By Gary Sliworsky Ag rep, Emo Pasture season soon will be in full swing and many producers will have cattle out on grass. Let’s not forget the importance of mineral feeding while on pasture. Calf growth, cow reproductive status, and general health all are influenced by the intake of adequate […]
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It was a great planting week at the Emo Agricultural Research Station and we managed to get a majority of our plots filled up! We still have some grass/legume blocks to plant, but the last of that seed should be arriving early this week. We welcomed the rain even though […]
Seventy years ago this month, I walked down the aisle of my high school auditorium and crossed the stage to get my diploma from our stately principal, Mr. Davis. The school was called Lowville Free Academy and I was 14 years old at the time. It was just a fluke […]
By Gary Sliworsky Ag rep, Emo Are you a producer who will be carrying increased livestock numbers this pasture season? If this applies to your situation, here are a number of options to increase your pasture production this coming year. •Rotational grazing Rotational grazing will give increased forage production and […]
When I was growing up in Fort Frances, the police department only had two cars and the station was a small brick building attached to the old town hall. The town hall, the fire department, and the police station all existed in the space in front of the current Civic […]
Last week, Cliffs Natural Resources announced its plans to locate a chromite smelter, which will be used to process raw ore from the so-called “Ring of Fire,” in Sudbury. While many are disappointed that the smelter—and 450 potential jobs—will be located in Sudbury, Cliffs Natural Resources is a privately-owned company […]
Well, it was wonderful busy time here in Rainy River District last week. We didn’t have much rain, but enough to keep us off the land for a few days at the agricultural research station in Emo. The earlier planted trials all have emerged and are looking good. We are […]
I was born with a great imagination, and as I was flying over the North Atlantic one week ago on my way to Britain, I thought my mind’s eye had a pretty good idea what this trip would be like. Suffice to say, I had no clue. This experience has […]
I recently did a road trip with Laurie (Daughter #3) from Owen Sound, Ont. to Wolfville, N.S., covering the 2,000-plus kilometres in two days. Although the marathon of driving was a bit tedious, sitting in that small space with my daughter took my heart and gave it a complete overhaul. […]
Screw the Super Bowl, and never mind the playoffs currently in progress in both the NHL and NBA. The most dramatic finish you’ll see in sports this year happened Sunday in England as the 2011/12 English Premier League soccer season came to an incredible conclusion that would be rejected by […]
The biggest fishing weekend of the year for anglers and resort owners across the Sunset Country region is set to go down this coming weekend as the walleye season opens back up after being closed for the past month to protect these fish while they spawned. The walleye season across […]
One of the best parts of what I do is that I get to meet all kinds of really cool people and usually I get to take them fishing. Last week, I met up with Winnipeg Jets’ forward Nik Antropov for a day of fishing on Lake of the Woods. […]
