“The farmer is the only man in our economy who buys everything at retail, sells everything at wholesale, and pays the freight both ways.” - John F. Kennedy
You can tell by looking at dad that he worked very hard all his life, and I mean that as a compliment. He helped to keep this country fed and our economy depends on people like him. I salute you sir!
I dont think these people need cheap flateries . But specific policies demanded and implemented to alieviete theyr problems and pressures, You sound just like a politician, ohh youre such a hero , now get lost. Very cheap way to fix things. This recognition BS for people in the real world is absolutly worthless, its even worse than that, it drains time and atention when You have to listen to this mildly distracting cheap false uninterested lazy encouregement when you're doing stuff
This is so excellent - as a Saskatchewan farm wife I appreciate you telling the story of the farmer. Honest and true representation of the small farmer’s world ! 💥
@uni blab Well, at that scale I guess all you can get are guesses. As the man said there are a lot of risks in that profession. But I get it, we didn't really get an exact answer. So, in short it takes a lot of money to start farming in Canada. Back in India it can be cheap but again the scale can be different. India has a lot of farmers, and the numbers are coming down since people are more inclined to move to cities now.
Living in Canada and after seeing what it takes to be a farmer here in the frigid conditions I have even more respect for them now. A big salute to our farmers !
Hi Alina, loved this video. I similarly grew up on a wheat and cattle ranch in Washington State where our family is going on 5 generations. It’s a lifestyle. Your dad is a great guy!
Your dad farmed for many years without attending classes and writing exams. His classroom is his farm and land. Learning everyday, facing what Mother Nature throws at him and adapting quickly. With all this learning, you don't receive a PHD in farming, but something far more precious and not easily learnt, which is Wisdom. Alina, I think your dad is awesome! He would be great person to work with. Although, even at your dad's age, I think most of us would have a hard time keeping up with him. Thank you for sharing! PS I grew up on a farm near Hafford. I also went to school, k-12, in Hafford.
Alina, I really like your relationship with your dad. Make the most of your time with both your parents. I wanna see videos about your life in Toronto now.
Great Job!!! You couldn’t say it any better. When you are born and raised on the farm you have a certain passion for it. The love of the land. It’s hard to explain the feeling. That’s what keeps us crazy people going.
Farming for starters is a challenge never mind the fact we have -35 celsius winters, Snow storms, & +40 celsius summers to contend with. Oh yeah and the fact there is such a huge input cost. Im a third generation cattle rancher, that just recently came back to the farm, as my dad is getting ready to retire. I truly wonder how people get into farming if it isn’t handed down from family. Cheers 🍻 everyone from Prairie Sunset Ranch !!
@Davit M Feel free to add me on Instagram and message me with any questions you may have. I don’t know everything but maybe can help you out with some basic questions. 👍 Cheers🍻and all the best my friend.
@M M I have seen farmers get great crops 2 or 3 years in a row then over extend themselves buying equipment and lose it all with 2 or 3 years of near drought.
That's why programmers are so popular. You have to have only one laptop, it maybe the old one with windows XP even But all your property will be only your own table and a room 2x2 meters as I have now, not such a colossal machines like Alina's dad has 😁
Your Dad was quite the humble guy, when you asked him about driving before he got his actual license. Cool guy. I do enjoy your videos/vlogs. Keep up the good work and stay safe.
God bless your amazing dad and all Canadian farmers who work so darn hard to put food on our tables. And tell that speed demon behind you talking to your dad to slow down!. Wow must be doing 100k.
Alina it is always nice to see you and your dad in a video, especially on a farm in Saskatchewan. He is such a nice man. He has such a beautiful daughter.
Loved your video. Always good to hear from a farmer with lots of experience. It's crazy how big the farms are getting nowadays. Nobody does summer fallow nowadays so I think this no till farming practice is going to have some long term side effects for the land as well as the grain quality in the future. Thanks to all the farmers. You are the backbone of society.
Thank you for sharing this precious moments. I plan to start a farm in Canada two yrs later when I retired as a doctor in chn. You make me to know the truth of farm, but I won't retreat, I like planting and livestock breeding, I would try to survive, God bless me.
Agricultural is the best way to survive than depending on anyone to survive, like recently I earn about $23000 from CPV company and the company is different from the supermarket.
