There’s Farming in this issue.
Of course, there’s farming in every issue, but we’re talking about
farming with a capital F.
As announced a few weeks ago, Farming magazine will be incorporated
into The Western Producer and this is the first issue featuring the new
combination.
Farming (with a capital F) content starts on page 91, where you’ll see
we’ve tried to preserve the look along with the quality of the
magazine.
You’ll continue to see Farming in the first issue of the month, 10
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times a year. The June-July and the November-December instalments of
Farming will be combined, as they were when the magazine was delivered
as an insert to the Producer.
As issues progress, you’ll find the Farming news package will be
entirely written by editor Bill Strautman and assistant editor Ron
Lyseng. They’re the masterminds behind Farming content, and reader
response indicates they’re successful at finding and writing about the
more technical aspects of farm production.
This week they’re talking about wheat leaf diseases and global
positioning, among other things. Next month Strautman says they’re
planning material on spraying decisions for pulse crop diseases, mixing
micronutrients with herbicides on chickpeas and homemade grain carts
using old combines. They aim for a mix of the technical and the
practical.
Take note of Bill and Ron’s phone numbers and e-mail addresses on page
95 so you can provide ideas and comments.
Now, you might think it would be a simple matter to put an extra eight
or 12 pages into the newspaper to accommodate a new section, but like
so many things in life, it’s a bit more complicated than it appears.
You might equate it to urbanites who glibly suggest that farmers “just
plant something else” as a solution to low cereal grain prices –
oblivious to cost, crop rotation, agronomics, equipment and climate
considerations.
Similarly, you can’t plop an entire magazine into the paper and expect
the other sections to stay in place and the colour to appear exactly
where it’s needed. The press just doesn’t work that way.
That’s why you’ll find the Farm Living section in a different spot this
week. It starts on page 84 and moves from its usual spot at the back of
the paper. You might have to look around a bit for the Farm Living
section in the first issue of each month, but the index on page 2 will
provide quick directions.
