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Most highway trucks built in the U. S. from 2010 onward will use urea to control emissions. Extremely tight Tier 4 emissions standards in the U. S. have forced engine makers to think of bold new ways to achieve 90 per cent nitrous oxide reduction from Tier 3 standards. The leading technique is to spray […] Read more

One of the key issues of conflict in multi-generational farm families is the farm house, the Grand Central Station of many farm operations. I have seen many different scenarios around this issue and have some tips on getting ready to move. WHY IS LETTING GO SO HARD? The reason that many 60-something folks can’t move […] Read more

ON THE EDGE OF COMMON SENSE I came across a neighbour who was working in his shop. His real name was Herbert, but we all just called him Pop. He has gotten hard of hearing, which can happen growing old. I guess the roar of table saws and planers took their toll. One afternoon last […] Read more

This issue that erupted in August 2008 with the discovery of some cold packaged meat products containing listeriosis could have been marred or made ugly by all kinds of denial, and “no comment” comments. But right from the get-go you could tell this was a company that wanted to accept responsibility, first of all to […] Read more

The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) is hopeful the new federal export market-access secretariat and other initiatives will significantly increase trade over the next few years. CCA President Brad Wildeman says, creating the new market-access secretariat to work full-time on aggressively and strategically pursuing international markets could add $100 per head to the value of a […] Read more

A Canadian pork industry innovator was recognized for his efforts to improve water conservation and reduce emissions from hog farms at the 2009 Banff Pork Seminar, The F. X. Aherne Prize for Innovative Pork Production was presented to Ross Thurston of LWR Technologies, Inc. in Calgary, Alberta for his Swinewater livestock manure treatment system. The […] Read more

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