What a beautiful success story, from the time your mom and dad met, while he was on a trip to the Ukraine to bringing you both home to Canada . The pride and appreciation you showed to become a Canadian. Followed by the beautiful videos you and your dad showing us the countryside and farms. Thank you and your Dad!
Farming is my passion and always get motivated and cherished when I saw advance farming and fertile lands , even I am also planning to do farming in Canada, this is great source of motivation for me
Much Respect for your Dad and family. You helped build our great country🇨🇦🇨🇦. I fully understand why many family farms sold to larger operations however in the long term I am afraid it will come back to “bite” us especially with the huge tracts of land sold to foreign consortiums. Our land and the ability to grow our own food is one of Canada’s greatest assets. Thanks for the video. As an Alberta boy I also love Saskatchewan...well I love our whole beautiful country🇨🇦🇨🇦
Hello Alina Mcleod, first time I come across your channel and I really enjoyed this video. It was great learning all of those insights, it was great also learning about how big was a quarter of land in acres. I had no clue prior to that. One thing, I enjoyed about many farmers, is how hard-working, passionate, and how humble many of them are. Wish you well on your channel. Thanks.
Great video! I can totally relate! I assumed the family farm after my parents passed about 10 years ago. No where near the size of farm in your video but it's similar in what it takes etc. Its a business and lifestyle and not for everyone! Your dad is amazing too! Lots of experience and knowledge!
Alina Mcleod 😊 thank you Alina, i am just always watching your travel vlogs and just really enjoy them and i feel that calm feeling when watching tbem kinda like when you go to that fave cafe and the food arrives and the feeling just when you see the food, kinda a nice “all is good” feeling - haha sorry i am crazy with explaining things 😀
It’s truly pleasure to see your dad’s interview. Great man. God bless you and your dad. I’m about to retire and move back to my birth country and do livestock farming which is my passion. Always love watching your videos. You’re doing great job. Thanks.
Alina, I have followed you for a while, but this is my first comment. I am extremely impressed by the respect you clearly demonstrate for your father, his generation, and that little community in the middle of Saskatchewan. And while you have "travelled far" that grounding adds credibility and weight to all your subsequent observations.
I really love to see your videos, which always to make with your dad. and your English speaking ascend is really easy to understand to me. Thanks for your beautiful blog.
Nope. Many times farmers work by themselves - one guy - and 8 quarters and 100 cows are HARD HARD WORK. for a big corporation, eight quarters alone is not much.
@@ralphwiggum250N you are right for the 100 cows, but 8 quarters (2 acres) are like a house garden for me So no chance for him to survive He should know that earlier
@@azzouzfou I think eight quarters is 1,280 acres. Maybe someone can correct me if I'm wrong. Eight quarters is two "sections." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_(United_States_land_surveying)
As a small farmer in Ireland, I really liked this insight to country life in Canada. Much the same movement to bigger scale is happening here, but it seems that is the pattern the world over.
travelled through Saskatchewan 2 years ago loved it, had always flown to Vancouver where 2 daughters live, just wish I had done this trip earlier, your dad is a great guy, worked hard all his life and loved it, not many can say that
Hats off to your dad and all the farmers for their hard work and dedication! Mr. Mcleod has a great sense of humor. Last minute of your video really made my day!
Thanks for the tour! I looked up canadian crops in TH-cam and your video came up. Driving by Saskatchewan to winnipeg last weekend I had no clue what most of the crops and devices are. This video explained a lot 👏
Other than the corporations, the only people I’m aware of that are still buying any significant amount of land are Hutterites. A couple years ago I learned from an elder that starting a new colony in southern Manitoba can cost >35 million, including land, buildings, and equipment.
The 1998 movie "Conquest" with Lothaire Bluteau and Tara Fitzgerald did a good job of showing the struggle the farmers face to make a go of it. Nice to see you with your father.
Hi...im from india and i try for Saskatchewan PR and right now i looking for every video related to saskatchewan agriculture and farming machinery in your channel its so knowledgeable and helpfull to us...thank you so much.
Agricultural has thought me a lot of things to survive with, like recently I earn about $23000 from CPV company and the company is different from the supermarket.
The fields look so big over there and i was amazed by hearing the size of your dads farm and seeing different kinds of equipment. Farms of that size is probably uncommon here in Finland. My neighbor has about 8 cows and 50 calves and maybe he gets up to 10 % of your dads farmland owning just a part of it.
