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Modern communication technology helped limit the damage from a large harvest fire August 27 in southwest Saskatchewan. We farm south of the town of Cabri and on this hot and windy day, a large plume of smoke began billowing into the sky somewhere to the northwest. Where was it exactly? What was burning? Could we …

Remember way back when Plant Breeders’ Rights were updated in Canada. The promise from industry and from the Conservative federal government of the day was that seed companies would now receive better protection for their new varieties, but farmers would still have the ability to save their own seed. It was called farmer’s privilege. On …

Who is the oldest active farmer you know? Do you know any situations where the older generation has retained control so long that the upcoming generation has never had a chance to become much more than an employee? Some farmers are still going strong as they approach 80. Others have had enough of the stress …

While the decision has been widely applauded, the emergency registration of strychnine for gopher control in specified areas of Alberta and Saskatchewan may actually hamper gopher control. At this point, no information is available on what the enhanced mandatory training will entail. Hopefully, it’s just information a producer has to read, but it could be …

For more than 30 years, farmland values on the Prairies have been steadily increasing, leading to a prevailing attitude that land prices only increase and will never drop. That belief is now being challenged. Based on the 2025 Farmland Values Report by Farm Credit Canada, cultivated farmland prices nationally increased by 9.3 per cent last …

According to Statistics Canada, farm cash receipts increased in Canada last year. Rising livestock receipts more than compensated for a decline in crop receipts as well as a drop in direct payments. Every province saw an overall increase, except Saskatchewan where the crop sector is much larger than livestock. Total farm cash receipts in Canada …