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Ontario leads in consumer-direct business.

Ontario leads in on-farm direct to consumer sales

Farmer use of direct sales varies, but it adds value for both the farm and customer

By Diana Martin August 21, 2023

J&E Farm Store and Butcher Shop is a Cinderella story for direct-to-consumer farm marketing. “We were in the right place at the right time. But it wasn’t all based on luck,” said Emma Butler, who operates the business with her husband, Josh. The COVID-19 pandemic was a catalyst for their business expansion and the number […] Read more

New rule on farm transfer tax treatment put off to 2022

Farm groups protest delay

By Dave Bedard July 14, 2021

Rule changes passed in a federal bill to standardize tax treatment for sales of family-owned farms and small businesses will be delayed to the start of 2022, to the dismay of several farm groups. Bill C-208, a private member’s bill spearheaded by western Manitoba Conservative MP Larry Maguire with amendments to the federal Income Tax […] Read more

Markets

Canada’s new export minister to push beyond U.S. market

By Andrea Hopkins July 24, 2018

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada has created a new federal cabinet position to help exporters look beyond the U.S. and there will be resources for small businesses that want to take advantage of new trade deals, the new minister for export promotion said on Tuesday. Mary Ng, who vaulted to cabinet-level last week to take […] Read more

News

Asking the right questions: AMI guide designed to assist farm and food entrepreneurs

By Matt McIntosh July 5, 2018

Farmers trying to grow a direct-sale food business from the farmers’ market or roadside stand to a retail level face an imposing regulatory system. Navigating this system without help can levy artificial limits on the market potential of unique farm-sourced products. There are resources to help manage these regulatory growing pains, however. Ontario’s Agri-Food Management […] Read more

Greig: Federal tax backtracks aside, much of impact still unknown

By John Greig October 20, 2017

The Canadian Association of Farm Advisors’ annual tax update showcased confusion and frustration at the federal government’s shifting plan to change how small business is taxed. “I was very, very offended by all of this,” said Kurt Oelschlagel, of BDO Canada, who was part of a panel on the government changes at the CAFA event, […] Read more

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Oct. 3 in Ottawa. (PM.gc.ca)

Feds pledge lower small business tax rate

By Farmtario Staff, Reuters October 16, 2017

UPDATED, Oct. 16 — The federal government says it will cut the small business tax rate to nine per cent from 10.5, a move seen as an attempt to counter a growing backlash against its July tax reform announcement. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Bill Morneau appeared side-by-side in Toronto’s far suburbs to […] Read more

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