The 2025 holiday season is looming, and a home weather station might make a great Christmas gift for farmers
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Farmer gift idea: How about a weather station?
The 2025 holiday season is looming, and a home weather station might make a great Christmas gift for farmers
The great food summit adventure
Hart Attacks: Higher learning experience at the end of an escalator ride
Alberta Farmer columnist Lee Hart attended the Food Leadership Summit in Calgary, where about 400 ag industry players gathered for the new annual conference.
The double-edged sword of being an agricultural innovator
Canadian agriculture needs innovation and resilience, but being first in line also means taking on risk, sometimes without much of a safety net
A new report suggests Canada’s farmers have been “overly reliant” on business risk management programs such as crop insurance, AgriStability and AgriRecovery as “the only risk management solution.” Should farmers now go out on a limb trying new ways to mitigate those risks?
Farms will feel aftershocks from glyphosate lawsuit slog
Glyphosate lawsuits could have substantial impact on product’s availability
Bayer’s threat to leave the glyphosate market could have wide reaching implications for Prairie farmers.
So your beef cow is lame
What to do when lameness strikes the cow-calf operation, and how the farmer can avoid hoof and leg problems in the first place
How to protect cow hoof health and, if that fails, next steps for cow-calf farmers when one of their beef herd comes up lame.
Delayed U.S. tariffs support Canadian feeder cattle complex
Fears of a possible U.S. tariff on feeder cattle ignited concerns of a sharp market drop, but that didn’t happen
Fears of a possible U.S. tariff on Canadian feeder cattle ignited concerns of a sharp market drop, but that didn’t happen.
Leaning on the healing power of the farm
Farmers can play a role in making our society - and the world - stronger and more resilient
Farms can be a powerful positive force in the world. Scheopp column published in Alberta Farmer Express June 4.
Get that horse a pedicure: Proper trimming for a healthy horse
Proper hoof care mimics natural wear and keeps a horse moving better
Failure to trim hoofs properly can lead to heel deformities, weak frogs, laminitis and affect movement. Here's how to correct toe position and get the horse on the road to recovery.
Smoke inhalation can affect cattle
Research shows an effect in housed dairy cattle so outdoor beef animals are surely affected too
Wildfires have exceeded all records in the 2023 season. Both British Columbia and Alberta are expected to see more than two million hectares destroyed. There has been steady growth in the number and size of wildfires since the 1980s. Drought, global warming and storms are generally the culprits and there has been plenty of smoke
Garden-grown proprioception
Proprioception gardens mix different types of footing, obstacles and terrain to build a horse’s body awareness
Proprioception is a natural ability shared by humans and horses. It involves the body’s inherent awareness of its position, movement and balance in relation to the surrounding environment. In horses, this perception varies. Different lifestyles and occupations require variable levels of proprioception to navigate daily tasks without stumbling or tripping and when encountering obstacles. However,
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