Tools of the egg trade are on display in the barn, where Plymouth Barred Rock chickens make their home. The breed was common more than 100 years ago when the farm was established. | Karen Briere photo

Touring the past – photo essay

Members of the Canadian Farm Writers Federation met in Regina late last month for their annual convention. The conference included a tour of the Motherwell Homestead National Historic Site near Abernethy, Sask. William Richard Motherwell was Saskatchewan’s first agriculture minister and a federal agriculture minister under Prime Minister Mackenzie King. The historic site provides visitors […] Read more

A woman and children take refuge along a damaged road amid flooding that has devastated Pakistan in recent weeks. The Canadian Foodgrains Bank has focused its efforts on helping people displaced from their homes by the flooding.  |  Reuters/Akhtar Soomro photo

Foodgrains bank focuses on Pakistan

The Canadian Foodgrains Bank hopes people living on the Canadian Prairies will understand the impact and sympathize with the losses caused by flooding in Pakistan. “People, particularly here in the Prairies, know the impact of flooding on your livelihood and your farm. Crops in Pakistan have been failing after a good year and now they’re […] Read more

This program, first announced in 2021, has increased the available loan forgiveness to a maximum of $20,000 over five years. | Getty Images

Rural vets offered loan forgiveness

A student loan forgiveness program has been put in place in Saskatchewan to persuade veterinarians and veterinary technologists to work with livestock in rural communities. This program, first announced in 2021, has increased the available loan forgiveness to a maximum of $20,000 over five years. “We’re looking to target veterinary clinics in larger centres, that […] Read more