DIY testing

We ran ASV and competitive brand models over a bump track to compare track suspension response at ASV’s proving grounds in Minnesota Over the past few years, we at Grainews have been conducting practical tests to provide our readers with insight into what some of the various machines commonly used on the farm really have[...]


30 years in and still on the learning curve

Man I have to start off my 30-something year of writing agricultural stories for this company with a correction. Fortunately I only had to take off one glove to do it. One of my Hutterite reader friends phoned the other night to point out in my December column where I was talking about available agricultural[...]

Heading into 2012

Well my jeans are too tight today, so I think that speaks volumes about how 2011 went, as well as what’s ahead for 2012. It was generally a pretty good year, but there’s always room for improvement and a place for “change” in the coming months. I didn’t make any New Year’s Resolutions because they[...]


Lumsden ag summit fixes all agricultural problems

The final communiqué from the first annual G-3 Agricultural Summit held at Lumsden, Saskatchewan last week, got over shadowed by media attention to the new Sakundiak/Meridan unloading auger, so I felt it necessary to draw specific attention to this meeting, which will likely change agriculture as you know it. The G-3 leaders as none of[...]

Living Without Jay, If You Can Call It Living!

Boy, it is pretty hard dragging myself out of bed in the morning to get to work, now that Jay is gone. Why? What for? Who cares? What’s the point? I am listless. (What’s that? Did someone mention a paycheck… okay, that is enough to re-kindle my interest. There’s fire in the belly again.) Geez,[...]