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Farm Living
New study finds glyphosate not cancer-causing
Yet another study is refuting the idea that glyphosate causes cancer. In a paper published online today in Critical Reviews in Toxicology, four independent panels of experts looked at the relevant research on glyphosate and whether it’s carcinogenic. The group of 16 scientists, from Canada, the United States, Denmark, Brazil and the United Kingdom and […] Read more
Tisdale, Sask., farm sells for $26.5 million
What might be Western Canada’s largest operating farm sale took place late last week. At $26.5 million, producer Sam Rey has chosen to take his profits from nine years of farming and leave the business. Miner Creek Farms started when the Swiss immigrant began buying farmland near Tisdale, Sask. In 2007, unlike many parts of […] Read more
Pioneer’s memories kept alive
“I know, no more than you, how this story is coming out but I shall write it day by day and we shall see what we shall see with a wee bit of prayer that it may be brave and bright.” — Diary of Alda Dale Randall, 1920 Alda Dale Randall braved the harsh conditions […] Read more
Continuous education key to success: farmer
WILLINGDON, Alta. — Transportation and trade are the two big issues facing farmers, says the past chair of Cereals Canada. Greg Porozni, who now serves as the association’s producer representative from the Alberta Wheat Commission, recently saw Russian wheat blended with Canadian wheat on a Singapore-Indonesia trade mission. “That’s the new norm, it’s not going […] Read more
Hard work keeps family grain farm afloat
WILLINGDON, Alta. — Ample rain hasn’t dampened the Porozni family’s optimistic outlook for harvest this year. Jeff, while stepping off the combine during pea harvest in August to check under his machine, said peas in this field are expected to go above 40 bushels per acre, which is down from the usual 56. “There’s too […] Read more
Farm living notes
4-H Alumni 4-H Canada has launched a new online program for its more than 350,000 alumni across Canada. Former members can register online at Club1913.ca, an online hub for alumni who are interested in connecting and networking with other alumni. It will help them find opportunities at the local and national level in leading clubs, […] Read more
Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show – 2016
UPDATED: September 16, 2016 – 1415 CST – The 2016 version of Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show got underway Tuesday near Woodstock, Ontario. The show includes 750 exhibitors and 100 acres of displays and demonstrations highlighting the latest agricultural equipment and technologies. Western Producer managing editor Michael Raine is in attendance and will be reporting from […] Read more
Ag tourism risky, but satisfying
MAPLE CREEK, Sask. — When Dan Sellinger and Dana Hassett returned to their hometown of Maple Creek, Sask., they could not convince lenders that an agri-tourism business would work. The couple purchased Sellinger’s 20-acre family property in 2007, moving in 2011 and putting in 10 acres of saskatoons and a new retail and bakery space. […] Read more
Sustainable agriculture offers satisfaction
Couple direct markets their heritage poultry and heirloom vegetables and preserves food for their own use
TAWATINAW, Alta. — Beans are planted beside potatoes to keep beetles at bay, hygienic Saskatraz queen bees from Saskatchewan keep hives clean and rooting pigs rototill the corrals. Sheldon Marko and Natalie Pepin employ these sustainable practices on their Stoney Creek Farms in north-central Alberta where they produce a variety of heirloom vegetables and heritage […] Read more
