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Concern about public concerns

Farmers don't generally trust urban views. This won't help us move forward

By Toban Dyck January 24, 2017

Recently I was elected president of the Stanley Agricultural Society. The nomination shocked me. The election results also shocked me. It was my first time being the subject of a vote. I sat there, looking around at Society members cast their ballots. My leg was jumping. My heart was pounding. I was sweating. I already […] Read more

Columns, Crops

Good stewardship vs. soil health

Will the temptations of higher profits push Toban Dyck into unhealthy rotations?

By Toban Dyck January 5, 2017

I’m going be insufferable. If you can handle that, read on. I’m going to theorize about things that make me sound like I’m trying to be old and wise. I’m neither. I just hear things. And I’m a green enough farmer that many things are new to me and they stick. The last of my […] Read more

Prairie dog standing next to its hole. These animals native to the grasslands of North America

Columns, Crops

Mystery of the missing acres

Gophers and cutworms joined forces on Toban Dyck's newly-broken land

By Toban Dyck September 22, 2016

Have you heard the one about that farmer who lost five acres of soybeans to gophers and cutworms? And then how those gophers refused to go away? It’s a doozy, and this story isn’t done. To bring you up to speed, here’s a quick briefing: I’m currently renting pastureland, and I began the process of […] Read more

Columns, Crops

Learning to make the tough calls

The right time to seed, and what can be done with all of these rocks?

By Toban Dyck July 5, 2016

I’d like to write about wheat. I’d like to write about how in labs across the world, people who know how to do such things are working on manipulating the crop to withstand Roundup. But I won’t. I want you to think about it, though. I’m not anti-GMO. I’m not anti-science. It’s not me, one […] Read more

My neighbour, Chris Unrau, took this from his drone. I’m harvesting my very first crop (soybeans) on the land I rented.

Columns, Crops

Settling in on the Manitoba farm

By year three, Toban and his wife are well on their way to feeling like real farmers

By Toban Dyck March 17, 2016

If you’re 32, and are thinking about moving to the farm, this column will change your life. Well, no, perhaps not, but it will give you some meat to chew on. Or, if you’re a farmer and a parent of someone who’s in his or her 30s, this column may offer you hope. I’m plagued […] Read more

Canada to boost Indonesia exports to diversify non-U.S. trade, says minister

U.S. livestock: Live cattle drop as beef prices, packer margins erode

CBOT Weekly: Soybean, wheat futures come down

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Canada to boost Indonesia exports to diversify non-U.S. trade, says minister

U.S. livestock: Live cattle drop as beef prices, packer margins erode

CBOT Weekly: Soybean, wheat futures come down

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Concern about public concerns

Good stewardship vs. soil health

Mystery of the missing acres

Learning to make the tough calls

Settling in on the Manitoba farm

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