Outstanding in His Field

We should all sit in a quiet room from time to time and just think about where we are and what’s going on around us. Technology is sometimes moving faster than we can adapt. In just a few years, we

Our farmers have been living with and adjusting to weather changes for as long as there was an Earth to live on. But, every three to five years, there comes a La Niña, which usually lasts one or two years.

A half century ago, I wrote about the seven bank accounts of a farmer. Many of our readers can remember that soil is the farmer’s largest asset. When we think way back, First Nation people referred to the ground as

A half century ago, I wrote about the seven bank accounts of a farmer. Many of our readers can remember that soil is the farmer’s largest asset. When we think way back, First Nation people referred to the ground as

No, it’s not Thanksgiving yet. However, there are a multitude of things that we must be thankful for every day. I hope that every mother was recognized on Sunday. Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms. All of us have

How many times have we witnessed major projects get announced and started with little thought about the planning or the order in which they must happen? Unfortunately, there are big announcements of expensive projects with inadequate planning, and too many

The most expensive lessons are never forgotten. Ask an old farmer. Did you ever look out the plane window at those pretty stone fences in the Irish fields just before the plane landed? The farmers that cleared the fields didn’t

Have you ever paid a speeding ticket? There are the regular maximum speed signs on most roads, but then there are school zones, construction zones, and sometimes speed zones that change several times on the same street. Use of photo

A couple decades ago, I had a life altering experience. One Friday morning in late November I had a stroke in my doctor’s office, while waiting for a regular check-up. No warning, no signs, no reason. Within minutes I was

When I was in college many, many years ago, Sometimes cows get sick too. Fifty years ago, our veterinarian told me that 90 per cent of animal sickness was because of their diet. A few years after that, a medical