Profit Begins with Peace
By Paul Kuntz
There are many crucial decisions we make each year that impact our financial outcome. For grain growers, it can be everything from...
How to Talk to Your Banker
By Paul Kuntz
There will be many producers will need to have an uncomfortable but necessary chat with their banker after the 2021 year.
After 20-plus...
And Then There Was Profit
By Paul Kuntz
Holy smokes, the 2021 growing season is looking to be a great one for western Canadian farmers. Seemingly out of nowhere, grain...
What if Interest Rates Went Up?
By
Paul Kuntz
Being
in the world of finance, interest rates are always a subject of discussion.
Whether it is a casual conversation with friends or an in-depth...
Is Your Neighbour Richer Than You?
By Paul
Kuntz
When
you spend a lifetime in the ag banking industry, farmers often pose this
question to me: Why can’t I have the lifestyle and purchasing...
Covid and Farming
By Paul Kuntz
As we
manage our way through this pandemic, I am interested to see how it affects
different industries. If we look at the hospitality...
Calculate your Efficiencies
By
Paul Kuntz
When times get lean, we need to be efficient. But isn’t the goal to
be efficient all the time?
As our operations become more profitable,...
AgriStability Changes
By
Paul Kuntz
On Dec. 17, 2019, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Minister Marie-Caude Bibeau announced that there was a change to AgriStability.
Beginning in the 2020 program year,...
Harvest from Hell
By
Paul Kuntz
Several of my clients have described the past few months
as a harvest from hell. Perhaps we are speaking incorrectly because this
description can lead...
Grain Farming From a More Holistic Approach
By Paul Kuntz
If you do a search for ‘holistic management’, you will see
that the livestock industry occupies this area. For many years they have...
