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Australian shepherds are basically British border collies crossed with Spanish (Basque) sheep dogs. This breed developed primarily in Utah and not Australia as some would think.
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Dogs, more dogs and farm dogs

Working breeds for the farm and for herding cattle or sheep

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Over the past 50 years, I have visited not hundreds but thousands of farmyards in Canada and the United States. I can hardly remember any yards that did not have one or more resident dogs. They came in all shapes and sizes from St. Bernards to tiny Yorkshire Terriers. For many farmers, the farm dogs […] Read more
One of our Eppich Quarter Horse weanlings standing patiently for a refresher course on being tied up.
Cattleman’s Corner, Columns

Saying goodbye to an old gelding

Eppich News: Calves sold, and cows and heifers are home for the winter

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We had a bit of snow on Thanksgiving Day but that quickly went away. October 12 I brought the mares and foals home from the home native pasture so that we could start the weaning process. We put the mares and foals in separate pens with a slab fence between them and with a few […] Read more
This photo was taken September 24, 2021. This canola field near me had way more nice yellow flowers in late September than it did in mid-July. It looked like a decent crop at that time. With no rain in September and very little frost, it dried up for a second time.
Columns, Crops

Les Henry: The Birch effect on our soils in 2021

Microbes had a heyday when the rain came

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As I watched the 2021 growing season unfold, there came a time when I started to think about the “Birch effect.” Lo and behold, when I went looking for the papers that documented the Birch effect, I stumbled on a piece titled “Fall Soil Sampling: the ‘Birch’ Effect” by Les Henry in the October issue […] Read more
Selling options is generally more profitable as the math is in the seller’s favour. However, buying puts works during major bear markets and buying calls works in strong bull markets. In other words, buying options works when there are big price moves.
Columns

More stock option strategies: follow the math

Buy options when there are big price moves

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Puts and calls can be both bought or sold. A call is the right, but not the obligation, to buy shares of a company at a certain price up to a certain date. For example, 3M at the time of writing is $200 per share. Calls expiring on January 21, 2022, with a strike price […] Read more
Soil testing will be more important than ever this fall or next spring.
Crops, Wheat & Chaff

Three factors growers should focus on next year

Q & A with an expert

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Q: What critical issues will farmers face in 2022? A: I’d like to start off by saying that 2021 was a memorable year. There were drought conditions recorded across Western Canada, supply challenges for many products and commodity prices never seen before. Now as we look forward to 2022, there will be other challenges that […] Read more
What if the things we’ve been led to believe are outside of our control are within our control?
Columns

Toban Dyck: Free will and agriculture

I think we’re due for a self-imposed moment of reckoning

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When I was in my early twenties, I took a course called “Philosophy of Mind.” Don’t tell anyone, but I’m pretty sure I received a B+ on an essay that I never wrote in that class. I digress. In this course, we spent a lot of time talking about freedom. Specifically, free will. Does free […] Read more
Most Prairie farmers are well aware of the potential advantages of soil testing but lack confidence in the interpretation.
Columns, Crops

Soil analysis reports: get what you need

Seek out trained agronomists, reputable labs and wise interpretation of soil test results

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In the early 1980s, we used a commonly seen bumper sticker in southern Alberta that stated, “Don’t Guess — Soil Test!” to promote the importance of soil testing. However, 40 years later, less than 20 per cent of Prairie farmers soil test their fields on a regular basis. Why is this? For many farmers it […] Read more

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