“There will be no synthetics in my shop.” Acentury ago, immigrants flocked to Canadian shores in the hopes of securing a better life for themselves and their children. For many, such as the Mennonites and Ukrainians from Russia, it was a desperate bid to escape a tyrannical government. On the contrary, Peter and Rina Schueler,
New Harness Shop Opens Up In Rapid City
Whither The Prairie Climate?
“The evidence is pretty clear to my mind that global warming is underway, and greenhouse gas emissions are causing some changes in the climate.” – BRUCE BURNETT, CWB Adapting to climate change will be tough, that’s for sure. It might be easier if Prairie farmers knew exactly what to plan for, but one thing is
Interlake Rancher Calls For Cyanide Gun Option
“After 200 contacts with them, it became obvious that no matter how many hoops we jumped through, they were not going to restore the registration.” – JACK DUBOIS The wolf predation problem in some parts of Manitoba’s Interlake has some ranchers calling for the reintroduction of cyanide guns. At the Manitoba Cattle Producers Association annual
Rescuers “Floated” More Than Just His Teeth
“He’s a big old boy and he just fell right through.” – CERI PHILLIPS Fire departments have been known to rescue cats stuck in a tree – but a horse trapped in a 25-foot deep well? In the end, however, it was the tanker truck that saved the day. The dramatic rescue story began when
Government Must Open Purse Strings, Says CCIA Chair
“…at the end of the day we have to decide what benefits are we getting out of this? Where is it going to get us? How much is it going to cost? …Because it is going to cost a lot, a lot more than the government thinks.” – Steve Primrose The deadlines for implementing the
Canada’s Former Top General On Leadership
“You have to respect people. If you think you’re omnipotent – if you think you’re the big cod – you’re going to be wrong. If you think you know it all, people are not going to respect you.” – GENERAL RICK HILLIER Leadership is about people and a leader’s job is to enable ordinary people
Willow Rings, Poplars Offer A Clean Energy Alternative
“This biobaler will handle stems up to six inches in diameter, so it will actually take down fairly nice-size aspen as well.” – BILL SCHROEDER Good King Wenceslas may have called for his servant to “bring me pine logs hither” to fend off the winter’s chill, but for common folk in the Middle Ages, the
Fox In Charge Of The MCPA
Pledging to bring a cow-calf producer’s perspective to the top job at the Manitoba Cattle Producers Association, Major Jay Fox was voted president at the recent 31st annual general meeting. “We’re going to focus on traceability, and make sure that it stays simplified. We’re also going to make sure that our cattle producers have access
Activists A Threat To Farming’s Good Name
“The media, in my opinion, is the most powerful force in society.” – kevin stewart On the list of most trusted occupations in Canada, farmers generally make the top three, after firefighters and nurses, according to public opinion polls. “People like farmers,” said Agvision TV host Kevin Stewart, in a keynote speech titled “The Cost
McDonald’s VP Hears Ranchers’ Beefs
The first rule of marketing is to know who the customer is and what they want. In the cattle business, that’s the buyers of burger meat, because up to 60 per cent of every steer that goes down the kill chute is eventually sold as hamburger. Out of last year’s beef crop, some 64 million
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