Editor's column & Production Tips

Editor’s Column: What you can do now to mitigate the risks and challenges associated with later harvests

By Kari Belanger July 15, 2020

Does this fall harvest scenario seem familiar to you — the crop is a little tough so the farmer thinks he or she will wait a week to see what the weather does in hopes of taking the crop off dry. And then the bad weather rolls in. Now the farmer is stuck because the […] Read more

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Editor’s Column: Ag in Motion goes digital with the launch of Discovery Plus

By Kari Belanger June 3, 2020

Many of the events you and I would be attending this year — crop plot tours, conferences and outdoor farm shows — for the latest production tips, equipment, demonstrations and product launches have been cancelled, and in a few cases rescheduled to a future date yet to be announced. Furthermore, meetings normally held in person […] Read more

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Editor’s Column: Seeding great ideas

By Kari Belanger May 21, 2020

One of the highlights of being the editor of Grainews is hearing from you through phone calls, emails and social media. I have appreciated your well-wishes, insights, suggestions, feedback and ideas for future stories. I’ve picked out a few examples to share with you. A southern Alberta farmer emailed me this month to suggest there […] Read more

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Editor’s Column: Agriculture is getting the job done

By Kari Belanger April 30, 2020

As the health and economic crisis deepens in Canada and around the world, food security, production and the value chains that support the agriculture industry have moved into the spotlight. A food crisis added to this pandemic would cause even more suffering here and abroad. During this time of increased focus on agriculture, I have […] Read more

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Editor’s Column: Agriculture rises to the occasion for COVID-19

By Kari Belanger April 8, 2020

As our April 7 issue of Grainews went to press, there were more than 2,500 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Canada, about 17 times that number in the United States and upwards of 330,000 worldwide. In a matter of weeks, the way we conduct business and our daily lives has been altered dramatically, as it […] Read more

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Editor’s Column: Somebody pinch me… I must be dreaming

By Kari Belanger March 30, 2020

Hello Grainews readers! My name is Kari Belanger and I’m so thrilled to be taking over from Leeann Minogue as editor of Grainews. It happens to be one of my favourite agricultural publications, so being its editor and its champion is particularly important to me. I have known Leeann since she took on the role […] Read more

Stepping down from this job might give me more time for gardening this summer.

Editor's column, Wheat & Chaff

Editor’s Column: All good things come to an end

By Leeann Minogue March 13, 2020

Our March 10 issue of Grainews is my last as editor. When I took on this job in November of 2011, I planned to stay for six months. I was covering a maternity leave for the previous editor. I wasn’t fully qualified for the position. I’d never been an editor before, and I didn’t have […] Read more

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Editor’s Column: Finding your own path on the farm

By Leeann Minogue February 26, 2020

Over at Country Guide, sister publication to Grainews, editor Tom Button has run a three-part series on women in agriculture, written by Anne Lazurko. This series is getting a lot of online attention, particularly in ag women’s forums. I’m paying attention — not only because I’m a woman on a farm, and not just because […] Read more

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Editor’s Column: Don’t get too comfortable

By Leeann Minogue February 19, 2020

Farmers always like to be polite and support each other, but let’s be honest, here. It’s been easy for crop producers to get a little smug and complacent when we consider what’s happening in the meat aisle at the Co-op. There are a lot more plant-based meat “replacements” than there used to be. Sylvain Charlebois, […] Read more

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Editor’s Column: The problem with democracy

By Leeann Minogue February 7, 2020

I probably shouldn’t admit this, but I am the kind of person who enjoys (or at least doesn’t mind) sitting in on a good debate about the rules of order at a business meeting. This kind of passionate bickering about tabling resolutions probably doesn’t happen at biker gang summits. The most recent rules-of-order-related dispute I […] Read more

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Editor’s column

Editor’s Column: What you can do now to mitigate the risks and challenges associated with later harvests

Editor’s Column: Ag in Motion goes digital with the launch of Discovery Plus

Editor’s Column: Seeding great ideas

Editor’s Column: Agriculture is getting the job done

Editor’s Column: Agriculture rises to the occasion for COVID-19

Editor’s Column: Somebody pinch me… I must be dreaming

Editor’s Column: All good things come to an end

Editor’s Column: Finding your own path on the farm

Editor’s Column: Don’t get too comfortable

Editor’s Column: The problem with democracy

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