What Does Such A Warm Winter Mean For Farmers?
Everybody knows that agriculture heavily relies on the weather. A single storm can change an entire growing season. A drought can be devastating. But we rarely see such extremes. While…
Category: Winter is Awesome
We may complain about it sometimes, but winter is truly a magnificent time of year. See what it’s like to experience true cold in these posts.
Forecasting More Than Just The Weather
One of the most important – and most difficult – jobs farmers work at during the colder months is forecasting.
Christmas Holidays on the Farm
One reality about farming is that the work is never really done. Even in the dead of winter, with glistening fields of glowing white as far as the eye can…
What Do Farmers Do After Harvest?
The end of harvest may bring a huge sigh of relief, but it doesn’t mean that the work is over.
Is Winter’s Grip Finally Breaking?
It was in early November that winter settled in. The days slowly turned colder and shorter, and the ground rather suddenly turned white with fresh-fallen snow. Fieldwork had been stopped,…
Do Farmers Actually Work During The Winter?
There has been, and continues to be, a long-standing stereotype about what grain farmers do for the winter months. I think it can be summed up as “not a whole…
Grain Bags in January – What Could Be More Fun?
January. The first true month of winter, a time to see the spectacular views of lovely, snow covered streets and roads; a time to enjoy a hot chocolate on a…
The Wonder of Winter on the Prairies
We knew it was coming. As harvest draws to a close in the Prairies and the sounds of flocking geese fill the air, the days grow shorter and the nights…