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Cattleman’s Corner, Columns, Rancher’s Diary

It’s been a wonderful visit

For years we've shared our lives with Grainews readers and they've done the same with us

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This will be my final Rancher’s Diary column. I was recently informed that with the current business changes at Grainews, my column will no longer be published, but I was graciously given the chance to say goodbye to my readers — many of whom have become personal friends over the years. I first became aware […] Read more
Lee plans on taking a few more of these whenever and wherever he likes after Oct. 20, 2022.
Editor's column, Wheat & Chaff

Editor’s Column: Winds of change

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There is a lot happening at Grainews this fall. Change can feel uncomfortable, but it can also feel exhilarating. I am feeling both at the moment, but the balance is tipped toward the latter at the time of writing. There is exciting stuff happening at Grainews, new stuff. I imagine it’s a similar feeling to […] Read more
I’m hoping the Fast family of Rosthern, Sask. will be back in the concession area.
Columns

Ball cap is icing on the Ag In Motion cake

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The Ag In Motion farm show is a chance to see crops growing, machinery moving, and Lee Hart in person

If you are anything like me, who can sleep these days it being so close to the start of the 2017 Ag In Motion farm show near Saskatoon? You’ll probably just be getting this Grainews issue as the show is about to start on July 18, but if you see this and make it to […] Read more
This picture of me in my office last month is a little more current, and the computer is a little more modern than in the photo below.
Columns, Crops

40 years of writing for Grainews

Les Henry reflects on his 40 year tenure in the pages of Grainews

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It is hard to imagine that 40 years have slipped by since I scribbled my first piece for Grainews in 1976. It was “Nitrogen: When, what kind and how much to apply.” Today we would call it the 3 Rs: Right time, right source and right rate. The 4th R, right placement, was yet to […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

Farm Business Communications in online award running

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The online arm of Winnipeg ag journal publisher Farm Business Communications (FBC) is representing at this fall’s Canadian Online Publishing Awards (COPAs). The COPAs, to be presented Nov. 7 in Toronto, are a juried competition to promote and support Canada’s digital publishing industry, and are operated by Mississauga-based publishing sector magazine Masthead. Finalists for the […] Read more
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Machinery

Highlights from the U.S. Farm Progress Show

Grainews went to Iowa to see what was on display at the Midwest's largest outdoor ag show

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Each year the U.S. Farm Progress Show attracts tens of thousands of visitors. It’s the premier outdoor ag event in the Midwest, and it alternates between show sites at Decatur, Illinois, and Boone, Iowa. This year’s event was in Boone, and despite the downturn in the ag equipment market, it was clear manufacturers haven’t cut […] Read more

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