Heading toward year-end, people unknowingly tense up against the cold and busyness, causing neck pain that can often be treated with appropriate support and gentle mobility, athletic therapist Kathlyn Hossack says.
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Gentle treatments for pain in the neck
Fit to Farm: Built-up tensions come compliments of the season
In times of mandatory joy, try to find contentment
Farm Family Coach: We can’t force it to be the most wonderful time of the year for everyone
If we’re not feeling the joy at a time of year that seems to insist on over-the-top moments of happiness, we can allow ourselves to just try for fulfilled or content, farm family coach Kalynn Spain suggests.
Managing through market or individual stock declines
Investing for Fun and Profit: Understanding how stocks behave should enhance our own behaviours
Even the best of public-traded companies can periodically experience significant drawdowns, and a successful investor should be prepared to react — or not react — accordingly, Herman VanGenderen writes.
Harvest wraps up and fall work begins
Eppich News: Appreciation for a bountiful and efficient 2025 harvest
At the Eppich famly ranch in western Saskatchewan, the fall harvest was successful with few breakdowns, cows and calves have been sorted and a new tractor has arrived
Health hazards are often overlooked risks on the farm
Aspects of the farming environment can pile up against your health over time, without proper protections
While quite different from the dangers posed by farm machinery, hazards such as loud noise or sun exposure require the same proactive attention, the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association says.
Cows in the cloud
A Little Bit Western: How herd management software makes managing cattle data easier
Beef cattle herd management software has become an essential tool over 15 years for Lonesome Dove Ranch in Saskatchewan.
BASF donates seed, inputs to community growing projects
Thirty-six community fields benefited from the initiative in 2025
Growers or retailers interested in nominating a community project for the Fields of Purpose program in 2026 can contact their local BASF representative.
Syngenta rolls out Envita Dry nitrogen-fixing biological
Envita Dry ‘gives plants ability to source additional nitrogen from atmosphere’
A new formulation of the Envita bacterium distributed by Syngenta is expected to help farmers tap into more of the nitrogen crops need throughout the season — without adding more fertilizer.
Putting down roots, part 2: Potatoes
First We Eat: It didn’t take long for the versatile potato to become a staple in Europe, especially in Ireland
Saskatchewan author and chef dee Hobsbawn-Smith offers a retrospective on the potato’s cultural journey from the Americas to Europe and back, and a recipe for butter-basted baby potatoes with rosemary.
White House comments and larger supplies pressure cattle market
The Markets: Expedited Mexican border opening is moving cattle prices lower
White House comments on increasing imports and larger supplies pressure the cattle market in North America, Jerry Klassen observes.
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