On the Farm: The Leguees focus on sustainable production and developing long-term business relationships
FILLMORE, Sask. — Farming on the Canadian Prairies can be a risky business. That’s why effective risk management strategies are so important to farm manager Jake Leguee. Jake and his wife, Stephanie, are partners at Leguee Farms near Fillmore, Sask., about an hour’s drive southeast of Regina. The family has been farming in the Fillmore […] Read moreAuthor Archives
Strike begins at CN, negotiations continue
About 3,200 conductors, train workers and yard workers at Canadian National Railway went on strike earlier today in a move that could have far-reaching implications for the Canadian agriculture industry and for the Canadian economy as a whole. “Unfortunately, we were unable to reach a deal with CN,” said officials with the Teamsters Canada Rail […] Read more
CN strike looms
A strike affecting Canada’s largest railway company could begin tomorrow. About 3,000 unionized workers at Canadian National Railway including train conductors and yard workers served notice Nov. 16 of their intent to strike beginning Nov. 19. The workers, represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) have been working without a contract since July. Representatives […] Read more
Information breach at protein developer said contained
A security breach affecting email systems at Protein Industries Canada (PIC) did not involve the loss of any commercially sensitive proprietary information, says the top executive at PIC. “We know for a fact that there were a number of files that were accessed, none of which were downloaded and none of which contained any confidential […] Read more
Recreational land use app moves to testing phase
Recreational land users in Saskatchewan including hunters, birdwatchers, hikers and snowmobilers could soon have access to a new web-based app that allows them to seek and obtain permission to access privately owned rural lands. The new app, called SaskLander, was developed by Saskatoon-based company Western Heritage and was unveiled Nov. 7 at the Saskatchewan Association […] Read more
CN, Thunder Bay report strong cargo numbers
Canada’s largest railway company says it moved a record amount of western Canadian grain in October. In a news release issued Nov. 5, Canadian National Railway said it moved 2.8 million tonnes of western Canadian grain and grain products, an all-time record for a single month. CN’s previous monthly record, set in April 2019, was […] Read more
Viterra, Foodgrains address world hunger
Canadian grain company Viterra has once again teamed up with the Canadian Foodgrains Bank and local grain growers to help address the issue of world hunger. In 2019, more than 250 acres of Viterra-owned farmland located near the company’s grain terminals at Lethbridge, Stettler and Trochu, Alta., as well as Raymore and Grenfell, Sask., were […] Read more
‘A struggle right from the start’
Western farmers have dealt with some difficult harvest conditions over the past few years, but the harvest of 2019 might go down as the worst yet in recent memory. “This has got to be one for the books,” said Justin Schwab, who farms with his uncle Murray Farness near Camrose, Alta. “The last few years […] Read more
Prairie farmers facing huge, costly task
Provincial crop reports from Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba paint a bleak picture of harvest progress across the Prairies. As of late October, more than eight million acres of unharvested crops were still in the field, according to the provincial reports. That included roughly 1.25 million acres in Manitoba, 3.5 million acres in Saskatchewan and 3.4 […] Read more
Celebrity pig defies odds, wins hearts
Found on the side of a road and rescued from the slaughter plant, Mango inspires hundreds of people with his unlikely story
When Mango the Pig is old and grey, he’ll have quite the story to share with the other animals at his farm sanctuary near Ottawa. Not long ago, Mango was just a typical young hog on a fast-track to the slaughterhouse. But today, thanks to an odd twist of fate and the help of a […] Read more
