Farm customers will have access to fuel for spring seeding if the labour dispute between Federated Co-op Ltd. and Unifor at the Regina refinery continues that long. Vic Huard, executive vice-president of customer experience and stakeholder engagement, said last week the company has a plan to get fuel to farmers, but he declined to provide […] Read more
Karen Briere
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Normal spring runoff likely
A preliminary spring runoff forecast indicates near normal runoff in Saskatchewan even though snowfall accumulation is well below normal. The Water Security Agency said the extremely wet fall of 2019 will increase the chances of higher runoff. Most regions in the south had lots of precipitation in the fall and the wettest areas were around […] Read more
China will scramble for meat in 2020: analyst
Observers believe nothing can be produced in the volume China requires to fill the gap created by African swine fever
SASKATOON — The devastation African swine fever is causing in the Asian pork industry will push the entire global protein market higher, says American analyst Brett Stuart. The president of Global AgriTrends said the disease is a “global market game changer.” The impact of the coronavirus also sweeping China is still unknown, but will play […] Read moreCattle producers develop conservation charity
SASKATOON — The Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association has established a charitable foundation primarily to conserve agricultural lands. President Bill Huber announced the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Foundation at the organization’s recent semi-annual meeting. “The foundation is unique in Saskatchewan because it is the first and only provincial land conservation organization based in Saskatchewan and is the […] Read more
SCA appoints new chair
SASKATOON — Arnold Balicki from Shellbrook is the new Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association chair. Balicki replaces Rick Toney from Gull Lake, who remains on the board as past-chair. Moving into executive roles are Keith Day of Kyle as vice-president, Dean Moore from Paradise Hill as finance chair and Brad Welter from Viscount as member-at-large. All were […] Read more
Mediator appointed in co-op refinery lockout
Well-known mediator Vince Ready has been appointed to help resolve the labour dispute between Unifor Local 594 and Federated Co-operatives Ltd. In December, the company locked out more than 700 workers at its Co-op Refinery Complex in Regina after they delivered strike notice. Since then fuel distribution has been hampered by union blockades at the […] Read more
Co-op refinery lockout prompts fuel restrictions
Co-op fuel customers in Manitoba should soon see their supply restored, says a Federated Co-operatives Ltd. official. A steady convoy of B trains headed east this afternoon from the oil refinery in Regina to fill depleted fuel supplies in Winnipeg after Regina Police Service moved in to dismantle the Unifor blockade. FCL locked out more […] Read more
Forecast indicates normal spring runoff
A preliminary spring runoff forecast indicates near normal runoff in Saskatchewan even though snowfall accumulation is well below normal. The Water Security Agency said the extremely wet fall of 2019 will increase the chances of higher runoff. Most regions in the south had lots of precipitation in the fall and the wettest areas were around […] Read more
Farm has brush with identity theft
Cattle producers Andrew and Laurie Johnson are warning others to secure their personal information after unknown fraudsters gained access to a cellphone and hacked into their farm operating accounts. The Bank of Montreal has said it will cover the losses, which Laurie said total hundreds of thousands of dollars, but the family has been anxiously […] Read more
APAS updates estimate on farm cost of carbon tax
Grain drying, transportation, heating and electricity could cost a 5,000 acre grain farm an extra $8,000- $10,000 this year
Saskatchewan farmers could lose, on average, eight percent of their total net income this year due to the carbon tax, according to numbers from the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan. Those losses will grow to 12 percent when the carbon price rises to $50 per tonne in 2022. APAS said federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau […] Read more
