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Lisa Guenther is the senior editor of magazines at Glacier FarmMedia, and the editor of Canadian Cattlemen. She previously worked as a field editor for Grainews and Country Guide. Lisa grew up on a cow-calf operation in northwestern Saskatchewan and still lives in the same community. She holds a graduate degree in professional communications from Royal Roads University and an undergraduate degree in education from the University of Alberta. She also writes fiction in her spare time and has had two novels published by NeWest Press in Edmonton.


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Crops, Markets

YOUTH AG-SUMMIT: Food challenges in focus

By Lisa Guenther August 25, 2015
Feeding the nine billion-plus people expected to be living on our planet by 2050, from a land base that’s not expected to get any bigger, is the question posed to […] Read more

Crops

French durum player on fact-finding tour of Canada

By Lisa Guenther July 8, 2015
Saskatchewan durum growers may have an unexpected visitor this summer. Since early May, Quentin Renault has been visiting farmers in Saskatchewan’s durum basket as part of a two-year study into […] Read more


Frost and dry conditions have stressed pastures and forages in northwestern Saskatchewan. (Lisa Guenther photo)
Livestock

Guenther: Manage risks around weather-stressed pastures, forages

By Lisa Guenther July 2, 2015
Mother Nature has dealt a weak hand to many northwestern Saskatchewan livestock producers this year as frost, a cool spring and dry weather have hit pastures and hay stands. But […] Read more

Crops

NW Sask. sees patchy canola, better cereals

By Lisa Guenther July 1, 2015
Spring has been tough on many canola crops in northwestern Saskatchewan. “Canola — it’s kind of hit and miss. They’re just all over the place,” said Stephanie McMillan, an agronomist […] Read more

Hayland north of Livelong, Sask. (Lisa Guenther photo)
Crops

Dry spring puts Sask. grass, hay in short supply

By Lisa Guenther June 26, 2015
A dry, cool spring has checked pasture growth in Saskatchewan and a hay shortage is looming. The province’s latest crop report notes topsoil moisture in hay fields and pasture is […] Read more


Farmland south of Turtleford benefited from recent rain. (Lisa Guenther photo)
Crops

Guenther: Rain drops in on NW Sask.

By Lisa Guenther June 15, 2015
Farmers and ranchers in northwestern Saskatchewan received much-needed rain late last week and over the weekend. Tom Brown raises cattle and is a crop reporter for Saskatchewan Agriculture and the […] Read more

Late blight has cost potato growers worldwide billions in damaged crops. (Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Crops

Soil bacteria may offer weapon against late blight in potatoes

By Lisa Guenther June 13, 2015
Potato producers may soon have a new ally in their battle against late blight, and it’s right under their feet. Researchers have discovered bacterial strains in the soil that show […] Read more

Dr. Roy Golsteyn’s lab is studying buffalo bean for compounds that may help fight certain cancers. (Photo courtesy University of Lethbridge)
Crops

Guenther: Buffalo bean more than floral for cancer researchers

By Lisa Guenther June 6, 2015
Buffalo beans adorn the pastures, field edges and even kitchen tables of many Prairie farms and ranches — but the pretty plant is now also being picked for its potential […] Read more


A CL-215 water bomber drops water on a fire north of Turtle Lake, Sask, on Thursday evening. (Lisa Guenther photo)
Livestock

Guenther (video): Northwestern Sask. fire hazard looms over farms

By Lisa Guenther May 22, 2015
Judy Wilkinson was planting potatoes on Thursday when she had a bad feeling: the dry weather was just right for a fire. “It’s scary out there. The buffalo don’t want […] Read more

Cutworms. (Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)
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Guenther: Alta. cutworms sought for mapping, posterity

By Lisa Guenther May 21, 2015
If you’re an Alberta farmer and your crops have got cutworms, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development wants to know. Scott Meers, an entomologist with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, is […] Read more

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