Does Agriculture Have a Looming Labour Crisis?
I’ve always been a farmer. I grew up steps away from where I live now, near the village of Fillmore in southeastern Saskatchewan. My grandparents acquired a 640-acre property in…
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Farm to Fork is a Colossal Catastrophe
Farm to Fork is not something to emulate or admire. When I was young, agriculture was not a common news story. The times that ag was mentioned in the news…
For the Love of Farming
In farming, you never know what might come about tomorrow. It’s different, every day. Today, I could be a trucker, tomorrow I can be a CFO, and the next a mechanic.
A Food Crisis
Farmers benefit from the troubles of others. This is one of the often-uncomfortable truths in farming. In a world market, where some countries buy grain and others sell it, we…
Being Grateful in a World of Fear
As Christmas 2021 rapidly approaches, it seems far easier to wallow in the bad than in the good. So many things seem to be wrong with this world, with no end in sight. But, if you really think about it, I bet you can find at least one thing in your day to be grateful for. And the world has never been a better place to live in, by almost every measure.
A Video Montage of Our 2020 Growing Season
While I don’t make one of these every year, I do love putting together these drone and photo montages of the growing season. Check it out below! Thanks to my…
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…
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…