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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 …

With only a few notable exceptions, grain, oilseed and specialty crop prices are lower than last year at this time. Many prices are dramatically lower. Crop prices around this time are a major determinant of where crop insurance price levels will be set. Therefore, it’s reasonable to assume that crop insurance coverage will be much …

Most people believe it’s desirable for farmers to own the land they farm. Most people also recognize that governments are running huge deficits and there’s never enough money for education and health care. What if a way existed to address both of these issues at the same time? I can’t claim credit for the essence …