With so many living in cities it seems there’s plenty of appetite for urban living. But it’s not for everyone. There’s also a solid subset that’s willing to swap a reasonable commute to jobs in the city for the pastoral countryside. As our Alexis Stockford documented, there’s been substantial demand for new housing here in
Editor’s Take: New towns and old farms
Editor’s Take: Clogged trade arteries danger to economic health
The trials and travails of the MV Zim Kingston at times devolved into life-or-death slapstick. The cargo ship, while off the coast of British Columbia, first suffered problems Oct. 22, when it’s said to have lost 40 of the sea cans stacked on its decks to rough waters. Then, two days later a fire broke
Editor’s Take: A slight depression
It might be time to consider the business case for the humble slough, pothole and other low-lying areas on your land. Typically they’re viewed as an annoyance at best, and a waste at worst. Larger equipment has made draining them more tempting over the years and there’s always the understandable desire to maximize acreage by
Editor’s Take: Riding the lightning
We’re officially into ‘interesting times.’ There’s no other way to categorize it, as the reports start stacking up. Tire and glyphosate shortages because of power cuts in China. The U.K. contemplating a pig cull and milk dumping for lack of labour. Retailers fretting over a ‘cancelled Christmas’ due to supply chain snarling. Gasoline prices in
Editor’s Take: Rubber, meet road
In recent years the country’s two major railways have all but dislocated their metaphorical shoulders patting themselves on the back. They’re rightly very proud of record grain movement year after year, and have pointed to major investments in infrastructure, equipment and personnel as key to that success. And to be clear, both CN and CP
Editor’s Take: A closer mirror
A few years back I stumbled across the work of the late Barbara Tuchman, a historian who wrote bestselling books about everything from the events leading to the First World War to the folly of governments pursuing policies that were actually contrary to their own interests. The book that initially captured my interest was A
Editor’s Take: A deal’s a deal
Let’s play ‘what if?’ What if you signed a contract with your local grain company for $15 a bushel? And suddenly a few months later, prices had fallen to just $10 a bushel. Would you be rushing down to the elevator to assure the local agent that it was OK, and they didn’t need to
Editor’s Take: Simple solutions
The agriculture industry is — rightly — proud of its track record of adoption of cutting-edge technology and techniques. From GPS positioning and auto steer to data collection and prescription soil mapping, information is the lifeblood of the farm of today and tomorrow. Which is why it’s so perplexing that relatively few farmers avail themselves
Editor’s Take: On vaccine efficacy
One of the key metrics that crop protection products are evaluated on is one known as ‘efficacy.’ You’re quite right if you think that’s a $5 word for ‘effectiveness.’ Whether or not a crop protection product does what it says it will do is a critical part of its evaluation by federal regulators. If it
Agriculture recognition election goal
Sectoral leaders say industry will do its best to push its issues onto the agenda
If agriculture garners attention during the 2021 election campaign, it will likely be as part of a larger discussion as candidates duke it out over climate change, an emerging green economy and post-pandemic recovery. That’s the perception of a number of observers in the province’s agriculture sector who recently spoke to the Co-operator. Why it matters:
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
