Feeding will begin much earlier at Six Mile Ranch this fall after fire swept through stockpiled winter grazing acreage last week. “We have lost about 11 miles of fence and about 2,800 acres of grass ourselves,” said Clayton Gibson of the Red Angus operation at Fir Mountain, Sask. “Neighbours have lost probably another 800 acres […] Read more
Karen Briere
Stories by Karen Briere
Steady harvest depletes prairie fuel supply
Harvest has been going so steadily that some bulk fuel stations have had trouble keeping up with demand. Federated Co-operatives Ltd. said the Broadview bulk fuel site in eastern Saskatchewan was affected. Others across the Prairies have also seen shortages. “The extremely high demand across the Prairies over the last couple of weeks has stressed […] Read more
Steady harvest depletes fuel supply
Harvest has been going so steadily that some bulk fuel stations have had trouble keeping up with demand. Federated Co-operatives Ltd. said the Broadview bulk fuel site in eastern Saskatchewan was affected. Others across the Prairies have also seen shortages. “The extremely high demand across the Prairies over the last couple of weeks has stressed […] Read more
Sask. girl gets taste of farming in Mattel mentorship program
MOSSBANK, Sask. — If Jillian Fehr had any doubt that girls could be anything they want to be, that was put to rest last week during a dream day on the Nagel farm near Mossbank. The seven year old, who lives with parents, Mitch and Jolene, and her older brothers on an acreage near Assiniboia, […] Read more
Colleagues praise Gerry Ritz for dedication
Former agriculture minister proud of getting all sectors in the supply chain ‘rowing in the same direction’
Gerry Ritz knows most people will point to the end of the Canadian Wheat Board as his legacy. But the Battlefords-Lloydminster MP who was federal agriculture minister under Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper from 2007 to 2015 said he’s actually most proud of something else. “In my mind, it was the rapport developed with industry […] Read moreHalt to rail loading site closures sought
A Saskatchewan farm organization has called for a moratorium on closing producer car loading sites. The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan said Canadian Pacific Railway’s decision to close 10 locations leaves farmers at a disadvantage. “Producer car loading is an important source of competition and innovation in Saskatchewan’s agriculture industry,” said president Todd Lewis. APAS […] Read more
Sask Party leadership candidate has farm background
As expected, Rosthern-Shellbrook MLA Scott Moe entered the Saskatchewan Party leadership race last week. He has strong caucus support, receiving the endorsement of 21 caucus members including an unexpected Jeremy Harrison. The Meadow Lake MLA withdrew from the contest just an hour before Moe’s announcement. Harrison said in a statement that Moe is a longtime […] Read more
Former minister faces charges
Former Saskatchewan cabinet minister and Kindersley MLA Bill Boyd will appear in court this fall on environmental charges. He faces three counts under The Environmental Management and Protection Act, 2010 and one count under The Wildlife Habitat Protection Act (WHPA). Boyd allegedly altered the shoreline and habitat on farmland near Eston, Sask. If he is […] Read more
Sask Party gets new faces as ministers resign to seek top job
Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall shuffled his cabinet Aug. 30 after five ministers stepped down to run to replace him. Wall will resign after the Sask-atchewan Party leadership convention Jan. 27. The cabinet now includes six ministers who retained their current positions, five current ministers who changed portfolios, and five new members, four of them first-time […] Read more
New conservative ministers get trade, agriculture portfolios
Conservative leader Andrew Scheer named a new shadow cabinet last week and it doesn’t include two of his Saskatchewan colleagues. David Anderson was agriculture critic prior to the duties announced Aug. 30. Taking over at international trade is Dean Allison from Niagara West, while Luc Berthold from Megantic-L’Erable and associate John Barlow from Foothills in […] Read more
