Canadian Western Agribition ended its most recent fiscal year with an operating profit of $190,671. That’s down slightly from the previous year’s $270,000. However, outgoing president Bruce Holmquist said he’s fine with that, considering Agribition is a not-for-profit organization. “We exceeded budget and we probably exceeded expectations when you look at the harvest we had […] Read more
Karen Briere
Stories by Karen Briere
CFA plans to increase ag awareness in election
The federal election is six months away, but the Canadian Federation of Agriculture has launched its own campaign to put the sector on candidate platforms. President Mary Robinson said the launch of Producing Prosperity in Canada during an April 9 lobby day in Ottawa was designed to make everyone aware of agriculture’s role in the […] Read more
Cash advance proposal alarms critics
Not all farmers are on board with increasing the amount available under the Advance Payments Program to help farmers through the ongoing canola dispute with China. Several speaking to the House of Commons agriculture committee said it’s a short-term solution that they might not be able to afford in the end. The Canadian Canola Growers […] Read more
Farm groups press feds to get canola moving
Resolving the trade dispute with China over canola is urgent as farmers head to the fields, growers and handlers told federal standing committees last week. The import ban on Canadian canola costs the entire agricultural sector time and money and is creating significant stress, the agriculture and international trade committees heard from witnesses. Red Deer […] Read more
Sask. couple share a passion for livestock
On the Farm: Ryan and Ashley Kattler raise cattle and goats as well as build portable panels and livestock equipment
INDIAN HEAD, Sask. — Ryan and Ashley Kattler could probably best be described as go-getters. Or maybe they just don’t sleep much. They started their farm in 2007, on their own, buying four quarters just months after they met. Since then, they’ve built Deep Lake Land and Livestock into a larger operation with more land, […] Read more
Ottawa urged to get political in canola tussle
Canada will continue to treat China’s restriction on Canadian canola imports as a scientific issue, even though testing shows no basis for the ban and a third Canadian company has been issued a notice of non-compliance. International Trade Minister Jim Carr told the House of Commons trade committee last week that the Canadian Food Inspection […] Read more
Sask. cow delivers healthy quadruplets
LEROSS, Sask. — Benjamin Brinkman saw that Cow 46 was getting ready to calve. He had been told it was likely she would have multiples. In the last five years, she has had 16 calves, although not all survived. But he wasn’t quite prepared for what happened on March 26 at Moxham Farms, where he […] Read more
Agribition remains in the black
Canadian Western Agribition ended its most recent fiscal year with an operating profit of $190,671. That’s down slightly from the previous year’s $270,000. However, outgoing president Bruce Holmquist said he’s fine with that, considering Agribition is a not-for-profit organization. “We exceeded budget and we probably exceeded expectations when you look at the harvest we had […] Read more
Sask. rally protests carbon tax
Truck after truck after truck drove into Regina April 4 heading to a rally to protest the recently imposed federal carbon tax. The convoy of all sizes and types of trucks from several industries gathered at various locations in southern Saskatchewan before converging at a single site to enter the city. Organizers estimated as many […] Read more
Pulse pest management may require longer rotations
Researchers have determined that aphanomyces, a root rot pathogen, can live in the soil for more than 10 years
Rotation is the key management strategy to control aphanomyces, but even that might not eliminate the pathogen from the soil. Producers attending pulse meetings this winter heard that the root rot pathogen can live in the soil for more than 10 years. Sherrilyn Phelps, agronomy manager at Saskatchewan Pulse Growers, said moving to longer rotations […] Read more
