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Farm building code updates will drive insurance increases

Added costs such as fire separation areas and bracing affect replacement value

By Stew Slater March 9, 2025

Glacier FarmMedia — An unintended consequence of planned upgrades to Canada’s National Farm Building Code (NFBC) may be higher farm insurance rates. That’s because, regardless of how the insured structure is built, if destroyed it will have to be rebuilt to the new and more complex code. An Ontario member of the Canadian Farm Building […] Read more

Used utility poles and damaged grain bins provided  materials for this calving shelter.

Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Thinking outside the bin

Telephone poles and damaged grain bins turned into sturdy calf shelter

By Heather Eppich May 27, 2019

Due to the ever-increasing prices of building materials, we try to always keep our eyes and our minds open to anything that can be repurposed. Our small herd of cows is growing and as it grows, we have to keep our facilities growing as well. One thing we encountered this year, thanks to the lingering […] Read more

Most grain bin entrapment accidents occur due to out-of-condition stored grain.

Crops, Features

Bin safety starts with grain quality

Farm Safety: Train yourself and your farm employees to avoid tragic grain bin accidents

By Melanie Epp January 22, 2016

Every year we hear tragic stories of deaths associated with grain bin entrapments. Despite continued efforts, the accidents keep happening. While it’s always good practice to remind farm staff of grain bin safety protocols, injuries and deaths could be dramatically reduced simply by eliminating their number one cause: storing out-of-condition grain. “Virtually all entrapment events […] Read more

Columns

The story of the Riskan Hope barn

By Lisa Guenther November 2, 2015

If you’ve driven north on Highway 11, from Regina to Saskatoon, you’ve seen Riskan Hope Farm. The farm name is spelled out on a big red barn between Craik and Aylesbury. I see it at least twice a year, on my drives home from Canada’s Farm Progress Show and Canadian Western Agribition. It’s a milestone […] Read more

Features, News

Integrity Post Structures

These new Perma-Columns raised the roof at the Agri-Trade Equipment Expo

By Michael Flood March 24, 2015

Every year the Agri-Trade Equipment Expo holds an exhibition of new and innovative ideas in farm equipment and supplies. They also recognize key innovators in the field with their Ag Innovations Awards, selected by a committee of independent local producers. Among this years’ winners was Okotoks, Alberta’s own Integrity Post Structures, in recognition for their […] Read more

U.S. grains: Corn rebounds from contract lows on short covering, bargain buying

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures come down from highs

Entomologist tests trap crops and marigolds to repel flea beetles at an Ag in Motion

GFM Network News

U.S. grains: Corn rebounds from contract lows on short covering, bargain buying

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures come down from highs

Entomologist tests trap crops and marigolds to repel flea beetles at an Ag in Motion

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Farm building code updates will drive insurance increases

Thinking outside the bin

Bin safety starts with grain quality

The story of the Riskan Hope barn

Integrity Post Structures

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