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Pandemic planning: Write it down, add it up

It's the big lesson of 2020. A business plan is practically guaranteed to up your game, make you more money, and keep you happier and healthier. So what are you doing this winter?

By Tom Button September 4, 2020

Reading Time: 6 minutes The number gap is stark. In fact, it’s hard to think where you’d find one that’s wider: 88 per cent of farmers who have a written business plan say their plan has so many benefits (both to the farm and to themselves as farmers) that it more than pays for itself. Yet only 21 per […] Read more

General, Machinery

Ag in Motion outdoor farm show going online instead for 2020

Showrunners plan free 'Ag in Motion Discovery Plus' online event

By Dave Bedard May 7, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes Glacier FarmMedia’s summer farm show Ag in Motion is coming in from the outdoors to operate in cyberspace for 2020. The event — which was due to run July 21-23 at the Glacier FarmMedia Discovery Farm on Highway 16 west of Langham, Sask., about 40 km northwest of Saskatoon — has been rebranded for 2020 […] Read more

General

Ag in Motion continues to grow in fifth anniversary year

By Ag in Motion Staff July 25, 2019

Reading Time: 3 minutes In its fifth anniversary year, Ag in Motion welcomed 30,474 attendees through the gates and featured 552 exhibitors. Wednesday, July 17 was the biggest day on record for the show in its five-year history, with attendance reaching 12,660. “The show just continues to grow,” says Show Director Rob O’Connor. “We’re up to 552 exhibitors – […] Read more

Crops, Livestock, Machinery

‘Show’ and ‘grow’ synonymous for Ag in Motion

By William DeKay May 14, 2019

Reading Time: 4 minutes Langham, Sask. — Living up to its name, Glacier FarmMedia’s Ag in Motion has reached its five-year anniversary with no sign of slowing down. “It’s very exciting for me personally to have a show that the group of us started from a canola field into an event that’s now grown to the size that it […] Read more

Machinery, News

VIDEO: Get in (the sprayer seat) and drive

Ag in Motion 2018: Sprayer Ride & Drive

By Glacier FarmMedia Staff August 16, 2018

Reading Time: < 1 minute The ‘Ride & Drive’ is a popular field demonstration at Ag in Motion, and 2018 was no different. This year, farmers, spray applicators and machinery dealers alike had the chance to make side-by-side comparisons of new sprayer models from New Holland, Apache, RoGator and Case IH. Spencer Myers of AgDealer.com gives you a quick rundown […] Read more

Crops, News

VIDEO: Prairie crop tour harvest forecast

By Glacier FarmMedia Staff August 9, 2018

Reading Time: < 1 minute Lisa Guenther, field editor with Country Guide, talks with Bruce Burnett of Glacier FarmMedia at last month’s Ag in Motion, about the recent crop tour he took across the Prairies and which areas he saw most impacted by drought and which provinces are most likely to kick off harvest 2018.

Machinery

VIDEO: Kubota baler takes to the field at Ag in Motion

By Glacier FarmMedia Staff July 30, 2018

Reading Time: < 1 minute Michel Landry, field product specialist with Kubota, gives you a walk-around of the brand’s BV5160 baler at Ag in Motion, and talks about some of the features that help set it apart from other manufacturers on the market.

News

VIDEO: Bringing the Ag in Motion farm project to life

By Glacier FarmMedia Staff July 27, 2018

Reading Time: < 1 minute Lisa Guenther, field editor with Country Guide, talks with Dan Kuchma of Glacier FarmMedia about the Ag in Motion farm project, an area of land dedicated to testing new machinery, the latest crop inputs and some of the partnerships involved that helped make the project a reality.

General, Machinery

Ag in Motion sets single-day record

By Country Guide Staff July 23, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes Glacier FarmMedia’s outdoor farm show Ag in Motion has wrapped its 2018 edition and booked a single-day record for attendance. The show, held July 17-19 near Langham, Sask., northwest of Saskatoon, reported three-day attendance of 30,355, including record attendance of 11,425 on the Wednesday. That single-day gate included more attendees than the three-day total for […] Read more

Livestock

Fencing demos at Ag in Motion

By Glacier FarmMedia Staff July 17, 2018

Reading Time: < 1 minute Michael Hargrave, livestock co-ordinator for Ag in Motion, talks about what attendees can expect to see at the daily fencing demo (9:30 am) at the Ag in Motion show, July 17-19 north of Saskatoon.

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