BIXS is born…ugly Dad but a real cute baby

Any Canadian beef producers who have been sitting by the computer waiting for this day — it is here: The Canadian Cattleman’s Association Beef Information Exchange System (BIXS) is launched, it is out there, it is up and running, it is ready for use.  Go to http://bixs.cattle.ca to see it all. BIXS, which has been […] Read more

Seed Hawk expands its manufacturing plant

With 8 million acres left unseeded in parts of Saskatchewan this season, it’s been a tough year for some producers. But overall sales of new equipment remains relatively strong across the west. According to management at Saskatchewan-based Seed Hawk, domestic demand for its seed drills continues to grow. In order to keep up with increasing […] Read more


Hey, it is good to be back home again

A week ago Saturday, I was having a full English breakfast in a bed and breakfast in Pevensey Bay, over looking the English Channel. Yesterday, (Saturday Oct. 1) I had a breakfast bagel at the Tim Horton’s restaurant in Stettler, AB were a couple farmers and few rig workers were getting ready to start their […] Read more

Nominate your sprayer operator

It’s time once again for owners of custom application businesses to think of a reason to nominate their best employee for AGCO’s Operator of the Year Award. The company is looking to give away a Harley-Davidson motorcycle to Canada’s best application equipment operator. If you have someone working in your business that goes above and […] Read more


Technology marches on

Have you ever been at an antique farm machinery display and noticed how older, retired farmers act when they look at the vintage equipment? They seem to get a faraway look in their eyes as they reminisce with each other about actually using some of what are now little more than museum pieces. I gained […] Read more

Trip to England comes to an end

Well we have just come through the blogging blackhole of rural England and are now back in London. I am sure I could have found internet service some place the last few days, but they just didn’t make these 18th century cottages like they should have — with free WiFi. We disappeared into the English […] Read more


We survived the tour

The tour is over — thank God! Another few days of that and it might have killed me. The tour is done but not the holiday. We still have a few days left in England to visit cousins on my Dad’s side of the family. Other than trying to make a good impression to these […] Read more

The studs of Ireland

We visited the Irish National Stud at Kildare, Ireland this Friday morning. It is a 1,000 acre government/private farm dedicated to breeding racing horses. It was established in 1900 and turned over the British government in 1943 and then to the Irish government in 1945. It is today run by a government owned company that […] Read more


I learned something about Ireland

I started the day in Glasgow, Scotland and ended the day having dinner at the oldest pub in Dublin, Ireland – The Brazen Head, which was established in 1198 — some 813 years ago.  What a road and a time traveler I have become. It was a full day of seeing the Scottish and Irish […] Read more

Case IH joins the fray

This season was a busy one for both large and smaller farm machinery manufacturers, who showed off a lot of new models to the farming public. Following on the heels of AGCO and John Deere, Case IH became the third major brand to introduce significant changes to its lineup. It launched several new products at […] Read more