A New Trail
By Trevor Bacque
It all started out innocently enough. A farm boy named Joe Hamill started homebrewing beer as a hobby in 2012. As he perfected...
World-Class
CDC variety development creates more options and opportunities for farmers
By Natalie Noble
It’s a well-known fact, the world needs more Canadian ag products. Programming, initiatives...
Raise a Glass
By Trevor Bacque
Innovation comes in all shapes and sizes and primary agriculture is a hotbed for this practice. At Strathmore, Alta., the Hilton family...
Surplus Minus
It didn’t take long to accrue, and now it’s time to give back. The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) currently has a surplus of more...
Quick Dick McDick
By Trevor Bacque
Photography By Erin Yewsiuk Photography
Everyone in rural Canada has a story to tell. Some are, admittedly, more interesting than others. While many...
Self-Made Man
By Trevor Bacque
If you make $2, save one and spend the other. It’s a simple proclamation, but one that Kevin Hruska has stood by...
UK farmers succeed in Canada
By Trevor Bacque
Life events often come in a series of three. For Richard and Annette Arnold, this was the absolute truth. In 1994, the...
Prairie Preservation
By Trevor Bacque
For Garnet Martin, his rural life is best summed up with three words: family, farming and finances, with family being the unshakable...
Organic Evolution
By Natalie Noble
The luckiest people in business are those who pursue their passions, well, organically. As a young girl growing up on the farm...
Stepping out of the comfort zone
By Trevor Bacque
An unspoken goal of many farmers is to take what their parents created and try to make it better than when they...