Thanks for sharing! Another good point to touch on would’ve been the price of farmland these days. When times were tough in the 90’s, it was tough sometimes to find someone who wanted to buy land. In our area, a quarter section of land was selling for roughly $40,000-$50,000. Even in the late 2000’s it was only $80,000-$100,000. Now, there’s so much competition for acres, that people are getting $250,000 and more for a quarter of land. If you don’t have a lot of money, or borrowing power, and family to help set you up, it’s pretty much impossible to start up with now. Another interesting part is farm labour in Saskatchewan. Older retired farmers like your dad are extremely valuable as farm help, because they can operate pretty much all farm machinery and not smash it up, which is important considering the cost. There isn’t a lot of people trained like this anymore, most people are raised in town or the city and don’t know how to operate all these things safely. Whereas back in the day, there were farm families everywhere, every family had many kids, and all were trained at very young ages on pretty much all farm machinery. It’s not like that anymore, so these older ex-farmers who still live out in the country are very valuable to the bigger farm operations, as they’re the only option with experience as well as very reliable. It’s not easy getting quality farm help out in the middle of nowhere.
Wonderful presentation! I grew up on a small, simple farm in Eastern USA. The lifestyle was quite enjoyable but difficult at times; there is incredible UNPREDICTABILITY! Small livestock farms seem to be going by the wayside in the industrialized West!
Yes they are going by the wayside but here in rural Ontario we are trying very hard to bring them back and we need the support of our government and also we need the support of the urban population.
A real gentleman and humble guy, a very nice and informative interview. Any interesting story from your dad's farming career would be very helpful, and some tips and tricks to run a one man farm show would be great to hear. Best wishes
Great video about farming Alina!!....your dad seems like a super fellow. He's spot on about us farmers, as I also farm here in SK, East Central Yorkton area, mainly livestock. He made a great comment towards the end where if land is passed down or gradually eased in through the family or corporation then it may be easier to absorb. To start from scratch is expensive.....that's putting it mildly. Great vid!!
Such a humble daughter of a humble farmer, although I subscribed your channel for travel logs, but todai am really impressed to see your awareness on farmers, all farmers worldwide are same, one of my friend told me the king of market is not producer nor consumer but middlemen or you can call trader.
I can't help but admire your skill as an interviewer and producer. I've watched your video on skipping university. Your presentation, natural ability combined with a degree in journalism would likely propel you towards a national stage. Well done!
Alina, really enjoying your vid's .. they highlight one thing we can all learn ... from the Ukraine to small town Canada ,... all propaganda aside at our core we all just want the same basic things out of life life
That farmer farms around us. He grew his operation since this video. But he is a good farmer and takes care of his guys, equipment and family. It’s really amazing watching that fleet of combines smash out a field in just one hour. They will either have 8-14 combines in a field and the amount of time it takes to start a field and finish is mind blowing... that being said it’s a huge dream to work with them and get your hands into something you never thought would be possible but in the next couple years I think I will be working there and seeing how this big operation really works and is held together with the people and family.
Thank you! That is what I am still deciding. There's a few places that should be open in the next couple of months, but nothing is set in stone so I'm just waiting until more information comes out.
“The farmer is the only man in our economy who buys everything at retail, sells everything at wholesale, and pays the freight both ways.” - John F. Kennedy
I have been in Saskatchewan in December 🎄seen been to glow Saskatchewan
Try working just for one yr on the farm...no one realizes what these people do for mankind.
@Weaver Cattle Company my biggest FEAR , once it gets monopolized by corporations, it will be the choke for humanity.
Oh how true but it's what we do, lol.
@@rayhawk9432 Some how I reckon you're frying other fish.
You can tell by looking at dad that he worked very hard all his life, and I mean that as a compliment. He helped to keep this country fed and our economy depends on people like him. I salute you sir!
I dont think these people need cheap flateries . But specific policies demanded and implemented to alieviete theyr problems and pressures, You sound just like a politician, ohh youre such a hero , now get lost. Very cheap way to fix things. This recognition BS for people in the real world is absolutly worthless, its even worse than that, it drains time and atention when You have to listen to this mildly distracting cheap false uninterested lazy encouregement when you're doing stuff
This is so excellent - as a Saskatchewan farm wife I appreciate you telling the story of the farmer. Honest and true representation of the small farmer’s world ! 💥
Aw thank you very much, Lori!
Such a gentleman. Bless him for giving such useful insight.
