Reading Time: 4 minutes Dale figured he was off the hook when he told Donna to go ahead and hire a cleaning lady. She’d been defensive. “Norma’s got someone coming out to her place,” she’d explained. “So we can split the travel costs if I hire her too.” Dale had never been against the idea, but Donna worked hard […] Read more
Hanson Acres: Time to ask the big question
‘Women are different,’ Ed said. ‘Watch out.’
Hanson Acres: Hmmm…what’s that under the Christmas tree?
Jeff thinks he knows. So does his Dad, and everyone else
Reading Time: 4 minutes Daddy! Which ones are mine?” Four-year-old Connor was jumping up and down in front of his grandparents’ Christmas tree. He grabbed a box wrapped in glittering Rudolf paper and held it up. “This one?” Jeff read the tag. “This one’s for me. Let’s keep looking.” Jeff picked up a large snowman gift bag with Connor’s […] Read more
Minogue: Wanna start a cereal seed company?
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s clear from where the Prairies’ cereal growers’ groups sit that it’s time for farmers to get more involved in wheat and barley breeding — and they have a new report in hand suggesting ways to do so. Options in the report, from the newly-formed Wheat and Barley Variety Working Group, range from improving the […] Read more
Hanson Acres: Another generation, another lesson
In which Jeff discovers an unexpected cost of “local” food
Reading Time: 5 minutes This cake is delicious,” Elaine told her mother-in-law. “It always tastes better when someone else makes it,” Donna said, licking the last smear of icing off her plastic fork. “Open your present, Mommy!” Connor nagged for the third time. “OK, OK,” Elaine said. She set her plastic plate on the hood of her SUV and […] Read more
Minogue: Campaigning heats up Sask. commodity board elections
Reading Time: 5 minutes Elections at the commodity association board level in Saskatchewan, often known for a landslide lack of interest, may get goosed this year with candidates investing bigger stakes in their campaigns. Ballots have been mailed out and board elections are now underway for the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission (SaskWheat) and the Saskatchewan Barley Development Commission (SaskBarley). […] Read more
Hanson Acres: ‘It’s my crop too’
Elaine wonders, why are they all headed toward my SUV?
Reading Time: 5 minutes We’re 65 per cent done harvest tonight,” Jeff said as he came in the door at 10 o’clock, a trail of durum kernels falling out of the leg of his blue jeans and onto the porch floor. Elaine’s eyes widened. Sixty-five? She was feeling 100 per cent done these days. “That’s great,” she said. Jeff […] Read more
Hanson Acres: Just get in that combine and drive
The big milestones don’t always come with brass bands
Reading Time: 4 minutes What are you waiting for?” Jeff asked his father. “Get in the combine and let’s get going. These peas aren’t going to harvest themselves.” Dale stood with Jeff, looking up at the cab. “You go ahead. You can make the first round this year.” Jeff looked surprised. “But you always combine the first round […] Read more
Hanson Acres: Who ordered the parade?
“You OK?” Jeff asked his dad. “You look kind of pale.”
Reading Time: 4 minutes Dale parked the sprayer beside the dugout at the west end of the Hansons’ yard to fill. Before he got started, he walked to the house to refill his water bottle and hunt for a snack. With Donna away camping — for the second time already this summer, Dale grumbled to himself — he wasn’t […] Read more
Saskatchewan farm groups talk transportation
Transport review won't be complete until after the election
Reading Time: 2 minutes Saskatoon — Grain transportation should be an election issue, says Cam Goff, chair of the Saskatchewan Barley Development Commission, which hosted the Farmers’ Forum on Grain Transportation here Monday along with the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan and the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission. The forum coincided with Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz’s announcement in Winnipeg of […] Read more
Minogue: Biotech gets its due at international rapeseed forum
Reading Time: 2 minutes Saskatoon — How important is biotechnology to Prairie farmers? On his farm, Saskatchewan farmer Maurice Delage says, the net profit from canola is about $100 per acre, making it his most profitable crop most years. Delage, who now farms at Indian Head and was CEO of Aventis Crop Sciences (now Bayer CropScience) in North America […] Read more
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