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May 29, 2015

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Yesterday, Dean Dyck, farm business management specialist with Alberta Agriculture, talked about the importance of knowing your machinery costs to help come up with custom rates. Dyck says there are resources available to help you do just that.

Interview with Dean Dyck (2:40 minutes) (1.22 Mb)

Source : Agriculture and Forestry

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