Polite and very Honest
True
@uni blab Well, at that scale I guess all you can get are guesses. As the man said there are a lot of risks in that profession.
But I get it, we didn't really get an exact answer. So, in short it takes a lot of money to start farming in Canada.
Back in India it can be cheap but again the scale can be different. India has a lot of farmers, and the numbers are coming down since people are more inclined to move to cities now.
Farmers like mother feeding foods
Almighty God bless you.
No need lie.honest people.
What a wonderful dad. I wish I had a dad like that. May he be blessed with many more years to come.
Bless you both! It's so lovely see the father and daughter sharing such beautiful moments.
Living in Canada and after seeing what it takes to be a farmer here in the frigid conditions I have even more respect for them now. A big salute to our farmers !
I was drawn by the big tractors but I loved hearing from your dad! He seems like such a humble and hardworking person. I love his accent too!
😀😀😀😀😀🙏🙏🙏🙏
Like father, like daughter. You are all fine folks
Hi Alina, loved this video. I similarly grew up on a wheat and cattle ranch in Washington State where our family is going on 5 generations. It’s a lifestyle. Your dad is a great guy!
What a great idea making this video during a time when you are not able to travel much. Your dad is wonderful and has such a sense of peace.
Your dad farmed for many years without attending classes and writing exams. His classroom is his farm and land. Learning everyday, facing what Mother Nature throws at him and adapting quickly. With all this learning, you don't receive a PHD in farming, but something far more precious and not easily learnt, which is Wisdom. Alina, I think your dad is awesome! He would be great person to work with. Although, even at your dad's age, I think most of us would have a hard time keeping up with him. Thank you for sharing!
PS I grew up on a farm near Hafford. I also went to school, k-12, in Hafford.
I have a lot of admiration and respect for the work that your father has done - we really need more farmers like him.
Massive respect!
Listening to him made me feel like the earth talking to my soul...
Alina, so sweet of you to take your dad's interview on farming, that he did for almost 60 years. You're so beautiful inside and out.
Loved watching such gentleman sharing his experiences. Very much appreciated.
Alina, I really like your relationship with your dad. Make the most of your time with both your parents. I wanna see videos about your life in Toronto now.
Great Job!!! You couldn’t say it any better. When you are born and raised on the farm you have a certain passion for it. The love of the land. It’s hard to explain the feeling. That’s what keeps us crazy people going.
I live 1957 km (1216 mi) almost directly south of your dad. I adore you and your dad. You’re lucky to have each other.
A great video that reinforces my appreciation for farmers in Canada. Thank you.
Farming for starters is a challenge never mind the fact we have -35 celsius winters, Snow storms, & +40 celsius summers to contend with. Oh yeah and the fact there is such a huge input cost. Im a third generation cattle rancher, that just recently came back to the farm, as my dad is getting ready to retire. I truly wonder how people get into farming if it isn’t handed down from family. Cheers 🍻 everyone from Prairie Sunset Ranch !!
@Davit M Feel free to add me on Instagram and message me with any questions you may have. I don’t know everything but maybe can help you out with some basic questions. 👍 Cheers🍻and all the best my friend.
Terrific video. My relatives who were farmers had a joke: "how do you get $1,000,000 farming?" "Start with $2,000,000".
@M M Yes. The joke is a comment on how difficult it is to make a living farming these days.
The same saying for NASCAR. How to make a $1,000,000 in NASCAR, start with $5,000,000.
@M M I have seen farmers get great crops 2 or 3 years in a row then over extend themselves buying equipment and lose it all with 2 or 3 years of near drought.
That's why programmers are so popular.
You have to have only one laptop, it maybe the old one with windows XP even
But all your property will be only your own table and a room 2x2 meters as I have now, not such a colossal machines like Alina's dad has 😁
Haha.
Damn! That's not of money needed
Farmers, manufacturer workers and the high-tech researchers are backbone of the country and I really appreciate their hard-working.
Your dad deserves a standing ovation just like the workers on the front lines during this pandemic!!
Definitely!
I REALLY ENJOYED THE PROGRAM,YOUR DAD SEEMS LIKE A REAL GOOD GUY. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THEY GROW CROPS THAT FAR NORTH.
Your Dad was quite the humble guy, when you asked him about driving before he got his actual license. Cool guy. I do enjoy your videos/vlogs. Keep up the good work and stay safe.
