Colleen Munro

From the number of calves available to what they’re being fed, the situation in the cattle-feeding business this fall couldn’t be any different than it was during the fall of 1993. Cow-calf producers were riding the crest of the highest calf prices ever seen. Cattle feeders had to pay those pretty prices because there weren’t […] Read more

SASKATOON – Cargill’s new canola crushing and refining plant planned for Western Canada will increase this country’s crushing capacity by at least 20 percent. Barb Isman, vice-president of corporate affairs for Cargill Canada in Winnipeg, says the new plant will take in 1,500 to 2,000 tonnes of seed a day for an annual crush of […] Read more

SASKATOON – Tax breaks and asphalt may not be enough for Flexi-Coil Ltd. to proceed with a planned expansion in Saskatoon. The city of Saskatoon approved a deal last week, under its business incentive program, that would give the shortline farm equipment manufacturer a five-year tax break on new facilities. The city also agreed to […] Read more

SASKATOON – A biotechnology company that is developing animal health products that marry folk medicine and modern science was launched here recently. Minerva Animal Health Corp. is a subsidiary of the University of Saskatchewan’s private investment company. President Mark Redmond hopes his three-person venture will grow into one of the major animal health companies in […] Read more

Earlier this year, the best way to start a conversation at a farm meeting was to ask how much canola was going to be planted in the spring. Now that Statistics Canada has confirmed there is a record crop of canola coming and the smallest wheat crop in nearly 20 years, the next stage of […] Read more

REGINA – There is enough economic incentive for farmers to switch from conventional to conservation farming, even without a yield increase, a University of Saskatchewan agricultural economist has found. Most of the price benefit is due to the decrease in the cost of Roundup, said Richard Gray. “zero till becomes less profitable if 1985 Roundup […] Read more

REGINA – Agriculture Canada has been accused of unfocused research scattered among too many stations. But federal agriculture minister Ralph Goodale said he hasn’t read the report recently released by the National Advisory Board on Science and Technology. “The bottom line is before there is a broadside attack launched, we should look at what the […] Read more

REGINA – Just as purebred cattle producers sell stock based on proven genetics, vigor testing allows seed growers to rank their seed and guarantee quality. “It’s just like all the bull test stations across Canada, where breeders can sell on the proven quality of their genetics,” University of Saskatchewan cereals breeder Brian Rossnagel told the […] Read more

REGINA – If the United States caps the amount of wheat imported from Canada, it will need to practice some restraint, said Canadian Wheat Board chief commissioner Lorne Hehn. “They will need to react in the offshore market and restrict offshore sales,” he said after speaking to the annual meeting of the Canadian Seed Growers […] Read more

LEROY, Sask. — About 4,500 people showed up to see $15 million worth of equipment put through its paces at Direct-Tech ’94. Spearheaded by the LeRoy Old Chiefs senior hockey team, the event started as a way to raise money for the town of LeRoy. One of their first projects was to put artificial ice […] Read more