We have been recently reminded of the extreme danger of a state, political party or province using oppressive tactics to take control of a country when the Taliban forcibly took over Afghanistan.

Majority control of government? Recovery of the economy? How our government dealt with COVID-19? Climate change? Or control over language? Many successful countries in the world have worked with minority governments for decades. Every political party wants a majority government

Fifty years ago, nobody specialized in environmental science because there were no jobs when you graduated. I can remember when the first classes were offered at McGill on environmental problems and they were not very popular. Now most universities offer

Twenty-five years ago I wrote a series of articles: “The seven bank accounts of a farmer”(Soil, seed, continuous education, the “team,” neighbours, politics, and money). After twenty five years; I still realize that “soil” is still the most important “bank

I am writing this article because over my lifetime of farming I have been asked many times “why can we no longer buy: many herbicides, insecticides, mouse killers, etc.?” Many of the poisons that have been removed from sales, except

When Canada was first settled, most immigrants came to Canada for the opportunity to get free land and farm. Whether they came from Germany, Prussia, France, England, Scotland, Ireland, USA, or any other country, freedom from political strife, and the

The first big trade in my life wasn’t a trade on the stock market that could have made me a million or put me bankrupt. It wasn’t for my first new truck or car. It wasn’t for a rotary combine,

Farmers may be the first to get the true meaning of these three words. When they work their fields they will come to low spots that are too wet to work. There will be hilltops that don’t grow as well

Anyone who went to Boy Scouts or had a son who attended Boy Scouts will remember their motto (Be prepared!) This was a lesson for. . .

Several times, I have mentioned the seven bank accounts of a farmer. The most important being soil and money being the seventh. Politics is the one seldom mentioned. . .