Great video Alina
God bless your amazing dad and all Canadian farmers who work so darn hard to put food on our tables. And tell that speed demon behind you talking to your dad to slow down!. Wow must be doing 100k.
Alina it is always nice to see you and your dad in a video, especially on a farm in Saskatchewan. He is such a nice man. He has such a beautiful daughter.
Farmers are the lifeblood, backbone of any country.
Awesome looking grain handling set up
This is soooo good. Every person born in Saskatchewan must see this. Every person not lucky enough to be borne in Saskatchewan must see this!
your dad seems like such an amazing person.
He is!
Loved your video. Always good to hear from a farmer with lots of experience. It's crazy how big the farms are getting nowadays. Nobody does summer fallow nowadays so I think this no till farming practice is going to have some long term side effects for the land as well as the grain quality in the future. Thanks to all the farmers. You are the backbone of society.
Thank you for sharing this precious moments. I plan to start a farm in Canada two yrs later when I retired as a doctor in chn. You make me to know the truth of farm, but I won't retreat, I like planting and livestock breeding, I would try to survive, God bless me.
Agricultural is the best way to survive than depending on anyone to survive, like recently I earn about $23000 from CPV company and the company is different from the supermarket.
A bad plan. You're in Asia. Go to Asia or eastern Europe and buy a farm.
@ I am a Canadian now
I love this video, thank you. From an old farmer in Denmark, 73 years old. Carl . It could be mee here in DK.
Alisa, you are great ! Your Dad is wonderful Farmer. God bless all of you ! Lifelong to your Dad.
Your Dad is so sweet 🙏
Hey from Ontario👋, big difference within our provinces but I'm sure to visit Saskatchewan one day 🙂
What a beautiful success story, from the time your mom and dad met, while he was on a trip to the Ukraine to bringing you both home to Canada . The pride and appreciation you showed to become a Canadian. Followed by the beautiful videos you and your dad showing us the countryside and farms. Thank you and your Dad!
Love your tour/ It reminds me when i worked for a farmer in 1953 at at Elrosw Sask hauling grain to the elevater.
Farming is my passion and always get motivated and cherished when I saw advance farming and fertile lands , even I am also planning to do farming in Canada, this is great source of motivation for me
Much Respect for your Dad and family. You helped build our great country🇨🇦🇨🇦. I fully understand why many family farms sold to larger operations however in the long term I am afraid it will come back to “bite” us especially with the huge tracts of land sold to foreign consortiums. Our land and the ability to grow our own food is one of Canada’s greatest assets. Thanks for the video. As an Alberta boy I also love Saskatchewan...well I love our whole beautiful country🇨🇦🇨🇦
Hello Alina Mcleod, first time I come across your channel and I really enjoyed this video. It was great learning all of those insights, it was great also learning about how big was a quarter of land in acres. I had no clue prior to that. One thing, I enjoyed about many farmers, is how hard-working, passionate, and how humble many of them are. Wish you well on your channel. Thanks.
What a great man. He is so humble.
This is the most lovely video I watched ever in TH-cam , this simple and natural lady with here lovely father really captured my heart ❤️😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
I lived in SK for few years, amazing sky, infinite view and the nicest people. Félicitations!
Great sense of humor ...
God bless your father and you too ....
Well done Alina, .... , you have his name, and I feel that he is proud of you too ...
That is a HUGE farm! I was raised on a farm not far from Kinistino.Things sure have changed since then!
Great video! I can totally relate! I assumed the family farm after my parents passed about 10 years ago. No where near the size of farm in your video but it's similar in what it takes etc. Its a business and lifestyle and not for everyone! Your dad is amazing too! Lots of experience and knowledge!
Farming is not just a hobby...
It’s a way of life❤️
Awesome experience, really enjoyed the farms you shot. Thanks to your dad to share his exp.
Alina 😊
I get such a feeling of peace and home feeling when watching you! Bless you, seriously 😊
Thank you so much
Alina Mcleod 😊 thank you Alina, i am just always watching your travel vlogs and just really enjoy them and i feel that calm feeling when watching tbem kinda like when you go to that fave cafe and the food arrives and the feeling just when you see the food, kinda a nice “all is good” feeling - haha sorry i am crazy with explaining things 😀
Farmers are the essential part of every country. Your Dad is really a humble person.
Nice to see how your dad is still going strong with farming, soon I’ll be back farming cause of land handed down.
