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Tom Button
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Editor’s Note: So much rides on finding the best words

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Reading Time: 2 minutes The real charge I get from editing Country Guide is being able to connect with farmers who know what they want. They generate an energy it’s tough to find anywhere else  Most of us have participated in some version of a conversation like the one I had below. (I’ll leave it in gendered terms because […] Read more
Tom Button
Columns, Opinion

Editor’s Note: A different start for a different world

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada’s agricultural colleges and universities deserve loud praise for the energy they have poured into re-imagining post-secondary ag education. But not everything is new. In fact, the whole farm education sector has responded impressively at a time when it must seem that everything is in constant change.  Technology has changed how programs can be delivered, […] Read more
Tom Button
Columns, Opinion

Editor’s Note: An opportunity to move on for 2022

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Reading Time: 2 minutes It isn’t the only lesson from 2021, but it’s potentially among the most important: Our farm organizations will only grow more valuable the further we get into this decade. I pointed out once before in this space that there are two questions we almost never ask in our Country Guide interviews. What farm organizations are […] Read more
Tom Button
Columns, Opinion

Editor’s Note: Getting real about what 2021 means

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Reading Time: 2 minutes The worst thing about agriculture is that it goes in cycles. Or so an uncle used to say. “And the worst thing about cycles,” he said, “is that wherever you are in one, it feels like it’s going to stay that way forever.”  So maybe Uncle Lyle wasn’t as scientific as Bonnie Whitehead, who launches […] Read more
Tom Button
Columns, Opinion

Editor’s Note: Farmers to the rescue

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada is hungry for heroes. Statues are tumbling, poverty is intractable, our country is more racist than we knew, politicians falter. Who can lead us to the Canada we dream of?  You can tell what people value because values are motivators. They show in what we pursue.  Do farmers value Canada?  There’s a better way […] Read more
Tom Button
Columns, Opinion

Editor’s Note: Can you see it from here?

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Farming is breaking through. It always used to be said — with justice — that most bad decisions on the farm get made in good times. Not anymore. In fact, it’s the exact opposite Of course, you can’t say anything in agriculture that’s absolutely universal. So, while I’m optimistic that on most farms the coming […] Read more
Tom Button
Columns, Opinion

Editor’s Note: The incredible summer of 2021

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Reading Time: 2 minutes It’s the way of things. A thought leads to a theory. An insight leads to a vision. And a great summer leads to an action plan. Welcome to a year like we’ve never seen before. We’ve always thought summer is for field work, winter is for business management. This year, more than ever, that’s changing. […] Read more
Tom Button
Columns, Opinion

Editor’s Note: The right year to celebrate

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Reading Time: 2 minutes As we get into spring, find some time for thinking and brainstorming how you can make 2021 a milestone year that your farm will long remember. It’s the right advice. Not every ag sector is having a banner year. And even within the grain and oilseed sector, not every farm is feeling on top of […] Read more
Tom Button
Columns, Opinion

Editor’s Note: Knowing the value of the job ahead

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Success at business is success at putting your values into action. In farming, that’s good for the world, and it’s going to continue that way as long as family farming survives. One of my personal distractions this spring will be planting sugar maples and white oaks that we’re acquiring with the help of the local […] Read more
Tom Button
Columns, Opinion

Editor’s Note: A bigger question than COVID-19

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Agriculture is racing into the future. We all agree on that. But what will farms look like in that future? And who will farm them? I can’t say for sure, and I don’t think you can either. Here’s an interesting assignment for a snowy March evening. Make a list of your current machinery inventory and […] Read more

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