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Reporter’s Notebook: Communications confusion

People with different backgrounds, knowledge and attitudes see the world differently

By Lisa Guenther December 20, 2016

A couple of years ago I took a few days to work on some fiction at Spring Valley Guest Ranch, a bed and breakfast a short ways from Ravenscrag, Saskatchewan. The B&B, run by Jim Saville, sits in a valley. It’s quite idyllic, as long as you like the Prairies (which I do). Jim even […] Read more

Cattleman’s Corner

Good ranch story, makes a great gift

By Lee Hart December 20, 2016

If you’re looking for a stocking stuffer or any-season gift for someone who enjoys stories about real ranch life, Grainews columnist Heather Smith Thomas is a long time published author with several books to her credit. Here are three titles that so aptly capture the experiences of raising cattle, horses and other critters. Horse Tales: […] Read more

Crops

Duration limit lifted from foreign worker program

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News December 20, 2016

Canadian farm groups are among the sectors hailing Ottawa’s decision to axe the cumulative duration rule, or “four-in, four-out” policy, which stood to sideline temporary foreign workers from the Canadian market. The federal government announced last Tuesday (Dec. 13) it would lift the restriction, effective immediately. The cumulative duration rule had been in place in […] Read more

Wheat & Chaff

Back to Ag Program: a farm success story

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association December 19, 2016

The Back to Ag Program is a funding project focused on supporting the cost of adaptive technology for farmers that have experienced a traumatic injury. The Back to Ag Program is the result of a partnership between the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association, Farm Credit Canada and the Rick Hansen Foundation. Barry Cloutier, a farmer from […] Read more

A heifer calf leaves the squeeze with flair after being tagged and vaccinated.

Features, Livestock

Antimicrobial myths and facts

Drug-resistant bacteria a “wicked problem.” Get to know the facts on this file

By Lisa Guenther December 16, 2016

Antimicrobial resistance is a “wicked problem,” says Dr. John Campbell, requiring cooperation from many stakeholders. The livestock industry’s contribution to antimicrobial resistance is hard to pin down, but hospitals and care centres for seniors are a much more common source of resistance, Campbell said during the Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation conference in Saskatoon in October. […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters, Weather

Polar vortex redux? U.S. forecasters say it could hit next week

By GFM Network News December 8, 2016

Chicago | Reuters –– Forecasters are sending chills down some spines with a prediction that much of the northern half of the U.S. could see frigid weather next week similar to life-threatening lows the polar vortex brought to parts of the country in 2014. Anticipation of a freezing blast began to build this week when […] Read more

On display during Canada's Farm Progress Show, Diamond Industries of B.C. showed one of their standard, 10-foot workbenches and wall shelving units.

Machinery

Ready-to-install workbenches

Canadian firm offers standard or customized workshop benches and shelves

By Scott Garvey December 7, 2016

It goes without saying, every farm workshop needs a good workbench with lots of counter space to mount vices and work on repairs. You could spend several days building a customized bench and storage shelves to fit a shop and save a few bucks. That’s a great option if you have the time, tools and […] Read more

Operating on their own, autonomous tractors are getting set to take the ag equipment market by storm.

Machinery, News

Rise of the ag-robots

Two major brands will soon be ready to introduce autonomous tractors

By Scott Garvey December 6, 2016

The sight of Case IH’s 400-horsepower robotic Magnum tractor built without an operator’s station at the U.S. Farm Progress Show in August had show goers talking — and talking, and talking. There was a virtual non-stop crowd of onlookers around it from the time the show gates in Boone, Iowa, opened in the morning until […] Read more

Columns

Farm Financial Planner: Switching up a succession plan

When children change their minds, parents revise their farm succession plans

By Andrew Allentuck December 5, 2016

Central Manitoba farmers Lloyd, 59, and his wife Ellie, 58, have been running their grain farm for four decades. With 1,920 acres of land they own personally and 960 acres in their farming corporation and reasonably up to date machinery owned by the corporation, they face the common problem of generational succession. They have two […] Read more

Choose a good cut of beef such as tenderloin or flat iron steak (see recipe further down).

Farm Life, FarmLife

Well done, medium, rare or… raw?

Prairie Palate: Steak Carpaccio

By Amy Jo Ehman December 2, 2016

My friend Joanne said she would not eat raw lamb, and that was fine with me. So while everyone else at the table made adventurous forays to try the lamb, she watched bemused. When they liked it, she looked puzzled. And when the bowl was almost empty, she finally picked up a piece of pita […] Read more

U.S. criticizes Mexico’s handling of screwworm near border

U.S. grains: Soybean futures edge up as Argentina ends export tax waiver

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract high, herd falls short of estimates

GFM Network News