YORKTON, Sask. — The best advertising for the Garlic Garden comes from its customers. Darrel and Anna Schaab operate the five-acre plot of garlic near Yorkton, mainly for direct-to-consumer sales at weekly farmers markets in Saskatoon and Regina. Such sales eliminate the middleman and get them closer to end users, said Anna. For her, that’s […] Read more
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Desserts with savoury twist tease the taste buds
Savoury flavours in desserts are not a new fad. The Europeans traditionally serve a cheese course at the end of a meal. Aged Parmesan with a good quality balsamic is delightful. Prosciutto- wrapped melon slices are often an appetizer but there is no reason they could not be a dessert. The addition of savoury flavours […] Read more
Take extra care on highways
With harvest well underway across most of Western Canada, provincial authorities are urging caution on public roads and highways. “Harvest is a busy and important time for the agriculture community,” said Saskatchewan Highways and Infrastructure Minister David Marit. “We want to keep Saskatchewan’s roadways safe for everyone, and remind motorists to watch for slower […] Read more
Fruit breeders making it easy to pick from the tree
Biting into a shapely petite red Norland apple, newly picked from my tree and still warm from the sunshine, would not have been possible a century ago. Tree fruits then were too tender for the western Canadian climate, but thanks to the Morden Manitoba Research Centre, the horticulture department at the University of Saskatchewan and […] Read more
Needing to be perfect
Q: I am a perfectionist. I used to think that was a good thing and I was proud of my perfectionism. It seemed to me that people who are more successful set high expectations for themselves and that is what I thought perfectionism was. Lately my wife has been on my case. She says that […] Read more
Four jobs for every ag grad: university
It’s a great time to be an agriculture student. Maybe the best time ever. Students at the University of Guelph’s Ontario Agricultural College should have no trouble finding a job because there are four jobs in Ontario for every OAC graduate. “It’s great news for students entering and coming out of the programs because of […] Read more
Rest and relaxation critical to injury-free harvest
Fatigue, lack of familiarity with equipment and cutting corners to save a few minutes can result in a lifetime of regret
Every harvest season on the Prairies is memorable for one reason or another. Last year’s harvest will likely be remembered for the unwelcome rain and snow, the mud, the ruts and the millions of unharvested acres. Fingers crossed, the 2017 harvest might be remembered as a line-to-line event — a harvest season that went from […] Read more
CGC report looks at quality of spring harvested canola
Western Canadian canola growers who were unable to harvest their crops before winter last year now have a more accurate picture of how their spring harvested acres fared in terms of quality and grade. According to the Canadian Grain Commission, western Canadian growers planted nearly 20.3 million acres of canola in 2016 and harvested just […] Read more
Fire damages ranches in southwestern Alberta
Damage has been reported to farms and ranches on the perimeter of Waterton Lakes National Park as a wildfire continues to burn in southwestern Alberta. Residents in the region east and north of the park were evacuated last night and the area under mandatory evacuation was expanded twice as the fire doubled in size, fed […] Read more
Farmland price boom may be ending: FCC
The era of booming farmland values may be coming to an end, says a new report from Farm Credit Canada. From 2011-16 farmland values in Canada increased, on average, more than 10 percent annually. Those double digit gains could be over, for a while, because the FCC is predicting farmland values to rise only one […] Read more
