I am writing this article because over my lifetime of farming I have been asked many times “why can we no longer buy: many herbicides, insecticides, mouse killers, etc.?” Many of the poisons that have been removed from sales, except

When Canada was first settled, most immigrants came to Canada for the opportunity to get free land and farm. Whether they came from Germany, Prussia, France, England, Scotland, Ireland, USA, or any other country, freedom from political strife, and the

The first big trade in my life wasn’t a trade on the stock market that could have made me a million or put me bankrupt. It wasn’t for my first new truck or car. It wasn’t for a rotary combine,

Farmers may be the first to get the true meaning of these three words. When they work their fields they will come to low spots that are too wet to work. There will be hilltops that don’t grow as well

Anyone who went to Boy Scouts or had a son who attended Boy Scouts will remember their motto (Be prepared!) This was a lesson for. . .

Several times, I have mentioned the seven bank accounts of a farmer. The most important being soil and money being the seventh. Politics is the one seldom mentioned. . .

From when we were little kids, our moms used a Band-Aid to fix serious cuts, minor scrapes and even imaginary injuries. Just as Band-Aids must be changed until the injury is healed, other Band-Aid fixes keep reoccurring until the cause is pinpointed

Although some still deny that climate change is real, after decades of doing research and keeping records, all the evidence proves that climate change is real.  The ice caps at both the north and south poles are decreasing year after

Just as in wartime and other political upheaval, devastating plagues, polio outbreaks, SARS, and smallpox, all through this worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, farms and farmers continue to carry on their job as in normal times. Crops must be planted and harvested

In the spring of 2014, we were lucky enough to be one of three couples who visited Ireland together. One couple had very close ties and relatives in Northern Ireland. Another couple had . . .