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Cooking the foods of our ancestors keeps heritage alive

First We Eat: And what better way than with a pot of homemade soup?

By dee Hobsbawn-Smith November 9, 2018

One of the great truisms about food is that by cooking the foods of our forebears, we maintain or re-establish a link with our heritage. My mother’s antecedents were off-colony Hutterites who arrived in Saskatchewan at the turn of the previous century from a colony in South Dakota. Earlier, my great-greats and their babes had […] Read more

Photo 6: This photo was taken on August 23, 2018. On the left is Iver Johnson’s JD S680 combine, with Iver standing. In the middle is Wayne Leonhardt with the grain cart and tractor. On the right is helper Martin Millar on the Block Farm JD S690 combine. This was a very smooth operation, very efficient with no down time.

Columns, Equipment

Combines I have known, Part 3

In the third part of an ongoing series on combines,  Les Henry goes for the green paint

By Les Henry November 7, 2018

This is No. 3 in an occasional series on combines. When completed, the series will span the 63 years that I have spent running combines. Some years just a few hours, but a bit in each of the years. The first piece included a bit about a Case K2 combine. I did not have an […] Read more

Editor's column, Wheat & Chaff

Editor’s Column: Planning your canola stand

By Leeann Minogue November 7, 2018

After all of the years we’ve been growing canola in Western Canada, you’d think we’d have the agronomics down pat by now. You would imagine that recommendations around things like seeding rates and row spacing would be set in stone. But that is not the case. This was obvious when the Canola Council of Canada […] Read more

Columns

Investing in speculations: an oxymoron

Is that investment you’re considering an actual investment? Or are you speculating?

By Herman VanGenderen November 2, 2018

Are cryptocurrencies and marijuana stocks investments? How about a technology company like Tesla? I can’t seem to have a conversation without being asked about these types of companies, although the cryptocurrency discussion has declined with their prices. Let’s look at the financials of Tilray, a marijuana stock, and Tesla. At the time of writing Tilray […] Read more

Having a well-thought-out risk management plan for your farm can help you endure market volatility.

Columns, Marketing

Farming can be a rough game to play

Protect yourself and your farm by making a risk management plan in advance

By Brian Wittal November 2, 2018

In the middle of September, the Prairies were hit with frost, rain and snow. If this were a sporting event and I were the referee that would be enough for me to eject Mother Nature from the game along with a two or three game suspension for an unsportsman-like conduct penalty as her actions were […] Read more

Columns, Crops

Toban Dyck: Predicting those curveballs

Farm life brings more and more responsibilities. Only change is predictable

By Toban Dyck November 1, 2018

Curveballs are hard to hit, but when you’re given nothing else, you’ll figure out a way. You’ll adapt. You’ll play the game differently. At least, you should. Farming is a continual lesson in this. It’s a day-in, day-out, year-in, year-out lesson in thriving amid constant flux. The weather is different every year and you’re forced […] Read more

One of the bison standing guard at the grand stairway in the Manitoba legislature.

Columns

Reporter’s Notebook: Leaving a legacy in Manitoba

From Freemasons to farm families. There have been several legacies built in Manitoba

By Lisa Guenther October 30, 2018

Recently I was in Winnipeg for the Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation annual conference. Winnipeg is probably not on too many bucket lists, but the downtown core has some interesting old buildings and attractions around the Forks. One of the most interesting buildings is the Manitoba legislature. Years ago, Frank Albo was driving by the leg […] Read more

News, Wheat & Chaff

Breathing easy: preventing farmer’s lung

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association October 29, 2018

It’s been quite the fall. Snow, rain, and sleet have wreaked havoc on harvest throughout the region. Although great for soil recharge, all this moisture is not so great for crops still waiting to be harvested. The result is that some farmers have had to put away crops wet and when this happens, so does […] Read more

News, Wheat & Chaff

A tractor book for Christmas?

By Leeann Minogue October 26, 2018

The gift-giving season will soon be upon us, but don’t worry, we’re here to help. Scott Garvey is giving away two copies of Lee Klancher’s latest book, Tractor: The Heartland Innovation, Ground-Breaking Machines, Midnight Schemes, Secret Garages, and Farmyard Geniuses That Mechanized Agriculture. This new hardcover book includes stories of the inventors and entrepreneurs who […] Read more

A tree planting camp in early spring. The kitchen on the left, the walk-in cooler centre, and the mess tent on the right.

Columns

Lesson 1: Everyone needs a cigarette break

The lessons Sarah Hoffmann learned at a tree planting camp have paid off on the farm

By Sarah Hoffmann October 25, 2018

I was a cook in a tree planting camp for three summers in my early 20s. It’s been 10 years since I first packed up my Pontiac Sunfire and headed north from Vancouver to Prince George, B.C. No experience in my adult life has had such a profound impact on me. It’s one of the […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

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U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

Columns

Cooking the foods of our ancestors keeps heritage alive

Combines I have known, Part 3

Editor’s Column: Planning your canola stand

Investing in speculations: an oxymoron

Farming can be a rough game to play

Toban Dyck: Predicting those curveballs

Reporter’s Notebook: Leaving a legacy in Manitoba

Breathing easy: preventing farmer’s lung

A tractor book for Christmas?

Lesson 1: Everyone needs a cigarette break

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