST

We were starting into a critical phase of succession planning on a family farm, and the farmer had something he wanted me to know. His son wasn’t cut from the same stuff that he was, Paul told me. “He will never be able to succeed like I have.” Paul’s pride, […]

By Pierrette Desrosiers

Jul. 11, 2014 at 12:00 pm CDT

How to keep farm and family together when you uproot after 170 years on the same ground Farm succession is never easy, but for the Johnston family, bringing the next generation into the dairy business has meant extra challenges. You might even say it has meant miles and miles of […]

By Helen Lammers-Helps

Jun. 20, 2014 at 7:27 am CDT

Facing “challenging” financial straits, one of Canada’s best-known agriculture and agri-food research organizations has announced plans to close later this year. The board of the George Morris Centre on Thursday announced it plans to dissolve the Guelph-based organization, and transfer its net assets back to the University of Guelph’s Ontario […]

By Staff

Jun. 4, 2014 at 6:30 pm CDT

With about a year and a half to go before a federal election, the opposition New Democrats have mapped out a overarching food strategy roping in agriculture, rural affairs, environment and nutrition policy. NDP agriculture critic Malcolm Allen and deputy ag critic Ruth Ellen Brosseau on Wednesday launched their party’s […]

By Dave Bedard