It’s truly pleasure to see your dad’s interview. Great man. God bless you and your dad. I’m about to retire and move back to my birth country and do livestock farming which is my passion.
Always love watching your videos. You’re doing great job. Thanks.
Thank you so much
Alina Mcleod you’re welcome Alina.
Your dad reminds me of my grandpa. Thanks for posting.
Alina, I have followed you for a while, but this is my first comment. I am extremely impressed by the respect you clearly demonstrate for your father,
his generation, and that little community in the middle of Saskatchewan. And while you have "travelled far" that grounding adds credibility and weight to all your subsequent observations.
Aw thank you very much!
15:01 thanks Alina for showing this kind of work that helps support our tables
You are most welcome!
I really love to see your videos, which always to make with your dad. and your English speaking ascend is really easy to understand to me. Thanks for your beautiful blog.
Thanks and my pleasure!
8 quarters and 100 head of cattle - Alina's dad worked hard.
Good
Do you know that 8 quarters are around 8000 m2 ?
They are just like nothing for farming !!!
Nope. Many times farmers work by themselves - one guy - and 8 quarters and 100 cows are HARD HARD WORK. for a big corporation, eight quarters alone is not much.
@@ralphwiggum250N you are right for the 100 cows, but 8 quarters (2 acres) are like a house garden for me
So no chance for him to survive
He should know that earlier
@@azzouzfou I think eight quarters is 1,280 acres. Maybe someone can correct me if I'm wrong. Eight quarters is two "sections." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_(United_States_land_surveying)
Thanks, good tour, your dad has good sense of humour !
As a small farmer in Ireland, I really liked this insight to country life in Canada. Much the same movement to bigger scale is happening here, but it seems that is the pattern the world over.
travelled through Saskatchewan 2 years ago loved it, had always flown to Vancouver where 2 daughters live, just wish I had done this trip earlier, your dad is a great guy, worked hard all his life and loved it, not many can say that
Hats off to your dad and all the farmers for their hard work and dedication! Mr. Mcleod has a great sense of humor. Last minute of your video really made my day!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Good
Thanks for the tour! I looked up canadian crops in TH-cam and your video came up. Driving by Saskatchewan to winnipeg last weekend I had no clue what most of the crops and devices are. This video explained a lot 👏
where I grew up in Saskatchewan a family is farming 40,000+ acres. John Deere’s as far as you can see, it’s a beautiful sight during harvest.
@uni blab hahahhqhaha u naled it
40 000 acres, the Bayer family.?
Other than the corporations, the only people I’m aware of that are still buying any significant amount of land are Hutterites. A couple years ago I learned from an elder that starting a new colony in southern Manitoba can cost >35 million, including land, buildings, and equipment.
your dad is awesome, I wanted be a farmer since i was little, thanks for talking me out of it
I love the relationship with your dad
Great video! I like the framing vibe. Very honest, humble, lots of nature
The 1998 movie "Conquest" with Lothaire Bluteau and Tara Fitzgerald did a good job of showing the struggle the farmers face to make a go of it. Nice to see you with your father.
Hi...im from india and i try for Saskatchewan PR and right now i looking for every video related to saskatchewan agriculture and farming machinery in your channel its so knowledgeable and helpfull to us...thank you so much.
Вот это и есть настоящие люди. Всегда знаешь,что на них можно положится. Отличное видео, Алина и респект твоему отцу!
Спасибо :)
True love for farmers ❤
Agricultural has thought me a lot of things to survive with, like recently I earn about $23000 from CPV company and the company is different from the supermarket.
Great video. Thanks from a retired Australian farmer
Alina, for many reasons, this is my favourite video of yours :) awesome job to you and your dad!
Thank you so much!
@@AlinaMcleod oh and Happy Birthday! :)
The fields look so big over there and i was amazed by hearing the size of your dads farm and seeing different kinds of equipment. Farms of that size is probably uncommon here in Finland. My neighbor has about 8 cows and 50 calves and maybe he gets up to 10 % of your dads farmland owning just a part of it.
Very instructive explanation by your dad on the difficulty of farming and risks taken by farmers.
