WEYBURN, Sask. — Location is the key consideration for producers who intend to bale graze. Research that found more nutrients and pathogens in runoff from bale grazing sites than control sites isn’t a surprise, said Etienne Soulodre, the Saskatchewan Water Security Agency’s senior agrologist. The issue is what to do about it, he told the […] Read more
Karen Briere
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Land flooded over fishery concerns prompts Ottawa-Sask. water deal
A legal challenge that Saskatchewan launched against Ottawa after flooding in 2010 has been settled. The two governments last week agreed that any future concern about how flooding will affect fish and fish habitat will be handled by discussion rather than enforcement. The Water Security Agency took action against Environment Canada after it, acting for […] Read more
Vegetable growers hope to put more local produce in stores
Prairie Fresh Food Corp. Sixteen producers are behind an effort to promote the Home Grown Saskatchewan brand
OUTLOOK, Sask. — Sixteen Sask-atchewan vegetable producers have formed Prairie Fresh Food Corp. to get their products into retail stores. The corporation was registered earlier this year after the growers met last fall with the Grocery People, the wholesale arm of Federated Co-operatives Ltd Produce marketed through the corporation will carry the Home Grown Saskatchewan […] Read moreDark skies spell trouble for fields
Severe storm destroys crops | Tornadoes wreak havoc across southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba
Severe weather that slammed southeastern Saskatchewan and southwestern Manitoba has ended harvest hopes for some farmers. Hail losses ranged from light to 100 percent in an area from Weyburn, Sask., to Pipestone, Man., from the July 13 storms. Murray Bantle, chair of the Canadian Crop Hail Association and chief operating officer of Co-operative Hail Insurance […] Read moreTornadoes touch down in Sask. yesterday
according to Environment Canada. The warnings of severe weather issued early Monday resulted in storms sweeping through southern areas between mid afternoon and early evening. Confirmed tornadoes were seen near Gray and Kronau, southeast of Regina and two west and southwest of Yorkton. Probable tornadoes were spotted near Hague and Rosthern, north of Saskatoon, and […] Read more
Southeastern Sask. warned about severe weather
Environment Canada has issued a tornado watch for a large area of southeastern Saskatchewan today. John Paul Cragg, a warning preparedness meteorologist with Environment Canada, said the conditions are right for severe weather. “It’s a good set-up today,” he said. “People should be careful.” The watch area extends from Saskatoon to Moose Jaw and all […] Read more
Is there something strange in your livestock herd?
MOOSE JAW, Sask. — Most of the recent unusual outbreaks investigated by the Western College of Veterinary Medicine’s disease investigation unit have something in common: cow-calf operations and nutrition. But even the experts are sometimes stumped. John Campbell, who heads the unit, said they are often called late in a situation after the local veterinarian […] Read more
Sask., Ottawa settle Lake Lenore water dispute
A legal challenge that Saskatchewan launched against Ottawa after flooding in 2010 has been settled. The two governments last week agreed that any future concern about how flooding will affect fish and fish habitat will be handled by discussion rather than enforcement. The Water Security Agency took action against Environment Canada after it, acting for […] Read more
Violent storms strike Prairies
Hail, tornadoes, rain | Hail damage particularly bad near Irricana, Alta.
The great white combine lived up to its name in southern Alberta last weekend, dumping so much hail that some of it still lay on the ground two days later. An area northeast of Calgary appeared hardest hit Saturday. The day before, the Taber area also saw hail pile up and create a muddy, melting […] Read moreSask. implements anthrax response program
Saskatchewan has implemented its own anthrax response program after the Canadian Food Inspection Agency ended its program effective April 1. Manitoba and Alberta have developed similar plans. The disease remains reportable to the CFIA, but the federal agency is no longer investigating cases or quarantining premises that are infected. In an interview last fall, Dr. […] Read more
