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Cultivating great farm root stories
At January’s Farm Tech 2010 in Edmonton we were treated to a very heartfelt portrayal of thankfulness from a Newfoundlander who was grateful for prairie farmers. Rex Murphy, host of Cross Country...
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GET READY TO BE A GREAT FARMER
Will the farm be profitable for the next 30 years? The outstanding young farmers that I meet in my travels provide great stories and hope for agriculture’s future. This month I’ll be meeting with a...
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Crippled By Fear of Court
Their faces were contorted with fear as I spoke about the importance of a well-crafted will. At the lunch break the farm woman confessed that her husband was being sued by 5 greedy siblings, under the...
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Joy of Harvest Washed Away
When I kissed my husband goodbye this morning he said “I am headed to the swamp !” That pretty much sums up the feelings of many farmers who greet the mist of the morning with sadness. The joy of the...
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“Grandpa, Do You Want to Finish Well?”
“I wasn’t able to talk for over two years about what happened with my grandfather”, a young farmer confides as he describes a bitter battle over the transition of land titles from his father’s father...
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Happy Christmas in the Country
Heaps of snow in the Peace region of Alberta make it easy to visualize a “white Christmas” as I write this. If I were to ask you about the top ten things that make a great Christmas celebration for...
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Time Logs to Track Farm Work Loads
“You don’t know what you’ve got til’ it’s gone…”is the line in a song that may ring true for families who regret not paying attention to earlier cries for understanding. My co-writer Dr. Megan...
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