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Farming can kill you.

In fact, farming is more dangerous than fighting. In 15 months, more Canadian farmers die in farm accidents than the number of Canadian soldiers killed in eight years of fighting in Afghanistan. More

Sharing office space with other business workers or family members is challenging, but not impossible to manage, says office organizer Cheryl Joseph. If papers are getting misplaced (or preferably before that becomes an issue) she suggests adopting a “clean desk top” More

Canola growers raise the bar on yield.

Canola growers suspect that you “get out what you put in.” And one soil services company set out to confirm that belief with its yield-based King of Canola Challenge. This is the fourth year Hudye Soil Services in Norquay, SK, has challenged area growers to achieve the highest potential canola yield on a field of their choice. More

In support of winter cereals.

Two million acres of winter cereals routinely grown across the prairies is the goal of the Winter Cereal Sustainability in Action (WCSIA) program. With that objective in reach following the program’s launch last year, Bayer CropScience and Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) are doubling their efforts to get the word out that winter cereals work.More