Sun.Oct 06, 2024

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First a livestock exhibitor, now the judge

Western FarmPress

Gen Z Aggie: I took those years of exhibiting livestock as a youth and participating in collegiate judging to heart. Now, I’m the judge at the fair.

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Ceremonial Grade Cacao is Ceremony’s Subversion

Modern Farmer

In 2014, during a short stay on the shores of Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, walking along a dirt road, I came across a poster for an upcoming event stapled to a telephone pole. It read of a “cacao ceremony” that same weekend. Being a card-carrying member of the ceremonially starved and ceremonially hungry, I immediately signed up. Alongside some 30 other, mostly twenty-something tourists and expats, we gathered on a Sunday afternoon in the solarium of the house of a “cacao shaman.

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Farmland value growth stronger than anticipated at mid-way mark of 2024

Real Agriculture

Farm Credit Canada has published its farmland value report for the mid-way mark of 2024, with Saskatchewan leading the way with growth of 7.4%. The overall Canadian average for January to June 2024 sits at 5.4%, despite a challenging financial climate of elevated interest rates and lower commodity prices. All provinces posted positive gains on.

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