Health Canada is cancelling the registration of strychnine products used to control Richardson’s ground squirrels. The decision, based on a re-evaluation of the product, was released March 4. “An evaluation of available scientific information has not shown that risks to the environment are acceptable when strychnine is used according to the current conditions of registration, […] Read more
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Sask. hikes crop insurance funding
Cabinet has passed an order-in-council authorizing an additional $8.2 million in spending for the government’s share of Saskatchewan crop insurance premiums. The money is part of a larger special warrant for additional spending to March 31, 2020. Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corp. chief executive officer Shawn Jaques said the extra money is required to cover higher […] Read more
Non-implant premium possible
SASKATOON — Producing beef without implants costs more, according to a study at the University of Saskatchewan, but those animals could attract a premium depending on when the cattle go to market. Janelle Smith, a master’s student, said her study, which wrapped up in mid-January, found that the cost per head to raise cattle without […] Read more
Sask. crop insurance premiums to drop
Participants in Saskatchewan’s crop insurance program will pay lower premiums for less coverage in 2020. Average crop insurance coverage this year is $224 per acre, down from $230. Premiums on average will drop to $7.40 from $8.61. Agriculture Minister David Marit announced this year’s program this morning. Changes to the program include expanding the insurable […] Read more
Sask. increases crop insurance funding
Cabinet has passed an order-in-council authorizing an additional $8.2 million in spending for the government’s share of Saskatchewan crop insurance premiums. The money is part of a larger special warrant for additional spending to March 31, 2020. Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corp. chief executive officer Shawn Jaques said the extra money is required to cover higher […] Read more
Action urged to stop Johne’s disease spread
SASKATOON — Johne’s disease is becoming a bigger concern for cow-calf producers and a veterinarian is urging the industry to get ahead of it now. Dr. Cheryl Waldner of the Western College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan said disease risk is increasing as herds consolidate and producers bring in animals. Johne’s, typically […] Read more
Ag committee gets down to business
The House of Commons standing committee on agriculture was scheduled to meet Feb. 18 to choose a chair and begin its work after last fall’s federal election. The 12-member committee includes six Liberals, four Conservatives, one New Democrat and one Bloc Quebecois MP. Three MPs are returning to the committee, including the former chair and […] Read more
Plans for Sask. commodity handling hub falter
Comtrax Logistics Solutions Inc. was going to be a grain-handling facility with transloading capability for other commodities
Investors in a proposed commodity hub near Weyburn, Sask., will get about half of their investment back after the board and shareholders unanimously agreed to wind up the company. Comtrax Logistics Solutions Inc. was proposed in 2016 as a grain-handling facility with transloading capability for oil, fertilizer and aggregate. It would have cost about $75 […] Read moreWomen must take financial control: speaker
A financier says women are good at day-to-day finances but only 33 percent participate in the ‘big’ things like investing
Vanessa Stockbrugger knows exactly why women need financial plans. When she was seven, her parents were in a car accident and her father didn’t survive. Her siblings were 13, 10 and six, and her mother suddenly had to make all the decisions on her own. Many people told her she couldn’t stay on the Saskatchewan […] Read more
Fundraiser planned for Sask. producer
Saskatchewan ranchers are fundraising to help one of their own. Well-known cow-calf producer Miles Anderson of Fir Mountain was in a car accident south of Moose Jaw Jan. 30 and remains in Saskatoon hospital with significant leg injuries. Anderson is a past president of the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association, and he and his wife Sheri […] Read more
