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Hussar’s sweet song is a $50,000 winner

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  The Village of Hussar about an hour east of Calgary is a great example of how people can pull together with some effort and a bit of creativity to the benefit of the community at large. The farming and ranching community, with a population of about 200, recently won a $50,000 contest from Alberta-based […] Read more
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Industry insight from Rocky Mtn. Dealership execs

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Standing at a table in the concessions area of Winnipeg’s MTS Centre, I had a chance to have a beer and a candid conversation with Garrett Ganden, chief operating officer of Rocky Mountain Dealerships, Inc. With 38 Case IH and New Holland outlets in the West, Rocky is Canada’s giant in the ag equipment retail […] Read more
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W-5 images tough for egg industry to defend

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I still had ham and eggs for breakfast this morning even after watching a CTV W-5 expose October 19 on some allegedly poor production practices at an Alberta egg farm. I did have second thoughts as I reached for those perfect white, healthy, lovingly produced eggs in the fridge. Even as much as I might […] Read more
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Harmony comes to Rancher’s Beef

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A veteran of the North American beef industry, who worked his way through the business from a meat cutter to a top executive of one of the largest meat processing companies in the world, says he has no doubts he can turn a long-shuttered Alberta beef packing plant into a profitable business. Rich Vesta is […] Read more
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Marketing lessons not learned

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Ever since A&W’s TV commercials starting touting the premium quality of beef in their burgers—which is produced without added hormones—many tweets, blogs and comments in the agriculture media have been filled with contempt for a company that has the audacity to in any way imply that what Canadian mainstream beef producers ship to market isn’t […] Read more
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Will U.S. ethanol demand fade?

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A couple of weeks ago, New Holland held a field day near the Minnesota-Iowa state border to show off some of its cash crop equipment. It was blended with a tour of a local ethanol plant. Currently, the U.S. ethanol industry is at risk of seeing a significant decline in demand for its product if […] Read more
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How the world shapes up today

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The Freeman-on-the-land issue in Alberta, noted a few days ago, appears to be resolved. This is the story of a woman who rented out a house to a guy who appeared to be a good tenant and shortly after he took occupancy he announced he was part of the Freeman-on-the-land movement, stopped paying rent, gutted […] Read more
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Landlords watch out for the whacko “Freemen”

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In the category of “it’s a crazy world” I have been following a story the past few days of this Alberta woman who rented a house to man who later declared he was part of an organization known as “Freemen-of-the-Land” and he has now declared the house his embassy and she can’t get rid of […] Read more
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New engines; new costs

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After sitting in an office all day working on Grainews articles, one of the things I’ve often looked forward to is getting into the tractor cab in the late afternoon for a little “diesel therapy”. That means getting out from behind a desk and getting behind the wheel of a tractor to enjoy putting its […] Read more
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In the heart of corn and soybean country

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Corn and soybeans as far as the eye can see (or at least ‘til the next tree line) and nary a combine anywhere from Virginia, to Pennsylvania, to New York and now back into Eastern Ontario…the harvest has yet to begin. A lot of crop out there and from a casual observation much of it […] Read more

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