Ernst & Young is also selling Ram Industries assets and the buildings for both businesses as a result of financial trouble
REGINA — The first report of the receiver for Leon Manufacturing and Ram Industries includes allegations of false invoices and little evidence of manufacturing taking place. The Oct. 11 Ernst & Young report outlines actions taken since the Yorkton, Sask.-based companies entered receivership and illustrates the company’s situation. It has recommended the assets be sold, […] Read more
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Senate broadens scope of biosecurity bill
If passed as amended, Bill C-275 would no longer apply only to trespassers but also to anyone entering a livestock facility
UPDATED – October 30, 2024 – 1500 hrs CST – REGINA — Alberta Conservative MP John Barlow said the essence of his biosecurity bill remains even though a Senate committee amended it last week. The Senate agriculture committee changed Bill C-275 during clause-by-clause consideration to apply to anyone entering a barn or livestock facility rather […] Read more
Agriculture called unready for border carbon adjustments
Some jurisdictions attempt to ensure imported, domestic products pay the same carbon cost, but food security an issue
REGINA — The world needs far more data if border carbon adjustments are to be implemented and actually work in agriculture, the House of Commons agriculture committee heard last week. Angela Bedard-Haughn, dean of the college of agriculture and bioresources at the University of Saskatchewan, said it’s good that conversations are starting, but it’s also […] Read more
Dairy dumps on waste report
REGINA — Critics say a study claiming Canadian dairy producers waste billion of litres of milk each year is based on incorrect assumptions. The study co-authored by Sylvain Charlebois from Dalhousie University’s Agri-Food Analytics Lab, Benjamin Goldstein from the University of Michigan and Thomas Elliot from Aalborg University in Denmark said Canadian producers wasted between […] Read more
Sask. Party wins fifth straight majority
REGINA — Rural Saskatchewan held steady in its support for Scott Moe and the Saskatchewan Party in yesterday’s provincial election, helping them secure a fifth majority government. But that win came at a cost, as five cabinet ministers lost their seats in Regina and Saskatoon. Other Saskatchewan Election 2024 coverage: Unofficially, the party held 35 […] Read more
Sask. election early results too close to call
REGINA — Rural Saskatchewan held steady in its support for Scott Moe and the Saskatchewan Party in the Oct. 28 provincial election. Results from rural ridings came in first, and the party held all the seats it had before the election was called. However, as urban results started to come in the story was far […] Read more
Dairy sector raises questions about milk dumping report
REGINA — The Canadian dairy sector has questions about a new report that says milk producers are wasting an extraordinary amount of milk and losing billions of dollars when they dump surplus production. The study published in Ecological Economics said 6.8 billion litres has been discarded since 2012. That could have supplied the annual dairy […] Read more
Pumpkin business thrives on the East Coast
Blake Jennings was nine when he first began growing pumpkins and has expanded his business over the last 20 years
MASSTOWN, N.S. — Harvest is a busy time for any farmer, but there is extra urgency to getting your product off the field when it is worthless on Nov. 1. Blake Jennings was just nine years old when he established Blake’s Pumpkin Jungle on land next to the family poultry operation near the Bay of […] Read more
Sask. musician explores political themes on new album
Blake Berglund released a collection of songs earlier this year that he hopes will challenge listeners’ individual views
REGINA – Blake Berglund had something to say about Saskatchewan politics so he said it — in songs. What’s Left of the Right is a 20-song concept album released earlier this year as “an attempt to find my way through my own political conditioning,” said the musician from Kennedy, Sask. Growing up on a Saskatchewan […] Read more
Sask. Party looks for fifth consecutive term
Leader Scott Moe says support for him in the province’s rural constituencies also comes with questions about his record
REGINA — Farm voters looking for specific agricultural promises in the Saskatchewan Party provincial election platform might be disappointed. The party that relies on farmers as a large part of its base is offering little in the way of new policies or spending if it returns to power. It has long had its strongest support […] Read more
