A red half-ton truck with a modified camper in the box and "Steffes Auctioneering" logos and URL on it. The camper has windows in it that allows an auctioneer to conduct business in all weather.

Farm auctions evolve with the times

Online sales and new technology reshape the auction environment, which was once dominated by on-farm sales

Times have changed. The number of live, on-farm auctions is seeing a drastic decline in recent years. Today’s younger farmers may actually never experience going to one.





An antique tractor' front end rises into the air as its driver takes part part in a tractor pull while fans look on at the Ag in Motion Farm show near Langham, Saskatchewan, during the July 2025 show.

Vintage power on display at Saskatchewan tractor pull

This summer’s Ag in Motion farm show included a tractor pull that featured machines built before 1960

At the Ag in Motion farm show held earlier this year near Langham, Sask., a vintage tractor pull event drew pretty significant crowds of show goers, who were mostly farmers.






A man's hands are on the keyboard of a laptop and its screen is folded up beyond vertical and a hologram is being projected between the laptop's screen and keyboard which one of the hands on the keyboard is poking to select something with its index finger.

Farmers need truth sleuth mindset

It has never been easier to fake information. Farmers today must be able to sort quality knowledge from misinformation and disinformation

Agriculture needs to start taking misinformation and disinformation in the digital age more seriously, experts who study the subject warn.

Farm to Table

From farmer to award-winning distiller

Rolling Hills farmer’s succession plan includes producing award-winning whisky while pursing passion

Pivot Spirits showcases transition from farmer to distiller with provincial award-winning results in Alberta for Lars Hirch