I was reminded there may be other hay, straw and feed listing services available to farmers looking to buy or sell products this fall. Do a search and check them out on-line. Steve from the TownPost (launched in 2010) based in Barrhead, AB says their family-owned business offers free on-line classifieds to rural Albertans. Along with […] Read more
More hay and feed listing services
Trip to field to bale hay turns violent
Young Alberta farmers with tractor arrested by sheriffs
Every time I hear, read (or usually see the video) of what appears to be excessive police takedowns of people who apparently are posing some threat to society I really have to wonder about police training. I’m sure there are 100s of arrests daily that are easy and peaceful without either side of the issue […] Read more
Hay and so much more available on-line
Several websites help farmers connect with farmers and other suppliers
Western Canadian farmers and ranchers looking to buy or sale hay or almost anything else concerning beef production can tap into some new as well as established on-line listing services. Most of the websites help producers either buy or sell forages, but some sites offer much broader services too. And aside from forages etc at […] Read more
Food Day Canada, Saturday August 1 — eat something Canadian
Celebrate Canadian grown food and share the message
BY Lee Hart According to my bathroom scale unfortunately every day is Food Day in my life, but aside from that there is an even more important Food Day being observed this Saturday, August 1, 2020. It is the 10th anniversary of Food Day Canada with everyone being encouraged to celebrate and ‘Shine a Light […] Read more
Impressive nominees for environmental stewardship awards
Money invested in protecting environment is returning beef production dividends
By Lee Hart Four farms and ranches from across Canada have been nominated by their provincial beef organizations as contenders for The Environmental Stewardship Award (TESA) presented by the Canadian Cattleman’s Association (CCA) The four beef operations from Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta and British Columbia are all in the running for national TESA, which will be […] Read more
Canola expert will be missed
Memorial service will be held to celebrate Phil Thomas
Canada lost one of its leading experts on canola agronomy in mid-June with the sudden death of Phil Thomas, a retired but former long-time oilseed specialist with Alberta Agriculture in Lacombe, Alta. Thomas, who was known not only in Canada but in many parts of the world as Mr. Canola, literally wrote the book on […] Read more
Have you thought about fall arrest equipment for grain bins?
Bin Safe has earned several innovation awards
Last year at the 2019 Ag In Motion show I don’t know how many times I saw this poor farmer fall off the side of a grain bin, but he never hit the ground. He was equipped with fall arrest gear. I thought it was just a good visual reminder at the Meridian grain bin […] Read more
The show must go on(line)
Ag In Motion Discovery Plus will be as close to the real thing as possible
You may not physically be in Lanigan, Sask., July 21 to 25 this year, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still spend at least a few hours, if not a few days, next week checking out new products and new technology at the sixth annual Ag In Motion (AIM) farm show. In keeping with COVID-19 […] Read more
Ag in Motion Field of Excellence goes virtual
While some 30,000 farmers from across Western Canada won’t be converging on the Ag In Motion (AIM) farm show site near Lanigan, Sask., that doesn’t mean all is quiet on the 640-acre Discovery Farm site, which has hosted Western Canada’s largest outdoor farm show for the past six years. Discovery Farm is the name of […] Read more
Colossal payout doesn’t cast shadow on Roundup safety
Bayer looking to settle the glyphosate debate once and for all
It is probably wrong to describe anything that cost nearly $US11 billion as frivolous, but I have to think how much good could have been done in the world with the $11 billion Bayer paid to settle what in my view were essentially frivolous US-based class action law suits claiming that Roundup and other glyphosate-based […] Read more
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