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Selected Stories Focus: Farm Finance What is land really worth? Successful farm transfers Early planning is a must when deciding who owns your farm when you retire. By Mitch LeBlanc Dairy Dairy farmer sings praises of Ontario's near north Why attitudes differ on quota prices Beef Cattlemen win costly fight against anti-dumping rule By Don Stoneman Pork Packer profits Maple Leaf may import 3-P co-operative looking for major cash infusion By Robert Irwin

Feature Just A New Property Tax Crops Crop Shorts In praise of loose cannon One-Pass weed control Weather Intense hurricanes actually less frequent Power at Work Precision spraying hits weeds only Cranky about improper regrinding Small things prevent grief