Lack of staff, funding | Potash was used to control zebra mussels in Lake Winnipeg, but they are still spreading
Manitoba worked hard for years to keep zebra mussels out of Lake Winnipeg, but it appears the Russian invaders are here to stay following an infestation that was discovered last year. “For Lake Winnipeg, right now, it looks like adaptation,” said biologist Laureen Janusz with Manitoba Conservation. An intensive campaign to inject liquid potash around […] Read more
Barbara Duckworth
Stories by Barbara Duckworth
Family builds on Agribition traditions
Show preparations | Entire family pitches in to feed, groom, clip and show cattle for the Shorthorn show
REGINA — Every year, dozens of farm families pack up kids, tack boxes and livestock to head out for a week at Canadian Western Agribition. For the Moellenbeck family of Englefeld, Sask., it has been a family tradition since 1983. Richard Moellenbeck was a teenager then, coming to the show with his parents, Arnold and […] Read more
Red Angus adds to university fund
Aspiring veterinarian | Youngster pockets $3,000 for his cow-calf pair in the junior competition
REGINA — This year’s Canadian Western Agribition could be a red letter event for two Saskatchewan young people. Cousins Baxter Blair and Nolan Blair were named winners of the Canadian Junior Beef Extreme Nov. 29. Baxter won grand champion with a red Angus cow-calf pair and pocketed a cheque for $3,000. “It will go for […] Read more
Speckle Park gain interest
REGINA — Speckle Park breeders probably feel like they are finally getting some respect. The black and white breed, which was developed in Canada, was granted distinctive breed status in 2006, and its 50-year story is being shared across Canada and over the oceans to England, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. “We had an end […] Read more
Simmental pioneers honoured
Hall of Fame | The Bates introduced the breed in 1971 and run Sunny Valley Simmentals, a 160-head operation
REGINA —Simmental cattle quickly gained a reputation for packing on pounds of beef when they were first imported from Europe. Among the early converts were Don and Bea Bates of Hanley, Sask., who joined the business in 1972. They started infusing their British cattle with the new genetics and went from weaning a 400 lb. […] Read more
Black Angus bull awes crowd, nets $62,000
Red heifer nets $26,000 | Auctioneer says the short supply of quality cattle may have pushed up prices to average $11,852 per head
REGINA — A Black Angus bull that wowed the crowds at Northlands Farmfair in Edmonton and Canadian Western Agribition sold for $62,000 at Agribition’s Power and Perfection Angus sale Nov. 28. The consignment event was the last in the lineup of sales showcased at Agribition each year. Remitall F Prospector 110Z was supreme bull at […] Read more
Farmfair champion takes another top prize
Black Angus bull | Agribition champion, owned by Remitall Farms, sold for $62,000
REGINA — A few hours before the big show, Richard Latimer was being circumspect about his bull’s chances at Canadian Western Agribition’s RBC Beef Supreme championship. No one knows what may happen when 36 bulls representing a wide range of breeds and type are displayed before a panel of five judges scoring each animal individually. […] Read moreHereford registry hits three million
REGINA — The Canadian Hereford Association auctioned off its three millionth registration number for $4,750 at last week’s Canadian Western Agribition. The successful bidder was Copper Creek Ranch of Princeton, B.C. The ranch is owned by Ron and Sharon Stevenson and managed by Phil and Catherine Brown. The three million and one registration went to […] Read more
Hog official vows improvements in wake of video
Western Hog Exchange | Official says new animal handling procedures will be introduced and better training for staff provided
Mistakes were made at a central Alberta hog assembly yard where an undercover video showed pigs being kicked, slammed with gates and hit with prods. “I believe as an industry we can learn from it, and I pledge we will do better,” said Brent Moen, chair of Western Hog Exchange. “We should have realized it […] Read moreBreeders win big with Simmentals
REGINA — For the second year running, Blair and Stephanie McIntosh have brought the best pen of bulls to Canadian Western Agribition’s commercial cattle show. That same pen of three black Sim-mentals was also named the people’s choice at the bull pen alley showcase. McIntosh has been in the Sim-mental business since he was 13 […] Read more
