100 bulls on offer | More sales held on farms
A purchase by Blaschuck Land and Cattle from Square D Polled Herefords stood as the top transaction at the 107th annual Regina Bull Sale March 11. However, it also represented a deal between two long-time supporters of the event at a time when others may be drifting away. Walter Blaschuck from Chaplin, Sask., said he […] Read more
Karen Briere
Stories by Karen Briere
Sask ag minister to step down
Saskatchewan agriculture minister Bob Bjornerud is stepping down from cabinet after the next shuffle. He announced his decision at the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities annual convention in Regina, saying he just wants to be able to spend more time with his six grandchildren. The popular former reeve, who has been agriculture minister since the […] Read more
Viterra creates process for suitors to assess company
Viterra’s board of directors, in response to expressions of interest in buying the company, has created a process that allows potential suitors to see the company’s books and assess its business. Trading was halted earlier today in advance of Viterra making this announcement. When trading resumed, its share price jumped nine percent to slightly more […] Read more
Viterra takeover rumours lift stocks, turn heads
Viterra Inc. remained close-mouthed today, March 12, as its share prices soared and rumours swirled about a possible takeover by Swiss giant Glencore. Glencore International Plc is the world’s largest publicly traded commodities supplier. Its name emerged most often as media outlets and others speculated on who had made the play for Canada’s largest grain […] Read more
$1.46M donation from rancher
Saskatchewan’s long-running Kinsmen Telemiracle raised a record $5.9 million last weekend, thanks in large part to donations from people in agriculture. The largest single donation was a bequest from the late Roy Wudrick, a cattle producer from the Rural Municipality of Aberdeen, who left $1.46 million to the annual telethon that raises money to help […] Read more
Recommendations fall short: bison producer
A Saskatchewan task force looking into malignant catarrhal fever didn’t go far enough with its recommendations, says a bison producer who has lost an animal to the disease. Robert Johnson, who raises bison in southeastern Saskatchewan, has gone to court unsuccessfully to try to force the provincial Agricultural Operations Review Board to hear his concerns […] Read more
Plant changes processing to expand pork markets
Staff at Thunder Creek Pork in Moose Jaw, Sask., are working four-day weeks as the processing plant undergoes a major renovation to install new equipment. The equipment will allow the company to switch from the hot skinning processing method to scalding carcasses. Tony Martinez, vice-president at Donald’s Fine Foods/Britco Pork in Langley, B.C., which owns […] Read more
CIGI seeking move to new home
An invitation to move the Canadian International Grains Institute to Saskatoon from Winnipeg has stirred debate. CIGI spokesperson Rex Newkirk confirms that the organization will move, but it may be only from downtown to another Winnipeg location. “We’re just out of space,” the director of research and business development said in an interview. “We’re quite […] Read more
Sask. MLA treated for cancer
A Saskatchewan Party MLA elected last November will miss much of the current sitting of the legislature to undergo cancer treatment. Herb Cox found out he had bone cancer just days after the Nov. 7 election that saw him defeat a former NDP cabinet minister in The Battlefords.
Telemiracle telethon gets agricultural boost
Saskatchewan’s long-running Kinsmen Telemiracle raised a record $5.9 million last weekend, thanks in large part to donations from people in agriculture. The largest single donation was a bequest from the late Roy Wudrick, a cattle producer from the Rural Municipality of Aberdeen, who left $1.46 million to the annual telethon that raises money to help […] Read more
