Category Archives: Agriculture

Louisville, Ky. (Feb. 21, 2012) – The 2012 National Farm Machinery Show was one of the most successful ever, with significant increases over the previous year in attendance and revenue. Despite a continually-challenging agriculture and economic climate, the 47th National Farm … Continue reading →

Prairie wheat and barley growers saw payments of about $5.5 billion for their deliveries to the Canadian Wheat Board during its 2010-11 crop year.

Siemens Says – If it wasn’t for technology, research, people willing to risk all, and of course resources, we’d be a backward people and deprived to say the least. Several weeks ago, I spent parts of two days having a nuclear stress … Continue reading →

Siemens Says - I’m sitting on a bus as I’m writing this Siemens Says column on the last day of a six day trip to Louisville, Ky where 51 of us took in the National Farm Machinery show and the big … Continue reading →

The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association is disappointed that certain groups continue to use the courts in a futile effort to overturn the forthcoming open market in wheat and barley.

HS: The further removed from the time the government pass Bill C18 to remove the monopoly, the more absurd the court cases. This isn’t anything unexpected just disgusting to see the lengths people will go to do what I’m not sure….. The … Continue reading →

Emergency channel will save Manitoba taxpayers billions of dollars in flood liabilities [The Narrows West Lodge, Lake Manitoba Feb 12, 2012] – The Lake Manitoba Flood Rehabilitation Committee [LMFRC] urges the Manitoba government to build an emergency drainage channel from … Continue reading →

HS: Perception is reality and somehow the livestock industry finds it difficult to fight those who want to stop production agriculture first, and any meat production, period. If you are a grain and special crops farmer, don’t laugh, your turn … Continue reading →

HS: What was once the greatest country in the world, the United States of America is going in-hock another 1.3 T-that is Trillion with a ‘T’. Can you believe it> The president will send Congress a budget that will provide … Continue reading →

A couple from Souris was crowned Manitoba’s Outstanding Young Farmers last night. Dustin and Laura Williams are the honorees who will represent the regional program at the National Outstanding Young Farmers event later this year. The Williams’ farm 4,000 acres … Continue reading →