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  • How do managers learn from their mistakes?
  • What is the importance of marketing?
  • Why do you need to know your cost of production, on an accrual method of accounting, for each commodity you produce?
  • Are meetings important or a waste of time?
  • Branding. Could this offer a solution for some farmers?
  • Do you agree with this marketing advice? Options (mostly puts) were what farmers should be buying and that farmers should basically sell cash grain and reown with call options.
  • Is production agriculture really benefiting from the bio-diesel demand?
  • Have not rented much land by cash rent, but am starting to now. Any advice
  • Need to be pointed in right direction for small sideline business
  • Factors such as weather, BSE and the Canadian dollar can unexpectedly hurt a farmer’s bottom line. Can a risk management strategy protect you from the unpredictable?
  • I am losing $45 per pig. With a loss like that I will not go on. I am still young and am thinking about a career change.
  • What is risk management anyway?
  • We want to buy the family farm........What tax implications does this have for our parents who only get an old age pension and no other income?
  • What should I charge as rent for my tillable land, barns, etc?
  • We use cash accounting for income tax purposes. Can you explain the pros and cons of cash accounting? Is accrual accounting better for a farm?
  • What do farmers need to plan for now that harvest is winding down?
  • Online brokers
  • Our farm has a business that sells our specialty food products using our company website. Our challenge is that I am not quite sure how to market it.
  • VIDEO: When crop prices rise how do you keep profits high and costs low?
  • What should my goal be today so that I am in a position to aquire more land - to paydown debt or to buy more land?
  • If I start a value-added agricultural business, will farmers invest in it?
  • What can you really do on 30 acres?
  • Soon-to-be graduate looking for advice on working for, and investing in, a successful dairy farm in Wisconsin
  • What changes can we expect to see with supply mgmt - short term & long term. Do you feel that quota prices have peaked or are due to level off eg. dairy
  • Our farm is a fairly large cash crop farm and we rent about 85% of our land base. We have equipment that is very fuctional but as always the shopping list never goes away. A nephew works for/with me and I have a very dedicated staff that help me get all the work done that needs to be done. I would like to get my nephew involved and he would like to get involved in the farm so he can build some equity in the business. We are at very different stages in our farming carreers. I have all the equity and he has the drive. My question is what would make the most sense and how do we go about inplementing the change of ownership without giving away all the equity in the business.
  • ...young farmers...starting to learn how to market my crop.....I'm just wondering, should a guy be jumping on these prices in fear that they could be below $3 by harvest, or is that exactly what they are after.....?
  • I am doing research on farm machinery co-ops and was wondering if you have any examples of some that are functioning successfully....... Also, with the next generation coming up, how can we make this more feasible for them?
  • I am interested in learning more about carbon credits, can you help?
  • With the government increasing funding to agriculture, what would be the best sector, size and scope for a new agricultural enterprise.
  • I'm finding the 'technical indicators' are becoming almost meaningless. It is getting very hard to read the market...... What advice can you offer.
  • Are you aware of any employee shift strategies that balance the unpredictabilty of seeding and harvest labour requirements with a company commitment to family values?
  • Do we have to farm more acres to be more efficient and profitable? If is the right thing to do should we buy or rent the land?
  • Currently we run a small beef custom kill/client operation and want to expand........... I would like some ideas as to an optimum setup.
  • If we were to expand it would be within the dairy industry and I am in search of advice of where you think supply management is heading?
  • Corn and Soybean Marketing Question
  • Am I better to rent land or should I custom farm?
  • What does market analysis involve? How do I develop a marketing strategy?
  • I would like to know how a person can figure out a fair cash rent?
  • Machinery is expensive to acquire, finance and maintain. What suggestions do you have to lower machinery costs?
  • Can or should my overpayment from C.A.I.S. , which they say I have to pay back be treated as a loan and not income
  • Alberta value added product (grain based),  what kinds of problems and regulations am I looking at to be able to export to Ontario?
  • Agri-Ville.com: Do you think that the closure of Ag offices all across the Province of Alberta, a few years ago, was a sound move that helped the Ag industry? 
  • What would be the pros and cons to a regulated beef industry like the dairy and poultry industry?
  • I am a cash cropper. The typical strategy to improve or maintain profits has been to increase yields. Moving forward is this a viable a strategy?
  • Solutions for ranch in Alberta..... over-burdened with a high debt load....
  • What is your opinion on the use of venture capital for a funding source for primary agriculture in a start-up situation for a large corporate farm?
  • With the advent of corn to be processed into ethonal, would it be safe to use in our machinery motors?
  • As farms increase in size and complexity, ........Is the marketing of crops and livestock a skill farmers should develop or is it better to hire top people for this?
  • What will higher crop prices mean for other input costs?
  • Need advice on how to allow all of us to live off the income we generate on our farm and how to bring (teenage) boys into the farm with ownership and purpose
  • Agri-Ville.com Just looking at the corn futures and wondering how we could take advantage?
  • Hydro-cracking and bio-diesel production
  • Is ethonal from corn the solution?
  • Could you recommend some books and/ or sources of info for strategies related to speculating on the commodity markets?
  • Questions: Gift for employees and agricultural product ideas
  • Suggestions on how to sell beef off the farm...what are some things one needs to get started?
  • Environmantal Farm Plans: So why is it then that the government wants you to comply (And eventually will force you) however they only feel that is only with a maximum investment $50 000 for each farm to become environmentally friendly?
  • CROP ADVICE: In the Red River Valley - Is there any successful small farms? What would you suggest I should plant?
  • As a grower would you invest in a biodiesel plant?
  • What could be done to diversify cropping systems in Ontario?
  • How important is it to balance your yearly income as a producer?
  • Using multi-financial payment strategy to be able buy land. Will this trend happen or could this get you in trouble down the road?
  • What are your thoughts of the management programs like Ranching for Profit, and Holistic Management?
  • With the extreme volatility in grain prices right now I'm looking for different agreement structures for cash land rent ...
  • On moderately tight clay soils how close should tile drain runs be for corn, beans and wheat production, ....
  • Do we have a Corn Shortage?
  • Best advice for a young farmer dealing with short cash flow, limited funding.....
  • Does on farm, small scale bio diesel production make sense?
  • If rate of return on equity is exceeding rate of return on assets does this tell me that I am using debt profitably?
  • What is the best marketing advice you've ever received?
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