Reading Time: 4 minutes Weather stations could make a great Christmas gift for the farmer in your life.
Is a weather station right for your farm?
With the festive season looming, they make great gifts
Weekend warrior horses at risk
Lack of activity followed by intense bursts of exercise increases strain and injury risk in humans; horses are the same
Reading Time: 3 minutes Horses need steady, rhythmic movement. Going from no activity to weekend bursts of exercise risks physical strain and injury.
I wrote this column myself — or did I?
It’s getting harder to tell what is real or AI generated
Reading Time: 5 minutes It is getting harder to determine what is real and what is AI generated these days, but AI still has a place in the industry
The great food summit adventure
Higher learning experience at the end of an escalator ride
Reading Time: 4 minutes Alberta Farmer columnist Lee Hart attended the Food Leadership Summit in Calgary, where about 400 ag industry players gathered for the new annual conference.
Hot tips for cow-calf beef farmers
From cattle vaccination and stomach ulcers to headline-making diseases like bovine tuberculosis: Thoughts from a long-time western Canadian veterinarian
Reading Time: 5 minutes From cattle vaccination and stomach ulcers to headline-making diseases like bovine tuberculosis: Thoughts from a long-time western Canadian veterinarian
There has to be a world record for something out there
Alberta is home to the world’s tallest steer
Reading Time: 4 minutes Hart Attacks columnist Lee Hart ponders about world records and one Alberta acreage which is home to the world’s tallest steer.
Canada’s slaughter horse industry lacks transparency
Slaughter for horses has a role, but traceability and humane handling must be in play
Reading Time: 3 minutes Horse slaughter is a fraught issue right now in the Canadian livestock sphere. The author writes that, while it has a role, traceability, transparency and humane handling must be in play.
Do I hear hunger knocking on the door?
An empty refrigerator, best before dates and thawing turkeys
Reading Time: 4 minutes Alberta Farmer columnist Lee Hart muses about an empty refrigerator, best before dates and thawing frozen turkeys.
When it rains, if only it did pour everywhere
All moisture helps but so far the drought hasn’t gone away
Reading Time: 4 minutes Alberta Farmer columnist muses over the erratic precipitation trends around Alberta this summer.
More precious than gold
Manure could boom when industry outgrows commercial fertilizer
Reading Time: 4 minutes When commercial fertilizers no longer meet the needs of the world’s farmers, the value of manure will grow, says Alberta Farmer columnist Brenda Schoepp.