Ontario Grain Farmer Magazine is the flagship publication of Grain Farmers of Ontario and a source of information for our province’s grain farmers.

Grain Farmers of Ontario

Author: Jeanine Moyer

Business side: AgriStability update

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

June 2018 - (J.M.) WHAT IS AGRISTABILITY? (J.J.) AgriStability is affordable coverage for the unexpected. The program provides coverage for large declines in your income that can be caused by any combination of unexpected increase in costs, hostile…
Business side: Vacant buildings

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

April 2018 - (J.M) WHAT DO FARM OWNERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT INSURING VACANT HOUSES OR BUILDINGS? (C.H.) Insurance considerations still need to be made on houses and outbuildings on any farm property, even if they are left…
Business side: A residential landlord

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

March 2018 - (J.M) SOME FARMERS ARE RENTING VACANT HOUSES ON FARMLAND THEY OWN OR HAVE RECENTLY ACQUIRED, WHAT DO GRAIN FARMERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BEING RESIDENTIAL LANDLORDS? (B.K.) There are plenty of rules and responsibilities that…
Collaborative field crop research

IMPROVING GENETICS

February 2018 - THIS YEAR MARKS an important milestone in Canadian field crop genetics research. Results are being finalized for 12 projects in the Canadian Field Crop Genetics Improvement Cluster — a collaboration between the Canadian Field Crop…
Business side: Tax season update

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

January 2018 - (J.M.) WHAT’S NEW FOR THIS YEAR’S TAX SEASON? (W.R.) Whether you’re impacted or not, most farmers are aware of recent tax changes made to private corporations. Most of the changes aimed at converting income into…
Business side: A great farm employer

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

December 2017 - (J.M.) WHAT MAKES A GOOD FARM EMPLOYER? (H.W.) It doesn’t matter what type of business you are hiring employees for, a good employer provides clarity. On the farm, I recommend employers focus on clarity of…
Business side: Retaining employees

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

November 2017 - (J.M.) THE WORKPLACE SAFETY AND INSURANCE BOARD (WSIB) HAS MADE CHANGES TO THE EMPLOYER PREMIUM RATES. HOW WILL THE CHANGES AFFECT ONTARIO GRAIN FARMERS? (S.B) Farmers and farm employers are among the 300,000 businesses in…
Business side: Retaining farm employees

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

October 2017 - (J.M.) MANY FARMERS ARE ALSO EMPLOYERS, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES OF HIRING FARM WORKERS? (H.W.) Farming is unique in many ways. Typically, farmers don’t get involved in farming to become farm employers or…
Business side: Farmland protection

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

September 2017 - (J.M.) FARMLAND LOSS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE. TELL ME ABOUT ONTARIO FARMLAND TRUST AND YOUR ORGANIZATION’S PURPOSE. (K.E.) Ontario Farmland Trust (OFT) works with farmers to protect farmland forever. According to the 2016 census, Ontario…
Business side: Life insurance

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

June 2017 - (J.M) WHY IS LIFE INSURANCE IMPORTANT? (C.A.) Life insurance can be hard to discuss, but it’s imperative to protecting the financial security of your family and farm business by providing a tax-free lump sum benefit…