Monthly Archives: January 2012

What do you get when you mix Canada, Switzerland and Zambia? – the Ukraine! At least that’s the impression I got listening to Franz Stamm. I was at a Fleckvieh breeders association meeting last week. After the business portion, Stamm … Continue reading →

“You could spit over the border, you live so close,” Max, our German friend, thinks. Not quite – it’s still more than a kilometre. But Adolf Keller of Dörflingen probably could, if the wind was going the right way. His … Continue reading →

A couple weeks into this New Year, Zambian farmers have one main wish: rain. The rainy season normally starts beginning of November lasting to end March/beginning April. It’s the main planting season for all farmers without irrigation, with planting starting … Continue reading →

Canadians are notorious for talking about the weather. We can’t help it. Either it’s freaking cold, or bone dry, or blowing a blizzard. We especially can’t help it if we’re farmers and our very livelihood depends on it. No wonder … Continue reading →

Weather and prices dominate the wish list of many Swiss farmers for 2012. 2011 was a difficult year weather-wise. A warm dry winter and spring caused a major drought. Feed was scarce for livestock, and crops were stunted. A rainy … Continue reading →