Partial payments will be made if part of the crop was harvested and production falls below yield guarantees next spring
This past year would have been a good one to have forage rainfall insurance in Saskatchewan. The dry spring resulted in payments to those who participated in Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corp.’s forage program, said chief executive officer Shawn Jaques. However, only 2.2 million acres were covered. That was up from 1.5 million acres the previous […] Read more
Karen Briere
Stories by Karen Briere
Canola price low, demand steady, what gives?: APAS
The president of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan says farmers have to start to pushing back on canola prices and other numbers that affect markets. Todd Lewis, who was re-elected to a fourth term at the organization’s December annual meeting, said producers should be asking more questions if it turns out China is obtaining […] Read more
Mule trekker braves prairie winter
AVONLEA, Sask. — Emile Brager is enjoying a day off the road, and so are his three mules. Brager is sitting in Brad and Tori Meggison’s farm kitchen finishing breakfast and sipping tea, while Jojo, Jack and Sally eat hay in a corral. The foursome tries to take a day off each week while they […] Read more
Grain company use of falling-number tests riles farmers
Delegates at a recent farm meeting gave the head of the grain commission an earful about falling number’s use for grading
Farmers took their frustrations over grain companies’ use of falling number on contracts to the head of the Canadian Grain Commission last month. Several delegates to the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan annual meeting told chief commissioner Patti Miller that companies shouldn’t be able to use falling number to determine grade under CGC rules. Miller […] Read more
Bison study sheds light on cattle introgression
A company fine-tunes genomic tests for parentage, cattle introgression and differentiation of Plains and Wood subspecies
A company working on genomic tools for bison found cattle DNA introgression of between zero and 4.5 percent in its test project. Introgression means the transfer of genes by the repeated backcrossing of a hybrid with one of its parent species, but the general manager of NeoGen Canada cautioned that in this case that’s not […] Read more
Researchers look for new tools to diagnose TB in bison
A study beginning in January at the University of Saskatchewan’s Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence will work toward better diagnostics and a vaccine for tuberculosis in bison. Dr. Todd Shury, wildlife veterinarian with Parks Canada, said the official caudal fold test under the animal’s tail is typically used, especially when they are exported, but […] Read more
Better government farm support urged as rough winter looms
Farm leaders say governments have to provide better risk management tools after a stressful 2019. Inadequate business risk management programs and unresolved geopolitical trade issues, along with unfavourable weather, combined for a rocky year. “It has really come down to a mental health issue,” said Keystone Agricultural Producers president Bill Campbell. “There is tremendous stress […] Read more
Sask. rancher receives women in ag recognition
Southwestern Saskatchewan beef advocate, rancher and photographer Sherri Grant was named the BMO Celebrating Women in Agriculture honouree at last fall’s Canadian Western Agribition. Grant ranches at Val Marie with her husband, Lynn, and other family. She is an author, co-writing Where Beef Comes From with her daughter-in-law Avery Grant, and established the website beefeducation.ca […] Read more
Plans to lower carbon tax rebate not sitting well in Sask.
Carbon tax rebates to residents in provinces under the federal framework will be smaller than promised next year. The federal government said before Christmas that the payments people apply for on their annual income tax returns would be smaller now that better data is available. “Climate Action Incentive payment amounts have been adjusted based on […] Read more
Producer looks for top genetics
When Joao Ferreira decided he wanted to be in the purebred cattle business he researched his options and landed on Angus. Specifically, he thought North American genetics would build the best herd on his family’s farm near Tomar, about an hour from Lisbon in Portugal. There, his parents operate one of the main game bird […] Read more
