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Editor's Column: Get in the van, man

By Leeann Minogue September 11, 2019

We’ve all seen the “Man Van” at farm shows. I’m not sure what I thought was going on in there, but it turns out there are a crew of volunteers taking simple, five-second blood samples to find out if you (or the man next to you) have prostate cancer. I saw this up close at[...]

Editor's column, Wheat & Chaff

Editor’s Column: Two great farm shows coming up

By Leeann Minogue March 12, 2019

Before you get busy with spring seeding, there’s still time to make your travel plans so you don’t miss two great farm shows this year. First, make sure you schedule time on your calendar to get to Ag in Motion. Ag in Motion is Western Canada’s (relatively) new, outdoor show run by Glacier Media (which[...]

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Editor's Column: Searching for the truth

By Leeann Minogue January 25, 2019

When I read an article in a newspaper or a magazine, the first thing I do is take a look at the byline. I wonder if I’ve read the writer’s work before. If there’s a bio, I look to see if they’ve come to the issue with an obvious agenda that’s going to put a[...]

Editor's column, Wheat & Chaff

Editor's Column: The Tractor of the Year

By Leeann Minogue January 10, 2018

This November I took my first trip to Agritechnica, the farm machinery show in Germany. Both of the days I was at the show were “Preview” days — days at the beginning of the week when admission is more expensive, there are smaller crowds, and a higher share of people are wearing business suits rather[...]

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Editor's Column: The lowdown on rural Internet access

By Leeann Minogue March 9, 2016

Oh the irony. I thought I’d do a little research before I wrote about Internet access in rural Canada. So I turned to the Internet, typed in some likely search terms and… waited. Then I waited some more. I live on a farm in southeast Saskatchewan. Although oil activity has fallen off drastically in the[...]

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Summer vacation

By Leeann Minogue November 19, 2013

Finally, our crop is all in the bin. But at the end of October, some of our neighbours in southeast Saskatchewan were still out in their fields, bringing in the last of their late crops, like soybeans, corn, and flax. Showtime Now that harvest is over, it’s time to think about the winter show and meeting season.[...]

Editor's column, Wheat & Chaff

Technology on the farm 

By Leeann Minogue March 6, 2012

Last December Farm Credit Canada (FCC) released the results of a survey about farmers and technology. I wasn’t at all surprised to see the headline: “Producers are keeping up with the times.” I really have no idea why the stereotypical farmer on TV is a guy wearing patched overalls who looks like he can barely[...]

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