Lees insight

I am too early for the Georgia snow. I saw a couple  small flurries over the past few days, but I am about two weeks too early for the real “snow”. The “Georgia snow” is a term some of the locals use to describe the full-blown cotton harvest. And the fact that it is also […] Read more

This bull at right is the only sign of livestock I have seen in Manhattan over the past three days. I think this is all there is for agriculture in this part of the United States. Actually this 7,100 pound bronze statue, just on the edge of Wall Street, was designed by artist Arturo Di […] Read more

One of the first stops on my great adventure over the next three weeks, was a visit to old homestead in Eastern Ontario, where an energetic young farm family has converted the long-time dairy barn into a meat goat operation. The family farm I was raised on, about an hour south of Ottawa, 10 miles south of […] Read more

My thinking is, that if you don’t have at least one of these on your farm are you really serious about farming? I saw these pedal tractors at a recent field day and thought they were the neatest thing. I don’t have mine yet, but according to southern Alberta farmer Anno Bylsma who distributes these […] Read more

Long time Alberta Agriculture engineer Reed Turner didn’t like to use the word “inflation” when talking about tire air pressure. He said inflation had to do with the economy, not tire pressure. But whatever word or term you use, the message is the same according to Norm McEwan who is general manager of OK Tire […] Read more

After spending a couple days at my brother-in-law’s ranch at Fort Steele, B.C. I am reminded of  one certainty of farm life — “if it ain’t one thing, it’s another.” On this visit in early August the focus was on trying to get the second cut of hay baled. The first cut in early July […] Read more

  At 69, Barry Allen says there is no one around to take over the farm that has been in the family for more than 100 years, so he has the “package” that includes 13 quarter sections of irrigated land on the market. And if you can scrape up $13 million it could be yours. […] Read more

If you don’t have one of these at home I am not saying you should run out and buy one, but I do know where you can rent it. Layne and Melinda Van Rhijn of Coaldale, Alta. were at a recent southern Alberta field day, providing aerial photography services with remote controlled helicopters. We’ve all […] Read more

A smooth, simplified, powerful transmission and hydraulics that deliver top performance are two of the features of Fendt tractors highlighted at a recent southern Alberta field day showcasing about three dozen tractors used by actual producers. The day was hosted by local southern Alberta dealer Hanlon Ag Centre www.hanlonag.combased in Lethbridge, and supported by a […] Read more

  I don’t know how bad things had gotten at the former Lakeside Packers plant at Brooks before the big meat recall of 2012, but on a recent media tour of the facility it appears the new owners and managers of JBS Canada are bent on running the cleanest, and most efficient operation possible. A […] Read more