Bob Stevens, 94, and Norm Stevens, 84, of Fiske, Sask., work together to harvest Norm’s wheat crop.
Farm Living
Pursuing perfection is to pursue an impossible dream
Q:My husband thinks that I have an obsessive-compulsive disorder. I think that I am a perfectionist. My teenage kids call me a nag. No matter how you spell it, it adds up to a lot of unnecessary tension in our household, and I seem to be the focal point through which that tension is being […] Read more
Throne speech commits to rural broadband
Canada’s minority Liberal government is promising job creation, better rural internet access and a commitment to combating climate change in its newly revealed legislative plans. In an ambitious Sept. 23 throne speech, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s party committed itself to implementing universal child care and extending or enhancing many of the economic measures put in […] Read more
Ottawa supports provincial trespass legislation
The federal government is not looking at ways to boost trespassing legislation being passed in some provinces, according to federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau. Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta have taken steps to bolster protections for livestock and other producers against trespassers and activists, and Manitoba is carrying out a public consultation on the matter. Bibeau […] Read more
Rediscovering home baking revives timeless traditions
Summer has gone by so quickly. Farmers are in the fields, kids are at school in some form or another, and commerce is slowly making a comeback. Throughout these uncertain times, the one thing that has remained constant is the daily job of nourishing ourselves with food. The change, however, is that we have gone […] Read more
Remote dairy farm grasps retail opportunities
On the Farm: Kootenay Meadows in the southern British Columbia interior finds markets for its cheese and bottled milk
CRESTON, B.C. — These dairy cows have it good. They graze on fresh organic grass every 12 hours. They are sheltered from blustery winds by a towering mountain range. They are milked on their own schedule. They don’t stand on concrete. And as newborn calves, they stay with their mothers for an extended period of […] Read more
Desire for control occurs when negotiation is abandoned
Q: I would like to hear what your understanding of a great marriage might be. The other night my fiancé and I were talking about what we might expect from each other when we are married. What he said made me a bit nervous. He thinks that I should let him know where I am […] Read more
High school rodeo
Photo essay | The first Alberta High School Rodeo Association junior event of the 2020-21 season was held in Nanton, Alta., earlier this month. | Mike Sturk photos
The first Alberta High School Rodeo Association junior event of the 2020-21 season was held in Nanton, Alta., earlier this month. | Mike Sturk photos
Threshermen’s Reunion focuses on Cockshutt
The annual festival in Manitoba had to be cancelled this year due to COVID restrictions but has now set its sights on 2021
AUSTIN, Man. — Cancelling the 2020 Manitoba Threshermen’s Reunion was heartbreaking. “We struggled with that,” said Gerry Currie, chair of the annual festival of old-time harvesting and farm machinery. But work is underway to make the 2021 event better than ever, he said. Next summer will see the first gathering in Western Canada of the […] Read more
Sask. producer finds a different way to farm
Stuart Chutter raises livestock using low input and grass-based methods and also follows regenerative farming practices
Editor’s note: This story was updated Sept. 22, 2020 Stuart Chutter is challenging typical farmer stereotypes on his operation near Killaly in east-central Saskatchewan. Growing up on a cattle ranch in British Columbia, followed by a brief stint in commercial banking, Chutter decided to return to his farm roots by buying 350 meat goats in […] Read more
