19 per cent of the crop is now combined ahead of the five-year average (2017-2021) of 13 per cent. Areas that saw semi-regular rains are reporting yields above or closer to average…

Rosana Farms, owned and operated by Robin and Brenda Walde and their three children, is a family farm located just south of Kindersley that prides itself in its land stewardship.

Harold Appleby has spent a lifetime in the agriculture industry. At 97 years of age, he enjoys life at Caleb Village in Kindersley, where he has resided since 2016.

A feasibility report funded by the Government of Alberta, the Canada Infrastructure Bank, the Special Areas Board, and the MD of Acadia shows 108,000 acres of previously cultivated land…

Intuitively, ranchers know that native prairie grasslands provide a range of beneficial ecosystem services, including carbon sequestration, but it can be confusing to sort out exactly how carbon dynamics and grasslands are related.

My small town of Eatonia had a second-hand consignment store. I want to say it opened in the early 1980s. It could have been in the late 1970s.

How do I begin trading? I was asked this question by a grower interested in managing his investments and using futures as a risk management strategy.

Aug. 14-20 is Local Food Week, an opportunity to celebrate the Alberta producers and processors who make and grow nutritious food for families around the globe.

Tanya, the mother of the Ukrainian Family, new to Oyen, provides traditional Ukrainian meal consisting of homemade perogies, borscht soup, and your choice of a Ukrainian dessert…

“I am not selling Durum until the price returns to $22 per bushel.” It was January. I was having a conversation with a Durum grower. The ‘fundamentals’ were still bullish with supply levels dropping and the new Durum harvest months away.

Growers who give canola crops time for all seeds to reach maturity can see a 10 per cent increase in yield. That is why the Canola Council of Canada recommends swathing when the main stem shows at least 60 per cent seed colour change.

Twenty-one-year-old Thane Hogan, son of Richard and Yvonne Hogan of Oyen, completed his third year at the University of Saskatchewan in their Animal Science Program earlier this year.

Jace Powell, son of Calvin and Haley Powell, attended Youngstown School and Hope Christian within PLRD, graduating in the spring of 2021.

This payment voucher from 1930 was brought in to us by Retta Thompson. It belonged to her father, Johnston Hill who farmed north of Eatonia.

The Hanna Agri-Sports Complex was electric as “Hot Shot” the East Sounding Creek 4-H Club’s Charity Steer entered the ring on Saturday June 11!

Commodity prices are notoriously volatile, and we search for an explanation for why the price moved against our position.

The most effective method is to follow the trend by identifying and understanding the four stages of market structure.

Is Canary Seed still itchy? Silly question. I have a complicated relationship with Canary Seed. No crop has had as significant of an impact on my life or those close to me.

Some things need warning labels. Hopping onto a roller coaster, for example, warrants a cautionary tag, as does applying pesticides, or walking on unstable terrain too close to the edge of a cliff…

“Buy Low; Sell High”. I was delivering grain to the Marengo UGG elevator. It was there that I met King Richard, Kevin and Murray.