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Snow drift in view from the back yard in January 2017. Take a look below to see the amount of snow we've had in January 2018.

Getting ready for a dry year

By Leeann Minogue February 6, 2018

Both of these photos were taken from the same spot in the back of our yard in southeast Saskatchewan in January. The one above is from 2017, the one below is from 2018. While that huge 2017 snow pile was a result of a lot of drifting and didn’t leave as much moisture in the […] Read more

Valtra won the “best design” award for their Valtra Versu T 254 Smart Touch tractor. The host said the award is “intended for the most beautiful tractor.” The Valtra reps on stage fist-bumped once the photos had been taken.

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Editor’s Column: The Tractor of the Year

By Leeann Minogue January 10, 2018

This November I took my first trip to Agritechnica, the farm machinery show in Germany. Both of the days I was at the show were “Preview” days — days at the beginning of the week when admission is more expensive, there are smaller crowds, and a higher share of people are wearing business suits rather […] Read more

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Editor’s Column: A new solution for safety

By Leeann Minogue August 29, 2017

Harvest is underway. So far, we’ve only combined our peas, which have run about average. That’s pretty relieving after this dry summer. We’re a little worried about the canola — a nearby farmer told us his harvested canola is smaller than fine-ground pepper. That’s not a good sign. Safety is important all year, but it […] Read more

The women in and around Lacadena, Sask., held their first annual “Life Out Here” conference in February.

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Editor’s Column: Living the “Life Out Here”

By Leeann Minogue March 17, 2017

After they enjoyed Connect Ag, a large-scale conference in Saskatoon celebrating women in agriculture, some of the women in the town where I grew up decided to create something similar a little closer to home. And so the latest annual get-together for women was born. This February, the Lacadena Area Women (the LAW, as they […] Read more

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Editor’s Column: Is it time to get together?

By Leeann Minogue March 14, 2017

I’ve written in this space several times about the newly formed farm commodity groups that collect levies from us to co-ordinate research and marketing for Prairie crops. We pay levies to organizations for each crop we grow, from canary seed to canola. If this was Iowa and we grew only corn and soybeans, things would […] Read more

When the Weyburn Multiple 4H Club held its annual public speaking contest in January, speech topics ranged from water polo to intercropping.

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Editor’s Column: Our first forays into 4-H

By Leeann Minogue February 22, 2017

I grew up on a farm without ever knowing anything about 4-H. (Don’t call child protective services or Ag Canada. I’ve looked into it, and my parents can’t be prosecuted. Surprisingly, it’s totally legal to let this happen.) Because I grew up with this disadvantage, it didn’t occur to me to enrol my own son […] Read more

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Editor’s Column: Making plans for the long term

By Leeann Minogue February 15, 2017

In every issue of Grainews you’ll see at least two or three articles about the benefits of long-term crop rotations. Or, if there aren’t whole articles, there are always a few comments from experts about using four- or even eight-year rotations instead of something like canola, snow, canola, snow. We’ve all heard about the benefits: […] Read more

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Editor’s Column: Bound up by resolutions

By Leeann Minogue February 7, 2017

A few unhappy farmers probably went home from the commodity organizations annual general meetings in Saskatoon this January singing Rolling Stones tunes to themselves. (1) During this year’s Saskatchewan commodity group AGMs, the chairs of two levy-funded commodity groups explained to their members why they’d decided not to take action on contentious resolutions passed at […] Read more

Telecommunication tower with beautiful sky background

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Editor’s Column: New Internet plan, same problems

By Leeann Minogue January 25, 2017

If you’re a regular reader, you’ll know that I live on a farm in southeast Saskatchewan where our Internet access is not exactly stellar. I’ve written in these pages that the Internet has become a basic service — something we absolutely need in rural areas. And so, when I came home from our Christmas holiday […] Read more

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Editor’s Column: Seeding is done, no major injuries to report

By Leeann Minogue June 9, 2016

We finished seeding on May 20 this year. I know May 20 isn’t a record-breaking finish, especially this year when so many of you were out in the field early, so I don’t expect any readers to send us a medal. But after a few years of epic breakdowns and colossal floods, we’re happy to […] Read more

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Editor’s column

Getting ready for a dry year

Editor’s Column: The Tractor of the Year

Editor’s Column: A new solution for safety

Editor’s Column: Living the “Life Out Here”

Editor’s Column: Is it time to get together?

Editor’s Column: Our first forays into 4-H

Editor’s Column: Making plans for the long term

Editor’s Column: Bound up by resolutions

Editor’s Column: New Internet plan, same problems

Editor’s Column: Seeding is done, no major injuries to report

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