just a year before this photo was taken in 1913 as seeding began at what is now known as the Lethbridge Research Centre, the city of Lethbridge hosted the International Dryland Farming Congress.

Farmers will soon know what combinations of advanced agronomic practices will give them the best bang for their feed-barley buck.

Election season is coming. In Ottawa, the talk around the Hill is all about the federal election. The same may be true of Alberta with a possible provincial election after the shocking defection of nine Wildrose to the PCs last December.

During a recent visit to China, I had the opportunity to visit the Beijing Drum Tower (“Gulou”). This tower was originally built in the 13th century, during the reign of Kublai Khan, as the official time-keeping device for the people of Beijing.

The task of uncovering new methods to manage Western Canada’s first glyphosate-resistant (GR) weed is underway in Lethbridge and at the University of Alberta.

There is nothing worse than having all your iron prepped and ready for action only to be stalled by glitchy electronics.

Spirits are high on Western Australia’s Glenora Farm. Carlia and Frank Nield own and operate the 7,400-acre grain and sheep operation near the town of Hyden, 300 kilometres east of Perth.

Gerald Finster aims for a seeding rate that will produce about 22 plants per square foot on fields he’s seeding to Xena feed barley on his Peace River region farm.

Long after the fall of the grain elevators, the rail lines that served them continue to criss-cross the Prairies, connecting rural communities and their businesses to main-line railways.

Cristo Hurtado remembers his first visit to Southern Alberta’s Paskal Cattle Company in 2006. The young veterinarian had travelled from his home in Monterrey, Mexico, to explore the possibility of pursuing a new life in Canada as a temporary foreign worker.