Lees insight

(Photo caption…When I took this picture of deer and canola the other day, two things immediately came to mind…this adds a new definition to a condition known as stag head in canola, and second, while every one else is talking about $10 and $12 canola this year, this poor southern Alberta farmer was only looking […] Read more

  Farmers looking for an alternative crop that can pay a decent return, in exchange for more management may want to look into producing hemp. It is a crop that has been around for quite a few years, and in the past I’ve heard stories “well, I can grow it, but now what do I […] Read more

BY LEE HART If you think all round bale wrap is made the same, then you need to look again according to the folks at Tama Canada. You get what you pay for, according to the largest bale wrap manufacturer in the world, and if you want a good quality product, that has strength, protection, […] Read more

Now that the crop is in, and cattle are out on green grass there are events coming up later this month for both crop and livestock producers you may not want to miss….pack your bags and make a tour out of these separate events. You’ll come home a way lot smarter. BEEF SYMPOSIUM – BANFF, […] Read more

Volunteering to help with setup at the 18th annual Heritage Park Festival of Quilts in Calgary last weekend brought back a few memories — or was it a nightmare — involving quilts. I was probably 6 or 7 years old when my mother took me to a neighborhood quilting bee at Erita Gallinger’s house.  I […] Read more

I know the powers that be have put in a lot of effort trying to convince the U.S. government to reverse its stand on country of origin labeling on Canadian meat products, but I think it is time to forget about the dark cloud and focus  on the silver lining. It isn’t a new concept […] Read more

A couple things to ramble on about….. First, I was shaking my head the other day over a recent event at the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary. In April, one of the art students thought it would be cool to kill and pluck a chicken in the school cafeteria as part of a […] Read more

There I was this past weekend being the “One Day a Year Rancher” at my brother-in-law’s place at Fort Steele in  southeastern B.C.  It was the annual weekend to process the cows and calves at Kootenay River Ranch before they head out to pasture, hopefully sometime in the next week or so. They had a […] Read more

And I thought the debate over the Canadian Wheat Board was deep. I have been getting emails lately from Gavin Gibbons of the National Fisheries Institute, which represents many fish companies in the United States and it is all about a pending decision on whether to eliminate the U.S. Catfish Inspection Program. Now, obviously they […] Read more

Cecil Orr of Sifton, Manitoba also had a horse named Chester at one time. Cecil called me after he read a column I wrote in Grainews in February about a horse named Chester that I had back in the late 70s. Mine wasn’t much of a tale, other than I owned Chester, rode him for […] Read more