Members of the Parkland Hutterite colony are harvesting the bounty of their vegetable crops. From garlic and cucumbers to corn, they store and sell their garden produce. | Mike Sturk photos
Farm Living
Man. tightens COVID restrictions in Brandon
The Manitoba government is taking steps to control the COVID-19 outbreak in Brandon. The province has increased the risk level in the Prairie Mountain Health Region, which includes the city of Brandon. The risk is now designated as orange, or restricted, the second highest response level in Manitoba With the “restricted” designation, public gatherings will […] Read more
B.C. ranchers awarded 2020 environmental stewardship honour
Ricky and Chad Seelhof of Woodjam Ranch near Horsefly, B.C., are the 2020 winners of the Environmental Stewardship Award presented annually at the Canadian Beef Industry Conference. They were selected from among four provincial winners across Canada. The Seelhofs have a 500-head, cow-calf operation on a 2,100-acre ranch, with access to another 80,000 acres of […] Read more
Hockeyville loss has silver lining for Pense
The winner of this year’s Kraft Hockeyville competition was announced over the weekend, and unfortunately the Sask. town of Pense’s shot missed the net, so to speak. However, Saskatchewan-born former Dragon, and philanthropist W. Brett Wilson has picked up the rebound and the town of Pense appears set to score after all. In a tweet […] Read more
Open the barn doors and let them in
About 80 farms in Alberta plan to open their doors to visitors Aug. 15-16 as part of the annual Open Farm Days event in the province that has been held since 2013. It will be a bit different from previous years due to space and crowd size limitations imposed by the pandemic and visitors must […] Read more
Women encouraged to seek seats in provincial, municipal elections
The lack of female rural candidates running in provincial and municipal elections this fall is raising concern in some quarters. Equal Voice, a non-profit organization that focuses on gender parity, said women make up 26 percent of MLAs in the Saskatchewan legislature, 23 percent of rural ridings are represented by women and only 13 percent […] Read more
Oats become healthy answer for family farm
ABERNETHY, Sask. — Harvesting wheat always presented a problem for Scott and Teri Ruecker. Their two children, Paige, now 18, and Luke, 15, would get sick each fall. And Luke wasn’t growing like a six-year-old should. They sought out medical advice but no one was able to pinpoint the problem. Finally, with no pediatric gastroenterologist […] Read more
Mom’s requests for help can be handled by others besides you
Q: I want to talk to you about my mom. Mom is a bright lady, not all that old, and capable of being on her own. She seems to love her little house and she has a good set of neighbours who drop in on each other and keep tabs both on who might need […] Read more
Mouth-watering recipes use fresh, local ingredients
Can it be said often enough that we are living in strange times? I waited in a bread line this week. An actual line to buy bread. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine this scenario. My local bakery, in an effort to maintain physical distancing in their store, has a two-customer limit so […] Read more
CASA, Corteva take steps to make farm families safer
Harvest season is just around the corner and a new grain crop will soon be going into storage. Harvest is always exciting, but it’s also a time when the risk of farm injuries is heightened. The risk of grain entrapment should never be underestimated, said Rob Gobeil, an agricultural health and safety specialist at the […] Read more
