by powerupmcs | Sep 5, 2019 | Agriculture
Keep Those Tractors Rolling Petrolia, Ontario, Canada Wayne (L) and Brian Gilroy In the early development of Canada, the area south and east of Sarnia was one of the last parts of southern Ontario to be cleared and settled. Its heavy clay soil was difficult to plough...
by powerupmcs | Sep 5, 2019 | Agriculture
Keeping the Delta Green Dumas, Arkansas, U.S.A. Terra International, Inc., with home offices in Sioux City, Iowa, operates the largest farm center network in North America. It offers farmers one-stop shopping for their crop input needs — fertilizer, pesticides,...
by powerupmcs | Sep 5, 2019 | Agriculture
Home on the Range at Soderglen Cattle Breeding in Alberta, Canada Small is Beautiful is the title of a book that enjoyed a great deal of popularity in the 1970s. Attractive though this philosophy may be, it is clearly at odds with the realities of modern agricultural...
by powerupmcs | Sep 5, 2019 | Agriculture
Seeds of Success Seed Processing in St. Joseph, Manitoba, Canada Running an agricultural operation in Manitoba’s Red River Valley can be a mixed blessing. In some years, and especially the spring of ’97, the river’s life-giving waters can be...
by powerupmcs | Sep 5, 2019 | Agriculture
High Altitude Potato Farming Monte Vista, Colorado Crisp, good-tasting potatoes are the main cash crop of south central Colorado’s San Luis Valley. Over 60,000 acres are planted to take advantage of the valley’s fertile soil, warm summer days, cool nights,...
by powerupmcs | Aug 28, 2019 | Agriculture
Traveling With a Hope and a PrayerFarmington, B.C. Canada’s Peace River Country is an idyllic region of rolling hills, clear air, and sparkling water. It straddles the dividing line between Alberta and British Columbia. Dawson Creek, one of its major...
