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- Tax time on the farm: key filing and payment dates you can’t missby Doug Hewko, CPA, CA on May 16, 2026 at 2:00 pm
With tax filing deadlines just around the corner it’s important to understand what’s due and when to avoid late-filing penalties and interest from the Canada Revenue Agency.
- How to minimize waste and maximize profit in your farm businessby Angela Lovell on May 16, 2026 at 1:00 pm
On the farm, the process of improving overall efficiency starts with a farmer looking at the things within their ability to manage because, as we all know, there are many outside influences that are not.
- Succession planning key to determine, ‘who gets the farm?’by Jeanine Moyer on May 16, 2026 at 12:00 pm
When the Stevens’ realized there was no one to take over Wilmot Orchards they had to reimagine what farm succession would look like.
- Image-collecting AI field robot coming to Canada in 2027by Jeff Melchior on May 15, 2026 at 11:10 pm
The TerraScout Autonomous Tractor from U.S. company TerraClear scans fields for weeds and rocks using artificial intelligence (AI) and high-resolution images. It’s coming to Canada in 2027.
- Summer holidays bring renewed focus on farm kids’ safetyby Don Norman on May 15, 2026 at 11:01 pm
Kids FarmSafe Week highlights the need for supervision, safe play areas and age-appropriate tasks as children spend more time on farms this summer.