Grant Nelson – Rural Reflections – One of my oldest adult relationships is with a barn. A red and white hip-roof building designed to hold cattle is a pretty good friend. I want to tell you about it this week. I
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Harry Siemens Att AGM 2010, then Chair Karl Kynoch (right) presents the Lifetime Achievement Award to Bill Vaags (shown here with his wife, Bertha) A great friend and a giant in the pork industry, Bill Vaags passed away recently.   A
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OTTAWA — The federal Liberals say it might not be too late to restore rail service to Churchill before the fall freeze, despite Manitoba moving ahead with propane shipments to help the cut-off town get through the winter. “We’re confident
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Rural areas don’t need to wait on expensive and hard-to-build fiber-to-the-home networks to start using broadband. In many cases, fixed wireless can provide a fast and affordable last-mile connection in underserved areas. And some communities are building the system themselves.
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AUSTRALIA’s climate has always been variable and the level of climate variability is neither increasing nor decreasing in most parts of Australia, according to soil scientist and environmental analyst, David Freebairn. David Freebairn Dr Freebairn, who runs climate workshops for
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CALGARY — The gatekeepers of Canada’s rich agriculture exports are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to upgrade export terminals as they prepare the country to become an ever-growing bread basket to the world.Canadian grain shipments have been steadily rising
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China has announced 2020 as the starting date for nationwide use of ethanol gasoline in motor vehicles, in a key move to tackle air pollution and reduce excess grain stockpiles.Ethanol gasoline will reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and
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