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The TV620B Case compact track loader has a 114-horsepower engine and a 6,200-pound rated operating capacity.
Equipment, Machinery

New skid steers and CTLs

Several brands update existing models or add new ones

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The skid steer and its sister machine, the compact track loader (CTL), have become common pieces of equipment in many large-farm fleets. They’re handy when it comes to any number of material handling chores, and they’re pretty nimble to boot. In the past several months, a few brands have updated or added to their model […] Read more
Navigate new language and approaches for positive conflict behaviour. Change your attitudes about conflict being something to be avoided.
Farm Life, FarmLife

Froese: Stop the in-law rant, change your behaviour

Farm family dynamics have to be different and we need to see solutions

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An American farm woman who moved from Florida to become part of a family farm in the cornfields of Iowa called me one day to say, “Elaine I am tired of all the ranting on social media about problems with in-laws. Something needs to shift, and we need to see solutions.” Go to iowafarmerswife.com/events to […] Read more
Columns

Beware the feeding frenzy — buy the numbers

IPO stands for initial public offering or it’s probably overpriced

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Stocks, like other commodities, trade based on supply and demand except, unlike many commodities, both supply and demand are elastic. If there is a short canola crop more can’t be made until the following year, regardless of demand. But if there is high demand for stocks — voilà. Wall Street makes more by accepting more […] Read more
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Crops, Weather

Saskatchewan pushes crop insurance deadline to mid-April

'Logistical challenges' led to extension

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Saskatchewan farmers will get an extra couple of weeks to apply for, cancel, reinstate or change their crop insurance contracts for 2022, due to holdups in the delivery of their application packages. That deadline, originally March 31, has now been extended to April 14, provincial Ag Minister David Marit and his federal counterpart Marie-Claude Bibeau […] Read more
Drought conditions in Canada at Feb. 28, 2022. (Map courtesy Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)
Crops, Weather

Most of Prairies still very dry, but recovery possible

Southern Manitoba considered out of drought

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MarketsFarm — Despite the Prairies receiving above-normal amounts of precipitation during February, the great majority of the region remained highly vulnerable to more dryness going into spring, according to the Canadian Drought Monitor. The monitor’s latest report showed those areas of the Prairies tackling extreme drought to have retracted somewhat. As of Feb. 28, that […] Read more
Columns

Don’t buy the story — buy the numbers

Becoming a successful public company is as daunting as becoming an NHL star

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Market action early in the new year is vindicating much of what I have written over the years, as numerous new concept and speculative stocks decline. This is normal market behaviour but has been devastating to many market participants, especially speculators who thought they were investors. Let’s look at the process of new company formation […] Read more
James and Joseph where proud to wear hand-drawn horse tee-shirts made by great-grandmother Thomas in Idaho.
Cattleman’s Corner, Columns

All the 2021 bales are now home

Eppich News: Some decent weather but then -40 C and a blizzard

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There were a few nice days in the middle of January. On Jan. 13, Gregory and I were able to get the last of the slough bales hauled home. We saved the closest for last as they were in the field that is southeast of the home quarter. I drove the tractor around while Gregory […] Read more
The shelf is anchored by a steel frame I welded. The angles were correct and the welds were solid and reasonably attractive — depending on who you ask.
Columns

Toban Dyck: A mile wide and an inch thick

It’s not a negative trait but it’s not the same as expertise

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I made a bedside shelf for Jamie. This event took place last year. I’m telling you about it — likely for the second time — because I was proud of it. It was a project that represented an attention to detail unprecedented for me. And it required patience. Also unprecedented. The conception of this project, […] Read more
Having crop inputs purchased or secured is especially important this year as the ag industry continues to face supply chain challenges.
Crops, Wheat & Chaff

‘Success is the residue of planning’

Q & A with an expert

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Q: What tips can you offer to help me build my crop plan? A: Winston Churchill once said, “He who fails to plan is planning to fail.” This is as true today as when Churchill first said it, and agriculture is no exception. With the 2022 growing season fast approaching, now is the time to […] Read more

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