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Coping with stress

Whether it’s from calving season or exam time — here’s some tips 

By Debbie Chikousky February 4, 2015

If there is one word that can strike terror into the hearts of people it is exams. Like any other stressful event in life, if a person takes some time for preparation they really aren’t all that bad. It is a matter of being able to meet the physical, mental and emotional challenge of the […] Read more

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Alcohol abuse on the farm

What needs to change in the addiction department on your farm in 2015?

By Elaine Froese February 4, 2015

How does one start to convey the sadness sown by a life of addiction? For transparency, let’s get a few things on the table before going too far. I grew up in a farm family where my parents worked very hard, long hours, and some would say were “workaholics.” My sister died at age 23 […] Read more

book entitled, Out of Old Saskatchewan Kitchens

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Saskatchewan kitchens of the past

A review of Out of Old Saskatchewan Kitchens by Amy Jo Ehman

By Merle Massie January 14, 2015

One year for Christmas, my grandma tucked under the tree one of my most memorable presents. Wrapped in a clear plastic bag — topped with a festive ribbon — was a pile of books. Well into her 80s and living with us, she gifted me with her cookbook collection. After all, she said, I had […] Read more

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What do you value for the new year?

Are you looking forward to 2015 or are you highly frustrated?

By Elaine Froese January 9, 2015

Lance Woodbury is author of The Enduring Legacy: Essential Family Business Values, a wonderful little book of business value validation. My consulting friend Dick Wittman gives a copy to each farm family he works with. I’ve outlined the list of values that Woodbury writes about, and added my own thoughts. You can get his book […] Read more

Does your home or office have a Sansevieria plant? Gently touching its stiff, thick leaves with thumb and fingers for a couple of minutes often brings calmness to mind and body. Follow up with a cup of decaffeinated stress-relieving green tea, known to contain calming agents.

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Is stress getting you down? Here’s some ways to unwind

By Ted Meseyton December 31, 2014

Are today’s fast-paced lifestyles and pressures on the job leaving a lot of folks feeling anxious, nervous, worried, lacking energy and perhaps even difficulty at falling asleep? Listening to radio news, watching it on TV and reading the news in print are further daily reminders we live in a stress-filled, perplexed world and trying times. […] Read more

Mentors are in our lives for a time and a season; at some stage such a relationship should become one in which each person "co-mentors" the other.

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Being a compassionate farm mentor

By Elaine Froese December 29, 2014

Things on our farm are changing again — an employee moving on. In Stephen Poulter’s book The Father Factor, he talks about the fathering style of a “compassionate mentor.” This is a great style for farm founders to embrace over the winter months as they train the next generation for success. Smart farm dads and […] Read more

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Dealing with retiring farmers

Be sensitive with aging landowners, many will have a hard time letting go

By Elaine Froese December 4, 2014

I am extremely grateful for the three neighbours who showed up with three extra combines to harvest on the last sunny Saturday of September. It really made a huge difference in reducing the stress on our farm. When I relayed this story to an easterner he said, “Wow, they still do that out there? Neighbours […] Read more

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Who gets to make the ultimate decision on this farm?

Here’s some helpful overview questions to aid the decision-making process

By Elaine Froese November 18, 2014

One of speaker Norm Rubin’s universal laws of life goes like this: “Make everyone a stakeholder. Involve everyone on your team in your farm; ask for their input and opinions. Recognize that all those involved in your business will build your business. When you make everyone in your network a stakeholder, whether they have a financial […] Read more

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All about tomatoes

Plus, Movember moustache month, and a carrot cough remedy

By Ted Meseyton November 14, 2014

Don’t know whether Theresa Tanguay from Austin, Manitoba impressed the neighbours, but she sure impressed the Singing Gardener. Even her husband Armand Tanguay commented, “one slice of that tomato fills a sandwich and easily covers a slice of bread.” Armand’s the sheep farmer in the family and during 47 years of happy marriage he still […] Read more

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All-natural meat producer ahead of the times

Pine View Farms beef, pork, poultry, lamb, specialty meats and eggs are prized by Saskatoon chefs

By Christalee Froese October 17, 2014

They were “all natural” before “all natural” was cool. Kevin and Melanie Boldt have been giving conscientious meat consumers locally and naturally raised meat options for almost two decades. The Osler, Saskatchewan farmers have made a conscious commitment to ethically raise pasture-grazed and vegetarian-fed animals in a stress-free environment that does not include the use […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

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U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

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Coping with stress

Alcohol abuse on the farm

Saskatchewan kitchens of the past

What do you value for the new year?

Is stress getting you down? Here’s some ways to unwind

Being a compassionate farm mentor

Dealing with retiring farmers

Who gets to make the ultimate decision on this farm?

All about tomatoes

All-natural meat producer ahead of the times

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