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Ottawa has dithered on carbon trading

Canada doesn’t have a national climate change strategy and whether or not you believe in the climate change theories, the lack of a strategy is going to be bad for Canadian farmers. A Grain Industry Symposium is underway in Ottawa and one of the sessions yesterday...

Grab a pitchfork

Agriculture has changed dramatically over the years, but showing purebred cattle is the same hard work it’s always been. When Canadian Western Agribition got rolling back in the 70s, the work for purebred cattle exhibitors was much the same as it is now. Pitchforks,...

Fill out your SPG ballot

There are many organizations to which farmers pay levy dollars, but elections are relatively rare. The directors for commissions and boards are often acclaimed. This year, there is an election underway. Five candidates are running for three positions with Saskatchewan...

Comparing with the Aussies

Australian grain farmer Ross Johns was a speaker in Saskatoon on Wednesday night at an event sponsored by the Farm Leadership Council, APAS and the Canadian Association of Farm Advisors. While Australian grain production is similar to Canadian production in many ways,...

No pity for coyotes

The new $20 provincial bounty on coyotes has drawn some adverse reaction, but it isn’t contentious for people who are living with the explosion in the coyote population. Coyotes are all over the place. Farm cats have become an endangered species on some farms because...