In Canada, and specifically in the Ottawa Valley, we claim Big Joe Mufferaw as our most famous lumberjack about who many tall tales and a few true ones were written or handed down from generation to generation. In the USA,

Whether you watch your rain gauge, watch your lawn turn brown, or if you are a farmer, you notice that to get the same amount of hay that 100 acres of first cut yielded, it took 260 acres of second

The “team” got its name from when our ancestors used a team of oxen or horses to do the heavy work on the farm or in the bush. One good horse was not much good if it’s mate sat back

This is not the first time in history that our world has experienced drought, floods, wild fires, a worldwide life-threatening disease, or a war that affected the entire world, but not all at the same time. We have watched friends

I’m sure many of you had the same English teacher in school as I did. Mrs. M taught us how to deliver an effective speech. She expected the speaker to wear appropriate clothes, stand up straight, no slouching, know your

Every now and then, a new weed appears in a farmer’s field, in a ditch or even in a bouquet of flowers. Even while farmers try to choose the best seed, feed or custom operator to do the big jobs

There are a few in every community. Many people think that they are a little crazy to stick their necks out. Much of the success of our communities can be traced back to a few people who were not afraid

Yes, food is expensive, but according to experts who track world food supplies, fuel prices, fertilizer supplies and some very grim predictions for world grain production, “We ain’t seen nothing yet.” Much of the reduction of world grain production had

Another raise in food prices? Why? As I watched the news on June 5, I noticed that another increase in dairy prices was announced. I also knew that this price increase would be . . .

This week, a former milk producer called me, asking me to explain the baby formula shortage in North America when Canada gave the Chinese millions of dollars to build a new milk processing plant near the St. Laurence Seaway to