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Columns, Editor's column, Equipment

Editor’s Rant: All hail Skynet

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Well, folks, my longtime colleague Lee Hart has done something even more impressive than usual over on page 14. Over the years I’ve read articles and columns in this paper that have left me concerned for farmers, concerned for their crops and livestock, concerned for my RRSPs and concerned for the economy, but his article […] Read more
How does your farm stack up?
Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

How does your farm stack up?

Canfax research project provides the industry with benchmark figures

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Larger beef operations running smaller-framed mature cows tend to be the most profitable combination, according to cost of production (COP) information collected by Canfax Research Services. That’s not an absolute statement. COP information from producers across the country over the past couple of years shows that some smaller operators with various-sized animals can be profitable […] Read more
Time for the ‘Big R’ has come
Columns, Hart Attacks, News

Time for the ‘Big R’ has come

About 10,000 interviews and 45 billion words later there’s nothing left to say — almost

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By about this time next week — October 20 to be exact — I will be retired. After about 50 years of writing and editing and rarely missing a deadline, October 20 is my last day of full-time employment. October 20 is my birthday. I will be turning 71 (where the heck did that number […] 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
Hart Attacks: What happened to the “reality check”?
Columns, Hart Attacks

Hart Attacks: What happened to the “reality check”?

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Increasingly I am getting the message that the world is running from reality. Maybe it’s been happening for a half million years or so of evolution, but it seems just about every day someone is excited about something artificial being better than “real.” Take food for example. Meat and potatoes (with vegetables in season) kept […] Read more
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Crops, Features

Winter wheats get better and better

New winter wheats improve on yield, disease and quality; some with specialty appeal

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Several promising new lines of milling winter wheat are coming along for cereal crop producers across Western Canada over the next couple of years, says an Agriculture Canada winter wheat breeder. Rob Graf, based at the Lethbridge Research Centre says producers in all parts of the prairies should be watching for a new line called […] 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

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