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A drone equipped with a camera can be used to check remote watering systems, scan fencelines or check gates.
Columns, Hart Attacks

Drones. How did we farm without them?

Hart Attacks: Drone school explained how flying cameras can change the cattle business

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I know I shouldn’t be amazed by anything that has to do with new technology, but it seems I always am. I recently spent part of a day at a central Alberta drone school —primarily geared to beef producers — and came away thinking it just never ends. So there I was in a community […] Read more
If you still have a crop in the field and only provincial crop insurance coverage, there are a couple of things you may need to consider.
Columns, Markets

Managing your risk in a bad harvest year

Make sure you know your insurance details before you brave the snow to pick up that crop

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With many crops left out in the field until spring, this fall is not how one would have planned, if you’d had a choice. What can you do to reduce your risk of losing more money if your grains are low quality and tough or damp or still out in the field? First, get an […] Read more
Many crops on the Prairies were waiting to be harvested at an unknown date due to unrelenting harvest weather, such as these soybeans seen here in Manitoba at the end of November.
Columns, Crops

Toban Dyck: The first worst year on the farm

For a new farmer, the un-finished 2019 harvest is frustrating and disappointing

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It’s Oct. 31, nearly 8 p.m. So far, no trick-or-treaters. We rarely get those on the farm. It’s disappointing. But, for perspective, it’s not nearly as disappointing as having crop still standing on the field. Which, you guessed it, we do. It’s a first for this farm, according to my parents. Never, in their memory, […] Read more
Try these seven keys to less risky stock put-selling
Columns

Try these seven keys to less risky stock put-selling

Selling puts is not for the faint of heart, but there are ways to lower your financial risk

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I frequently sell puts. This has helped me build the U.S. side of the taxable portfolio I publish in my newsletter from US$37,405 four years ago to US$90,000 today. Over these years I have been put once, had 14 positions expire and have profitably bought out an additional 11 positions. My profits have totaled $29,000 […] Read more
The UGG Carter House at Windthorst, Sask.
Columns

Les Henry: United Grain Growers’ mail-order home business

The company that founded Grainews also sold catalogue homes on the Prairies

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First things first. In early October, there was still a lot of crop out in many areas with quality degrading rapidly. Here’s hoping for a great late autumn to allow the harvest to wrap up. Above all, keep safe at a stressful time. Almost a generation has gone by since the end of United Grain […] Read more
Coyotes offer a credible rodent control service every day of the year.
Columns, News

Please do not shoot those coyotes

One man’s poison is another man’s meal. Or at least a meal for that pesky coyote


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Prairie people frequently get together to shoot coyotes, often with the support of local farmers. I’m not against disposing of problem wildlife, but I fail to see any benefits from shooting coyotes. Coyotes are a major reason why we are not overrun by rabbits, jackrabbits, voles, mice, pocket gophers, rats and ground squirrels. If we […] Read more
Greta Thunberg, tearless onions and fond farewells
Columns, Hart Attacks

Greta Thunberg, tearless onions and fond farewells

Hart Attacks: All kinds of people and messages make a difference

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I’m writing this column on election day, so it is too early for me to comment if it was either a good, bad or surprising election result. I am just glad it is over. I have often thought the real winners in any federal, provincial or even municipal election are the paper companies. First they […] Read more
White-out conditions and poor visibility were reported across southern Manitoba on Oct. 11 as winds gusted between 30-70 km/h and whipped blowing snow high into the air.
Columns, Crops, Weather

Toban Dyck: Are October storms a farmer’s wake-up call?

It’s tough to bear the holdups and heartbreak caused by weather this harvest

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There are a lot of things in this life that are difficult to process. Weather is one of them. When a storm tore through Manitoba from October 10 to 12, delivering gale force winds over a long stretch of time, accompanied by an entire season’s worth of snow, harvest, tillage and the rest of our […] Read more

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