Farm Living
Breeding success for 100 years

Breeding success for 100 years

ARCOLA, Sask. — Satisfied customers create repeat sales for Blair Athol Polled Herefords in southeastern Saskatchewan. “That’s probably been the key to our success because our cattle have worked for people. I think that’s why we’re doing better all the time, because the cattle work,” said Duncan Lees. Duncan and his wife, Val, along with their sons, Jeff and Jarrett, keep about 150 purebred Herefords on 14 quarters of land in southeastern Saskatchewan. Customers hail from Ontario to British Columbia and into the United States. “Most of our...MORE

Scientists try to pin down prairie water supply

Scientists try to pin down prairie water supply

Mountain snow packs are natural reservoirs, holding back winter precipitation and releasing it over summer when water demand is...MORE
Food producers urged to share information with consumers

Food producers urged to share information with consumers

Rosetown, Sask., has locally grown carrots available almost all year at the grocery store. I am still enjoying carrots that look...MORE

Talk to neighbour before pruning tree

A long-time Western Producer reader, well known within the agricultural community, recently telephoned me and...MORE

Help son find personal interests and make learning fun

Q: Our son in Grade 7 has no study habits. We have been trying to get him to understand that to get the...MORE

Diners drink in scenery, enjoy local food

Peter Murphy lives near one of the best kept tourist secrets in Alberta. The deep red hoodoos and eroded...MORE
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