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In July of 2017 high temperatures, extremely dry field conditions and lack of rainfall had caused crops to mature quickly and were expected to result in lower-than-average yields, particularly south of the Trans-Canada Highway. | Screencap via producer.com
Opinion

Look back at July 27, 2017, issue

For the next year, this column will mark The Western Producer’s 100th anniversary by taking a deep dive every week into a past issue of the paper. The main front page headline in the July 27, 2017, issue said it all: “Dry summer, early harvest.” High temperatures, extremely dry field conditions and lack of rainfall […] Read more
The National Film Board documentary Stampede, from 1963, took a look behind the chutes at the annual event. | National Film Board of Canada photo
Farm Living

Three NFB films capture Calgary Stampede’s evolution

Since its beginning in 1912, the Calgary Stampede has been about more than rodeo. Along with the cowboys are livestock, agricultural equipment and the latest technology. The first colour television in Calgary was showcased at the Calgary Stampede, said Christine Leppard, manager of exhibits and experience with the Sam Centre, a year-round Calgary Stampede attraction […] Read more
The introduction of resistant varieties had appeared to solve a lot of canola growers’ problems, but a story in the July 16, 2015, issue reported that a 2014 survey of Alberta fields in which those varieties were grown had discovered 27 fields with unusually high levels of infection. | Screencap via producer.com
Opinion

Look back at July 16, 2015, issue

For the next year, this column will mark The Western Producer’s 100th anniversary by taking a deep dive every week into a past issue of the paper. The fight against clubroot got more complicated nine years ago. The introduction of resistant varieties had appeared to solve a lot of canola growers’ problems, but a story […] Read more
It was interesting to find a front page story in our July 7, 2011, issue in which David Phillips, the well-known senior climatologist with Environment Canada, said he thought Western Canada was going through a turbulent, transitional phase that would eventually lead to a new long-term climate regime that was more stable and predictable. | Screencap via producer.com
Opinion

Look back at the July 7, 2011, issue

For the next year, this column will mark The Western Producer’s 100th anniversary by taking a deep dive every week into a past issue of the paper. Climate change continues to be a major coverage area for the Western Producer, including a story in last week’s issue that looked at whether Canadian farmers should be […] Read more
Lacey McCrae felt that advocating for agriculture was becoming vital, and she did this through articles and blogs that she wrote for the Alberta Young Farmers and Ranchers. “It seems we have an urban culture that is aggressive, and we need to work harder at sharing our personal stories, make our ranch have a personal face,” she said. She and her husband raised Black Angus cattle and crops near Vermilion, Alta. This photo ran in the Aug. 10, 2017, issue of the Western Producer. | File photo
Farm Living

Farm families coped with dramatic changes last decade

Farm families in 2010 were adapting to changes as farms and farm implements were becoming larger and more technical, marketing methods were changing and there was a growing disconnect between consumers and producers. Computer technology and internet access were becoming essential to monitor the information generated on new farm equipment and for farmers to market […] Read more
Many Alberta regions hadn’t had a decent rain in a year, and eight municipalities in the northeastern and central parts of the province had declared agricultural disasters. | Bruce Dyck photo
Opinion

Look back at the June 25, 2009, issue

For the next year, this column will mark The Western Producer’s 100th anniversary by taking a deep dive every week into a past issue of the paper. Another drought loomed as the 2009 growing season moved from spring to summer. Federal agriculture minister Gerry Ritz said existing government programs would help producers if the situation […] Read more
Stephen Low on the horse in the front with his brother Ben at the back of their father Colin in the early 1950s. The white house came from the Cochrane ranch. In the 1990s Low and his wife bought a place near Cochrane across the Belly River near the original ranch as a summer place. | Stephen Low photo
Farm Living

Standing Alone offered unique perspectives

There comes a time, usually in middle age, when a person wishes they had paid more attention to their parents’ and grandparents’ stories. It was no different for Pete Standing Alone, who thought the dances, ceremonies and traditions on his southern Alberta Blood Reserve were dull and unimportant. “I was just a spectator. I thought […] Read more
The fight over the Canadian Wheat Board was heating up in 2007 with the Conservatives under Stephen Harper in power. | Bruce Dyck photo
Opinion

Look back at June 21, 2007, issue

For the next year, this column will mark The Western Producer’s 100th anniversary by taking a deep dive every week into a past issue of the paper. The fight over the Canadian Wheat Board was heating up in 2007 with the Conservatives under Stephen Harper in power. The party would eventually dismantle the wheat board’s […] Read more
In the June 16, 2005, issue, it was wheat’s turn to make the news. | Bruce Dyck photo
Opinion

Look back at June 16, 2005, issue

For the next year, this column will mark The Western Producer’s 100th anniversary by taking a deep dive every week into a past issue of the paper. I wrote in this column earlier in the year about an import duty that the United States had imposed on Canadian hogs. In the June 16, 2005, issue, […] Read more

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