SASKATOON – In Saskatchewan, 350,000 acres of farmland are under irrigation. But organizers of the 15th Annual Saskatchewan Irrigation Conference in Saskatoon say it is not enough. They believe the province has enough land and water to more than triple that number. “The water is there. The land is there,” said Saskatchewan Irrigation Projects Association […] Read more
Stories by Charles Hamilton
Measuring irrigation link to GHG difficult
SASKATOON – Approximately 40 percent of the world’s food is produced using irrigation. Economists and agronomists say that will likely increase in the future with growing populations and the corresponding demand for food. However, the move toward more irrigated crops has the potential to increase agriculture-based greenhouse gas emissions and put a strain on the […] Read more
More vehicles, more deer, more collisions: wildlife official
SASKATOON – Josh Forrest was half an hour outside Saskatoon when his 1995 Ford Escort hit a deer. He was driving 110 km/h while on his way to work in Carrot River, Sask. It was just after midnight and the road was dark. He didn’t see the deer until it was in his headlights. “It […] Read more
Cooked meat said relaxing: study
SASKATOON – New research suggests that the sight of cooked meat reduces aggression and will calm people down. Frank Kachanoff, a researcher with McGill University’s psychology department, was surprised to learn that the sight of meat makes people significantly less aggressive. He thought aggression would have helped our primate ancestors with hunting, co-opting and protecting […] Read more
Trudeau speaks on politics, youth issues and the thorny gun control debate
Youth should be seen not just as leaders of tomorrow but also as leaders of today, Justin Trudeau told a forum at the University of Saskatchewan Sept. 28. “Unfortunately, the connection isn’t there between young people and politics,” said the Quebec MP and eldest son of former prime minster Pierre Trudeau. “If young people are […] Read more
New reality TV show focuses lens on farm life
Two filmmakers from Vancouver want to point their cameras at Canadian farmers, with the hope that their documentary style reality show will make it to television. “I think that following farmers and their communities in their daily lives will help people realize what goes into their food,” said Andrew Sorenson aboutThe Farm,a reality show that […] Read more
Repayment extended
Canadian beef and pork producers will have some extra time to repay loans they received from the federal government, federal agriculture minister Gerry Ritz announced Aug. 6 in Saskatoon. Beef and pork producers who received cash advances from the government under the Advance Payment Program were due to start repaying loans this October. Cattle producers […] Read more
Sask. farmers lend helping hand in Haiti
D’ARCY, Sask. – Ken and Denise Wallis couldn’t stay away when they heard about the earthquake that devastated Haiti earlier this year. The grain farmers from D’Arcy, Sask., arrived Jan. 24, almost two weeks after the earthquake killed more than 250,000 people and left hundreds of thousands more injured and homeless. They found collapsed buildings […] Read more
