Articles
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Forest for the Trees: Thought Leadership at BFG
Linking a long-dead Austrian philosopher to the agriculture industry was a thought I had the other day. Instead of letting it go, I wrote it…
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Wittgenstein and the Language of Agriculture
I got into golf in my late 30s. In my university days, golfers and golf courses represented exclusivity and excess. While I’m still cognizant of…
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How Could Agri-environmental Policies Evolve?
What will future Canadian agri-environmental policies look like? The answer to this question depends, of course, on who you ask. There are many models on…
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How Burr Forest Got its Name
Burr Forest is a loose translation of the Lower German word Burlwalde. My family’s farm was settled in the late 1800s. It is nestled along…
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Canola – Aerial Crop Protection
This pilot is protecting a healthy canola field that has seen a tremendous amount of rain and is currently thriving under much-needed dry and hot…
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Prairie Storm
On June 12, 2024 a storm manifesting in a variety of ways – from devastating to spectacular – blew over parts of central Canada and…
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Harvesting Expert Insights: Burr Forest Group’s Takeaways from Unveiling the Narrative
Part of our jobs at Burr Forest Group is to learn. Learn about the work our clients are doing and learn about how we can…
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Emerging Cereals
This photo gallery, with accompanying video, features recently-emerged wheat and barley seeded in southern Manitoba between April 23 and April 25. If you are interested…
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Rethinking Policy and Research Communications While We Have the Chance
We had just over 100 acres left to harvest when our combine caught fire becoming a mass of burnt steel and melted plastic. That mass…