The Saskatchewan Science Centre in Regina will receive $25,000 from the province’s agricultural awareness initiative to enhance its Ag-Grow-Land exhibit. Centre executive director Sandy Baumgartner said the Richardson Ag-Grow-Land exhibit is popular and improving it will mean more children, parents and teachers will better understand agriculture. The exhibit presents information on the province’s role in […] Read more
Karen Briere
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Quonset insulation fills tricky gaps
System protects | It is a combination of products and a strategy to provide airflow that keeps condensation from forming
MOOSE JAW, Sask. — Quonsets once used to store farm equipment don’t measure up on many of today’s farms. Equipment has simply become too large to fit through the doors of the older, corrugated steel half-circle buildings. However, this doesn’t mean the buildings are past their useful lives. A Moose Jaw company has a way […] Read moreNatural Valley Farms reopening
Qu’Appelle Beef | New ownership has plans for Sask. facilities
The former slaughter and processing plants known as Natural Valley Farms are expected to re-open within months under the Qu’Appelle Beef banner. The Saskatchewan facilities near Neudorf and Wolseley, respectively, opened in 2005 and went into receivership in the fall of 2008 after accumulating debt of $25 million. They continued to operate for several months […] Read moreSaskatchewan premier Wall happy with progress made on growth plan
One bumper crop does not an accomplished goal make, but Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall said this year’s harvest goes a long way toward it. The growth plan he announced last fall calls for crop production to increase by 10 million tonnes by 2020. Last year, production was 26.4 million tonnes and this year’s estimates are […] Read more
Sask crop report
Just three percent of the Saskatchewan crop was still to be harvested as of Oct. 14, according to the weekly crop report. Southwest and west-central regions were 99 percent complete, while northeast and northwest were 98 percent done. In the southeast and east-central areas, rainfall of up to 47 millimetres delayed combining, resulting in completion […] Read more
Saskatchewan environment minister Cheveldayoff to explain province’s water plan at conference in Israel
Saskatchewan environment minister Ken Cheveldayoff heads to Israel next week to present the province’s 25-year plan for water security. The minister said a visit last spring by Israel’s ambassador to Canada, Miriam Ziv, prompted the invitation to WATEC 2013 in Tel Aviv. The conference focuses on new technologies in water management. “Some of it is […] Read more
Elder care report cites major issues
Saskatchewan health minister Dustin Duncan said some of the conditions reported by long-term care home residents are “heartbreaking” and “dismaying.” He announced that $10 million would be spent this fall to address urgent issues at facilities, as identified by health region chief executive officers. Duncan told reporters he was angry about what he had heard. […] Read more
RCMP look for info on cultivator shovels placed in crop swaths
RCMP are urging farmers in the Lipton and Rural Municipality of North Qu’Appelle areas of Saskatchewan to watch for unusual activity after several reports of mischief to crop swaths. Four reports of cultivator shovels placed under swaths in fields have come in so far. Farmers have picked up the shovels while harvesting, resulting in extensive […] Read more
Sask. harvest ahead of schedule in most recent crop report
Saskatchewan harvest is winding down ahead of schedule. The most recent weekly crop report said 89 percent of the crop had been combined as of Oct. 7 and another eight percent was ready to swath or straight cut. Dry weather through the first part of the week in most areas will have increased the amount […] Read more
Saskatchewan to hostinternational trade summit
Canada, Mexico, U.S. | Goal of meeting is to increase province’s exports
Saskatchewan will host an agricultural trade summit next year as part of its goal to increase exports. The Feb. 4-5 event in Saskatoon will bring together producers, trade experts and people involved in trade to talk about market access and how to increase the province’s agricultural exports. The province’s growth plan calls for agri-food exports […] Read more
