Reading Time: < 1 minute To mark Mental Health Awareness Month, Country Guide spoke with Megz Reynolds, Executive Director of the Do More Agriculture Foundation. Listen to the full episode on our home page to learn more about what’s being done to address mental health challenges in agriculture and what resources are available. (Don’t forget to subscribe to the Country […] Read more
Summer Series: Podcast with Megz Reynolds
France revamps pesticide reduction plan in wake of farmer unrest
Reading Time: < 1 minute Paris | Reuters – France unveiled on Monday a revised plan to halve pesticide use in the European Union’s biggest agricultural producer, pledging to adopt an EU indicator and boost research into alternatives in a nod to grievances voiced in farmer protests this year. Why it’s important Environmental regulation was one of the main factors […] Read more
Snow and rain fall across the Prairies
Topsoil should have sufficient moisture for planting in next few weeks says analyst
Reading Time: 2 minutes Farmers took to social media to post pictures of snow and rain as the effects of a Colorado low splashed across the Prairies.
Prairie forecast: Effects of Colorado low to bring widespread precipitation
Forecast issued April 16, covering April 16 to 25, 2024
Reading Time: 3 minutes We are putting out this week’s forecast a day earlier than usual, as the weather models now have a good handle on the predicted Colorado low and how it will impact the Prairies starting Tuesday. Here is what the weather models are predicting.
Ag leader Kim McConnell honoured by Calgary business leaders
Reading Time: < 1 minute Agriculture communications entrepreneur Kim McConnell is being recognized by the University of Calgary's Haskayne School of Business and the Calgary Chamber of Commerce as an inspirational business leader.
Alberta gets farm family class one driver’s license
Reading Time: 2 minutes Alberta farmers and their family members now have the option to apply for a farm-restricted class one driver’s licence. It would allow them to drive almost any form of motor vehicle to and from the farm. These licenses with be issued with condition code “P” meaning the driver must comply with farmer restrictions. Applicants must […] Read more
Prairie forecast: Spring has sprung but winter might not be done
Forecast issued April 10, 2024, covering April 10 to 17
Reading Time: 4 minutes Spring has definitely sprung across the prairies with only a few locations still having snow cover. Spring is a notorious time for forecasting as warm air builds to the south while cold air still sits to the north. That means this forecast period looks both easy and hard.
Prairie forecast: Very warm west, mild but a little unsettled east
Issued March 13, covering March 13 to 20
Reading Time: 3 minutes The cold weather has also been replaced by above average temperatures. The question I have been hearing the most is--has spring arrived or is there still a bit of winter left to be felt?
Prairie forecast: Stormy start in the east, warming in the west
Issued March 6, covering March 6 to 13, 2024
Reading Time: 3 minutes After what was probably the biggest storm system of the winter, it looks like this forecast period will see a break from the active weather for the most part.
The other option to renting farmland
[The Rent Shakeup: Investors] The decade’s big news in farmland renting is why not to do it, as these investors won’t hesitate to tell you
Reading Time: 9 minutes No matter where they farm and no matter what they grow or produce, farmers lose sleep over the same questions, because no matter who they are, there aren’t any simple answers. How do you expand? How can you pick the right new technologies and invest in them? And, perhaps the most anxiety producing of them […] Read more
A message from April Stewart, Country Guide's Associate Editor
