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Jamie and I in Kamloops, B.C., moments after handing Bryon a certified cheque for the Tacoma.
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On trucks, ag policy and pilgrimages

Are some of the gaps in Canadian ag and policy so large and left alone so long they are being forgotten?

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Do you scroll through Kijiji like I do? It’s hard to say, I bet. You don’t know how often I open the app, nor the duration of each episode. Rest assured, I do this often and for varying amounts of time. But I can also rest assured knowing that you likely do this, too. Since […] Read more
The workstation, which has its own dimmable lights, outlets and a Smart TV, seemed excessive at first, but I have used it almost every day since I built it. If you Zoom with me, I’ll likely be sitting on that stool.
Columns

Toban Dyck: A wholesale rebrand of the farm workshop

I’ll quit before I get too close to the sun, but not a moment before that

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I’ve made changes to my workshop, again. If you’ll recall, I spent a large chunk of time at the workshop reorganization project, which I wrote about in excruciating detail last winter. Well. It has resumed. Before I proceed, I just want to thank those of you who took the time to write to me with […] Read more
What if the things we’ve been led to believe are outside of our control are within our control?
Columns

Toban Dyck: Free will and agriculture

I think we’re due for a self-imposed moment of reckoning

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When I was in my early twenties, I took a course called “Philosophy of Mind.” Don’t tell anyone, but I’m pretty sure I received a B+ on an essay that I never wrote in that class. I digress. In this course, we spent a lot of time talking about freedom. Specifically, free will. Does free […] Read more
Toban Dyck: What I love about farming
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Toban Dyck: What I love about farming

It’s not all about harvesting

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The small soybean field east of our yard was ready to harvest. Our combine, however, was not ready to harvest it. The conveyor hadn’t been hooked up and set up at the corresponding bin and there was other preparatory work required before we could start biting and chewing our way through our soybean acres. That […] Read more
'I remain staunchly devoted to the idea that agriculture policy in Canada could be a lot stronger.'
Columns

Toban Dyck: Some good news would be nice

I’m thankful for distractions

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It’s very difficult to unpack a growing season such as this one. In spring, there was again a question mark surrounding farmer access to inputs. Fertilizer was rumoured to be hard to get. Seed as well. These whispers filter through coffee shops, into newspapers and are sensationalized to an audience of consumers and farmers, who […] Read more
Columns

Toban Dyck: The bar between “lunacy” and “worth exploring” has lowered considerably

In the wake of COVID-19, few things remain sacred. In this case, it’s tillage

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The changes we’ve all been forced to endure have called my spring plans into question. The disruption that has been thrust upon us, leaving us to choose between adapting to an ever-changing political and social landscape, enduring it, stubbornly opposing it and everything in-between has seeped into my farming plans. I’m looking at this spring […] Read more
Columns

Toban Dyck: I may be too old to become a professional snowboarder

I’m young enough to explore opportunities and embrace change

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This August, Jamie and I will have been on this farm for nine years. This is registering with me as a significant amount of time. Also, in March of this year, I will celebrate my five-year anniversary at Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers. I say celebrate, but, if any of my coworkers are reading this, […] Read more
Toban Dyck: These changes are not judgments
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Toban Dyck: These changes are not judgments

They are natural evolutions of a farming operation

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I was nervous about the change. Change is never an easy thing, especially for me. I was raised in a Mennonite home and my last name, Dyck, is inextricably tied to the tradition. There is now a garbage dumpster on our farm, and we’ve already filled it once. The whole experience, though small, has been […] Read more
Toban Dyck: Systems for our farm
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Toban Dyck: Systems for our farm

I’m taking on the workshop, farmyard and waste management

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Of all things to steal my attention during this current lockdown period, conceiving of and implementing on-farm systems have begun ranking quite high. You could say I’ve become infatuated with this. Since my wife and I moved into the farm house and took over the maintenance and oversight of the farmyard and all of its […] Read more

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