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The Jacksons – for Aug. 5, 2010

By Rollin Penner August 5, 2010

Andrew Jackson pulled into his usual parking spot outside the café in town and turned off the ignition. He sat for a moment enjoying the hot sunshine streaming in through the windshield and the breeze blowing in through the open side window. The smells of summer wafted in with the breeze, along with the pleasing

Opinion

Food, 2050 And Beyond

By Alan Guebert March 11, 2010

Type the phrase “farmers feeding world” into Google’s search engine and “about 15 million results” pop up in “0.12 seconds.” Some results may surprise American farmers who, in good old U-S-of-A modesty, may have thought they had been, were and will be feeding the world. Not so, suggests the hunter-gatherers at Google. “Smallest Farmers Key

Country Crossroads

Blastoff Fireworks Success Lit By Savvy Use Of Technology

By Lorraine Stevenson November 5, 2009

In less than a decade, their business has exploded from a family hobby into Canada’s largest wholesale fireworks distributor. The Beausejour brothers who launched it say technology lit its fuse. Blastoff Fireworks, owned by young entrepreneurs Matt Bialek, 27 and Ryan Bialek, 21, is housed in a 40,000-sq.-ft. distribution centre at Selkirk employing 10 staff

Cereals, Opinion

You Can’t Beat The Pool

February 26, 2009

JOHN MORRISS EDITORIAL DIRECTOR One of the more peculiar accusations levelled at the Canadian Wheat Board is that it is “secretive.” Compared to what? No other of the world’s major grain-marketing organizations provides so much detail such as that in the annual report released this month. Contrast the CWB’s multi-page statements of revenue and expenses

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Low prices no mystery, says NFU

By Daniel Winters February 12, 2009

The National Farmers Union is hoping to make hamburger from some beef industry sacred cows with a series of meetings publicizing the findings of its report into the root causes of the Canadian cattle industry’s woes. The first of six meetings around the province was held in Oak Lake, where a small crowd of ranchers

News

Fresh ideas for rejuvenating country fairs

By Daniel Winters January 15, 2009

“Our last two generations have forgotten how to cook, how to garden, how to sew, how to can.” – Doris Fletcher The volunteers who log countless hours organizing community fairs should not lose sight of why they got involved in the first place, community development expert and motivational speaker Paul Born says. “Caring is the

News

Social marketing comes to the farm

By Ron Friesen November 13, 2008

Ever wonder why, when you’re Googling the Internet, certain advertisements appear on the computer screen as if they’re anticipating you? It’s not an accident. Google knows which websites you visit and tailors ads according to what it thinks your interests might be. Let’s say you’re a farmer surfing the Net. You might see herbicide ads

Alberta crop conditions improve: report

U.S. grains: Corn sets contract lows on expectations for big US crop

U.S. livestock: Cattle strength continues

Daily Network News

Alberta crop conditions improve: report

U.S. grains: Corn sets contract lows on expectations for big US crop

U.S. livestock: Cattle strength continues

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The Jacksons – for Aug. 5, 2010

Food, 2050 And Beyond

Blastoff Fireworks Success Lit By Savvy Use Of Technology

You Can’t Beat The Pool

Low prices no mystery, says NFU

Fresh ideas for rejuvenating country fairs

Social marketing comes to the farm

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