Thanks for sharing! Another good point to touch on would’ve been the price of farmland these days. When times were tough in the 90’s, it was tough sometimes to find someone who wanted to buy land. In our area, a quarter section of land was selling for roughly $40,000-$50,000. Even in the late 2000’s it was only $80,000-$100,000. Now, there’s so much competition for acres, that people are getting $250,000 and more for a quarter of land. If you don’t have a lot of money, or borrowing power, and family to help set you up, it’s pretty much impossible to start up with now.
Another interesting part is farm labour in Saskatchewan. Older retired farmers like your dad are extremely valuable as farm help, because they can operate pretty much all farm machinery and not smash it up, which is important considering the cost. There isn’t a lot of people trained like this anymore, most people are raised in town or the city and don’t know how to operate all these things safely. Whereas back in the day, there were farm families everywhere, every family had many kids, and all were trained at very young ages on pretty much all farm machinery. It’s not like that anymore, so these older ex-farmers who still live out in the country are very valuable to the bigger farm operations, as they’re the only option with experience as well as very reliable. It’s not easy getting quality farm help out in the middle of nowhere.
What a brilliant man i would live to sit and talk with him such an experienced and generous person to share his knowlegde and experience
Wonderful presentation! I grew up on a small, simple farm in Eastern USA. The lifestyle was quite enjoyable but difficult at times; there is incredible UNPREDICTABILITY! Small livestock farms seem to be going by the wayside in the industrialized West!
Yes they are going by the wayside but here in rural Ontario we are trying very hard to bring them back and we need the support of our government and also we need the support of the urban population.
Thank you so much. this video helped me understand Canadian farming because I'm looking for a farm working job in Canada.
I like your dad! He reminds me of my grandpa who was an Okie farmer. That's Okie, not okay. lol.
Your father is a great guy. Awesome video. Stay safe Alina.
Ah Gordon, you remind me so much of farming uncles and great-uncles. Hard working, honest and loving. Another reason I miss my prairie home.
A real gentleman and humble guy, a very nice and informative interview. Any interesting story from your dad's farming career would be very helpful, and some tips and tricks to run a one man farm show would be great to hear.
Best wishes
Great video about farming Alina!!....your dad seems like a super fellow. He's spot on about us farmers, as I also farm here in SK, East Central Yorkton area, mainly livestock.
He made a great comment towards the end where if land is passed down or gradually eased in through the family or corporation then it may be easier to absorb.
To start from scratch is expensive.....that's putting it mildly. Great vid!!
Thank you so much and all the best to you!
Such a humble daughter of a humble farmer, although I subscribed your channel for travel logs, but todai am really impressed to see your awareness on farmers, all farmers worldwide are same, one of my friend told me the king of market is not producer nor consumer but middlemen or you can call trader.
excellent video! Your Dad seems a good guy, glad you're spending time with him.
Greetings from Estonian farmer with 500 acres!! Looking forward for more videos
Love your dad, He's so sweet.
Hi AM, Great video. Tough business to break into. Thank you for all the insight from you dad. With Much Affection
Bless him , loved the honesty ..... love farming
Great video! A real slice of life and so down home--a refreshing change from most TH-cam videos.
How cheerful your dad is 👍😁
I can't help but admire your skill as an interviewer and producer. I've watched your video on skipping university. Your presentation, natural ability combined with a degree in journalism would likely propel you towards a national stage. Well done!
If she skipped university how does she have a degree in anything?
Тяжелейший труд, низкий поклон фермерам-крестьянам.
An informative and very educational video. Excellent work. Kudos to your dad, he has many reasons to be proud. He gets to drive cool toys too.
Alina, really enjoying your vid's .. they highlight one thing we can all learn ... from the Ukraine to small town Canada ,... all propaganda aside at our core we all just want the same basic things out of life life
Good
That farmer farms around us. He grew his operation since this video. But he is a good farmer and takes care of his guys, equipment and family. It’s really amazing watching that fleet of combines smash out a field in just one hour. They will either have 8-14 combines in a field and the amount of time it takes to start a field and finish is mind blowing... that being said it’s a huge dream to work with them and get your hands into something you never thought would be possible but in the next couple years I think I will be working there and seeing how this big operation really works and is held together with the people and family.
Alina that's truly a great and very intressting viedo! your dad is great!
where will you travel after the lockdown?
Thank you! That is what I am still deciding. There's a few places that should be open in the next couple of months, but nothing is set in stone so I'm just waiting until more information comes out.
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I love your dad. You are such a lucky lady to have such a wonderful father. When I visit the province I have to see his farm. Wonderful extract.