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Buying land not an option for most new farmers

May. 7, 2021 at 4:43 pm CDT

Blake Hall used to joke that he was about as close to being a nomadic herdsman as a person could be in the 21st century. “All I owned was the cattle,” the Forshee-area rancher said with a laugh. “In the beginning, we moved between five farms in five years, which […]

Autonomous tractor captures imagination

Mar. 19, 2021 at 9:57 am CDT

By Robin Booker

Farming North of 60

Mar. 12, 2021 at 10:12 am CST

By Madeleine Baerg

The Silicon Valley of plant-based protein

Feb. 26, 2021 at 9:25 am CST

By D.C. Fraser

Farmland rentals in Western Canada increasing

Feb. 19, 2021 at 9:44 am CST

By Richard Kamchen

Couple find love, learning at Lakeland College

Feb. 12, 2021 at 9:23 am CST

Corey Bloder and Maxi Biederstadt not only credit Lakeland College in Vermilion, Alta., as the place where their romance blossomed, but also the place of incredible learning and networking. Bloder grew up on a mixed farm near Unity, Sask., with a focus on Simmental cattle. Biederstadt came from Edmonton and […]

By Kelly Sidoryk

Foray into ag opened opportunities unknown

Jan. 8, 2021 at 10:02 am CST

As she approached university, Erin Armstrong thought agriculture had very little to do with her. “I’m not a farmer,” she told a farming friend who encouraged her to study agriculture. She said something similar to a biology teacher who said the field might have a place for her — a […]

By Geralyn Wichers

Where marketing meets agronomy

Dec. 30, 2020 at 8:40 am CST

It has taken social media by storm, as well as all manner of other discussions about food and how we produce it. But, really, what is regenerative agriculture, and why has it become such a focal point? Skeptics may dismiss it as just another fad, something manufacturers and processors are […]

By Ralph Pearce

Alberta plastics plant gives old grain bags new purpose

Dec. 11, 2020 at 8:53 am CST

A new agricultural plastics recycling plant will give new life to old grain bags. The PolyAg Recycling plant opened earlier this year, but because of COVID-19 has only begun recycling plastic grain bags into resin pellets full time. By the end of the month, the owners expect the plant to […]

By Mary MacArthur

Fewer, bigger farms bad for farmers, Canada: policy paper

Dec. 4, 2020 at 9:18 am CST

The number of Manitoba farms peaked in 1941 and ever since they’ve been getting bigger in size and fewer in number — a trend that shows no signs of stopping. Some call that progress, others preposterous. Darrin Qualman is among the latter. The National Farmers Union’s (NFU) director of Climate […]

By Allan Dawson

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