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Posted on January 30, 2021January 27, 2021

Why Are Farms Getting So BIG?

Hint – it’s not because they’re greedy “factory farms”. The farm I’m involved with got its start many decades ago. My grandparents started farming in another area after marrying, where…

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Posted on July 1, 2014January 28, 2015

One Storm Can Change Everything… Part 2

Devastation. That is what southeast Saskatchewan and southwest Manitoba is experiencing right now. A torrential downpour that lasted nearly 4 days has finally ended, and now it is time to…

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Posted on May 1, 2014December 21, 2020

A Year In The Life Of A Farmer

For many years, I wondered how agriculture could get its message out to the public about what exactly it is that we do. Why do we spray pesticides? Why do…

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Posted on March 5, 2014January 28, 2015

Is The Customer Always Right?

There is a growing number of consumers that are uncomfortable with current agricultural practices. Use of genetic modification, concerns over animal welfare, and the perceived disappearance of family farms is…

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Posted on February 13, 2014January 28, 2015

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…

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Posted on January 5, 2014January 28, 2015

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…

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Posted on November 4, 2013January 28, 2015

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…

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Posted on October 24, 2013January 28, 2015

Why I Write

Why does anybody write? Is it some compulsion to make oneself heard? To leave something behind? We all want the world to remember us when we leave it. A page,…

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