Columns & Production Tips

Long time columnist Heather Smith Thomas and husband Lynn, with granddaughter Heather Eppich and great grandchildren.

Canadian visitors head back to Saskatchewan

After nice fall weather, winter shows up in mid November

By Heather Smith Thomas December 16, 2022

October 21 Last Saturday, Andrea checked the water in our ditches and discovered we had none. Another upstream user on the system had diverted all the water to their place. We had no water for the heifers in the orchard and horse pasture, which meant we had to haul water to filled a water tank […] Read more

Crops, Practical Tips, Wheat & Chaff

Tips when selecting a new seed variety

Q & A with an expert

By Gary Topham December 15, 2022

Q: What should I consider when I’m choosing a new variety? A: When choosing a new variety with a grower, I look at many factors including maturities, past crop rotations, herbicides used and specific weed issues as well as any disease or insect concerns the grower may have in their fields. And, of course, how […] Read more

Columns

Les Henry: A note to readers

A health wake-up call, but soldiering on

By Les Henry December 12, 2022

On July 12, 2022, my world took a sharp downturn on the health front. It was a very hot July day. I worked too hard for too long in the heat at my Dundurn farm. The end result was a bad case of atrial fibrillation, AFib for short. For some, AFib means you get a […] Read more

Hollie Rudy is a
territory manager
with Nutrien
Financial. One of
her tips for farmers
is don’t wait too
long to take
advantage of
incentive programs
for seed and crop
input purchases.

Features, Practical Tips

Five tips for better year-end financial planning

What you can do to maximize profitability and financial sustainability in 2023

By Treena Hein December 8, 2022

December is an excellent time to review your finances and to make sure you are setting up your farm business for the biggest profits possible in 2023. That means taking certain actions and avoiding others. For some farm business strategies, we checked in with Hollie Rudy, a territory manager with Nutrien Financial who also farms […] Read more

Columns

Are energy companies displaying “grotesque greed”?

Vilification of profits continues unabated

By Herman VanGenderen December 2, 2022

Shortly after submitting my previous article on the vilification of the word “profit,” and even more so when related to oil, the headline “UN Head Calls for Taxing ‘Grotesquely Greedy’ Oil” appeared in a newsletter I read, with the following quote: “UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on governments globally to tax these excessive profits […] Read more

Crops, Practical Tips

Keep on target

Strategies to minimize pesticide spray drift on your farm

By Jim Timlick December 1, 2022

Spray drift is defined as the off-target movement of pesticide dust or droplets through the air at the time of application or soon after. It can have serious implications for neighbouring farmers and other property owners. It’s an issue that has been around almost as long as pesticides have been used to protect crops against […] Read more

With their mom Heather close by the Eppich boys James and Joseph
visiting their great grandmother's ranch in Idaho are impressed with the
creek. While they have ponds and dug outs on their home farm in
Saskatchewan seeing a creek was somewhat of a novelty.

Cattleman’s Corner, Rancher’s Diary

Good weather persists, but rain needed

Dr. Cope makes one more ranch visit to preg-check cows

By Heather Smith Thomas November 30, 2022

October 4 Last Sunday Andrea’s washing machine quit working and Jim helped her take it out of her house; he hauled it and our old stove to the dump. Thursday Jeff Minor brought his dad back from the hospital in Idaho Falls and got him situated at Discovery care center here in town. He’ll be […] Read more

Cattleman’s Corner, The Dairy Corner

There’s value in adding biotin to dairy diets

Important to milk production and hoof health, biotin can get lost in the nutrient shuffle

By Peter Vitti November 28, 2022

It’s long been recognized that lactating dairy cows have a specific requirement for biotin which may not be met by natural synthesis in the rumen. Much research in the early 2000s demonstrated biotin supplements to lactating dairy diets yields respectable improvements in hoof health and better milk production. With the advent of many available feed […] Read more

Crops, Wheat & Chaff

Surface contact pressure and axle load compaction

Q & A with an expert

By Nathan Trowell November 24, 2022

Q: How does compaction affect soil? A: Soil compaction is the removal of the pore spaces in soil. In our agricultural fields, soil compaction is categorized under two types — surface contact pressure and axle load. Surface contact pressure compaction occurs in the top 12 inches of the soil. It occurs whenever there is contact […] Read more

Maize was developed by the Mayan peoples from a wild plant that looked more like wheat than the present-day corn cobs.

Columns, Crops

The bountiful Americas

Some thoughts on food

By Ieuan Evans November 23, 2022

When we think of celebrations, such as Christmas, Thanksgiving or even Halloween, we give little thought to the food we eat. What about that Christmas or Thanksgiving turkey, the centrepiece of the celebration? Did this iconic bird come from Turkey? No way. Turkeys are exclusive to North America — Mexico, United States and Canada. There […] Read more

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on harvest pressure

U.S. livestock: Hog futures slide in technical correction

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Acknowledging the past, seeking a better future

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U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on harvest pressure

U.S. livestock: Hog futures slide in technical correction

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Acknowledging the past, seeking a better future

Columns

Canadian visitors head back to Saskatchewan

Tips when selecting a new seed variety

Les Henry: A note to readers

Five tips for better year-end financial planning

Are energy companies displaying “grotesque greed”?

Keep on target

Good weather persists, but rain needed

There’s value in adding biotin to dairy diets

Surface contact pressure and axle load compaction

The bountiful Americas

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