Grasslands matter too
(March 24, 2015) Last year I wrote that most urban people have little conception of the vandalism of basic agricultural resources Ottawa is responsible for. These resources have been paid for by all Canadians and include things like 2.5 million acres of grassland preserved by the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration. These community pasture grasslands are an important part of the overall...
Read MorePotash layoffs caused by loss of single desk
The news that Potash Corporation will be laying off almost twenty percent of its work force comes as no surprise to grain farmers. Like western Canadian grain farmers, Potash Corporation was part of a single desk marketing structure designed to stabilize prices and extract maximum value for the producers through orderly marketing and quality control and assurance. Last year much of that went...
Read MoreTo See Ourselves
The great poet Robbie Burns once observed that he wished some power would give us the gift to see ourselves as others see us. A couple of weeks ago political blogger and long time Alberta reporter David Climenhaga did just that when he wrote a column (Grass crime no! Grain crime yes! The inconsistencies of Prime Minister Harper!) on the hypocrisy of Stephen Harper being tough on crime,...
Read MoreEnduring Legacy
At the moment farm families are under direct attack by the Harper Conservatives and their handlers in big business, but I’m willing to bet that like the farmers who spent hours planting shelterbelts for generations they knew they would never see, that young man will step into a farm community that is still based on cooperation while the Harper Conservatives will be a despised footnote to western history.
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