Reading Time: 6 minutes When her daughter, just four years old, came home from school at Kitchener, Ont., Marswa Blossom Yarmeto’s spirits sank. The more she learned, the more disheartened and sad she grew. Which of us wouldn’t? Her daughter was upset by how the other children were treating her. They told her they didn’t like her hair and […] Read more
Talking to kids about race
You may struggle to answer your kids’ questions, but resources are here, and the struggle sends a message
A “manual” for the farm
Luke Sheppard’s lessons from 20 years at Deere
Reading Time: 5 minutes What do you get when a John Deere insider writes about business? Well, this is no run-of-the-mill self-help book. It’s designed and written just like that tractor service manual on your shop shelf. It’s packed with specific instructions, diagrams and spreadsheets, all designed to help the reader take logical steps and methodically correct problems or […] Read more
Once-in-50-year heat waves now happening every decade: U.N. climate report
Reading Time: 3 minutes Reuters – Extreme heat waves that previously only struck once every 50 years are now expected to happen once per decade because of global warming, while downpours and droughts have also become more frequent, a U.N. climate science report said on Monday. The report www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1 found that we are already experiencing those effects of climate […] Read more
Bonjour, Montreal
Explore Montreal, use these tips to taste the culture, and discover where Canadian food is going
Reading Time: 7 minutes Finally! Another prospect of visiting Montreal and tasting its culinary riches. Be prepared for a treat made even lovelier because of our time apart and because the food scene manages to balance the past and the present and arrive with the best of all worlds in one city. If you’ll be a first-time visitor, you […] Read more
Hanson Acres: Summer on the farm, a time to remember
“You’ve got to come and see this,” Jeff said. But that was only the start of the story
Reading Time: 5 minutes “We’ve been walking forever!” Six-year-old Jenny had started to gripe a few minutes earlier, and now she was breaking out in a full-fledged whine. Jenny’s mother Elaine rolled her eyes. “It’s only been 10 minutes.” “But it’s soooooo hot.” Jenny pretended to stagger, as if she couldn’t possibly keep up the pace. Elaine couldn’t argue […] Read more
Corteva lifts sales forecast on strong demand for crop protection products, seeds
Reading Time: < 1 minute Reuters – Corteva Inc on Thursday raised its net sales forecast for the year after strong demand for crop protection products such as herbicides and insecticides helped the agricultural company beat estimates for the second quarter. Corteva also announced a new $1.5 billion share repurchase program, in addition to a $1 billion buyback announced in 2019, […] Read more
Bayer Q2 misses forecasts as costs, forex effects bite
Reading Time: 2 minutes Frankfurt | Reuters – Bayer shares fell to their lowest levels in more than seven months after the German agricultural and pharmaceuticals group reported lower-than-expected second-quarter core earnings due to higher production costs and currency headwinds. Second-quarter earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) before special items fell 10.6 percent to 2.58 billion euros ($3.05 billion), […] Read more
Facing facts
It’s still very early days, but agriculture is on its way to becoming a more diverse and inclusive sector
Reading Time: 11 minutes Canadian agriculture has a problem and needs to talk about it. Partly, it’s a human resource issue. Every year, Canada’s farms and agricultural businesses fall further behind. More and more traditional farm jobs go unfilled while, at the same time, new job descriptions are being created that demand even harder-to-find skills and vision. And it […] Read more
So sue me! Farm litigation is on the rise in Canada
Can you survive a legal attack from an angry neighbour?
Reading Time: 8 minutes It used to be a cheeky way of saying “C’mon, get over it.” Somebody might complain that you took the last donut, or that you stepped on their toe. And you’d reply, “So, sue me!” Not anymore. Across farm country, the phrase now is deadly earnest. Farming is no longer the isolated, rural occupation it […] Read more
CNH Industrial bets on strong market to counter worst supply chain situation
Reading Time: 2 minutes Milan | Reuters – Italian-American vehicle maker CNH Industrial on Friday raised its revenue and free cash flow forecasts for this year, confident an industry cyclical upturn would help it offset a severe impact from supply chain constraints. “It’s the worst supply chain situation I’ve seen in my career,” Chief Executive Scott Wine told analysts. […] Read more
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