MANAGEMENT

The 2019 corn silage season was as challenging as last year, mainly due to excessive precipitation – including flooding in some areas – leading to heavy, saturated soils. The cool, wet spring delayed planting and led to a late harvest.

Yesterday, I spent some time sucking water seepage out of our basement, the result of an early wet snow in October. This morning, I forced my way through partially frozen ground to retrieve the last few carrots.

If you have not heard of K’iche’ (or Quiche), chances are, you will soon.

No, it’s not a pastry-crusted egg bake. In fact, it’s not even in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary … yet.

Sometimes farm succession planning comes down to one question: Do you want the farm to continue to be a family farm or not?

In Ontario, the Ministry of Labour has announced it will conduct inspection blitzes on musculoskeletal disorders and respiratory hazards from Oct. 1 to Dec. 27. These blitzes will be across all industries.

Recently I worked with a family in Wisconsin who had a cost of production more than what they were getting paid. They were losing money.