FBA Managing Editors: Howard L. Morry Donna M. Hastings Founders, Canadian Association of Farm Advisors

The Canadian Association of Farm Advisors (CAFA) has a manual - always current - designed for professionals to assist farm families and farm enterprise. Launched in 1995, the Farm Business Advisor Manual (formerly called the Family Farm Business Advisor-FFBA) includes in-depth technical and human resource information that spans topics from buying and selling of land, accounting/farm management, financing, bankruptcy, tax, farming basics, human resources, family law, off-farm investments, risk management, estate and succession planning. It includes 140 relevant appendices which include Department of Agriculture fact sheets as well as Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) bulletins, interpretations, Excel spreadsheets and practical worksheets in pdf format. The manual is available in a CD format and on the Internet.

• Essential reading for, among others, lawyers, accountants, insurance brokers, financial planners, bankers, trust officers, agrologists, coaches, educators, students and interested farmers.
• • Written by some of Canada's top farm family and farm business advisors. Read more.
• In its 15th year of reguylar updates - new laws, tax rulings, CRA updates re planned giving, legal issues re farm employees,
• The manual includes such topics as agriculture related legislation in Canada linked to the specific provincial site, agriculture terminology, precedent clauses on ownership agreements, planned gifting management spreadsheets, tax and recent CRA private rulings, immigration tax laws, CAISP, NISA and other farm programs, real property, environmental regulations, family living costs, risk management, strategic planning, commodity markets and trusts.
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The cost of the Family Farm Business Advisor is $295 (+ GST) for non-CAFA members. CAFA members pay $150 in CD or Internet format. .. Click here for more information on the benefits of CAFA membership. Discounts are available for group purchases or when purchasing more than one format.

For detailed description of Farm Business Advisor Manual see Preface and Table of Contents. Information on Seminars is also available.

For further information on the manual view the Table of Contents or return to the main FBA page. If you have any questions or would like to arrange purchase of the Farm Business Advisor please e-mail info@fbamanual.com or call 1-877-474-2871.

The FBA appreciates its National Founding Sponsor, RBC Royal bank for assisting in the the ongoing development of this tome.