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Farmers welcome funding for healthy soils, clean water

The environment is important to all of us, but it’s particularly key for farmers and their businesses. That’s because we need healthy soils, and clean air and water to grow the crops and raise the livestock that provide the food, fuel and fibre we all depend on.

This makes environmental stewardship a core part of our jobs as farmers, but as it’s also a responsibility we carry on behalf of society, it’s a job we can’t do alone.

That’s why it was great to see two separate announcements from the provincial government recently for programming to enable research and projects that support water quality and soil health.

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First day of planting season

Video: First day of planting season



It’s finally here — the first day of planting season! ????

After months of prep, maintenance, and waiting on the weather, we’re back in the field getting seeds in the ground. In this video, I take you along for day one of planting — running the tractor, checking conditions, and kicking off what’s always one of the busiest (and most exciting) times of the year.