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It was a great opportunity to attend FarmTech 2014 in Edmonton this past January. There was a great selection of speakers to hear from, fantastic food, and great people. Some of the highlights for me included listening to Dick Wittman talk about succession planning...
Ever feel like your instructions are lost in translation? If you employ seasonal migrant workers on your farm, cultural differences, language proficiency, and literacy can make communicating health and safety requirements seem like climbing a mountain. But as a farm...
The owners of a Chilliwack, British Columbia nursery owe at least part of their success to a family legacy of farm safety innovation. Gordon Mathies and his daughter Tamara Mathies — representing the second and third generation of Mathieses to run Cannor Nurseries—...
This March, the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) and the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) are encouraging producers to talk about farm safety as part of Canadian Agricultural Safety Week, which runs from March 9 to 15 2014 . Canadian...
Sean McGrath started his ranching career with a weather wreck – and that’s about as good as his luck got for several years. “We had a tremendous drought in 2002, and since we background our calves, that meant we had sold them when BSE hit in May 2003,” recalls the...
It was an offer they couldn’t refuse. Two years ago, Kevin Sich of Rahr Malting Canada called six Alberta growers and offered them one heck of a deal: a three-year contract to grow malt barley with a guaranteed premium price, protection against any rise in input...
