CARLYLE, Sask. — Questions replaced resolutions at a recent meeting of the Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association’s District 1. About 50 people attended the meeting to vote for a new director and get an update on industry issues. They didn’t draft resolutions to send to the SCA annual general meeting in January, but they did have questions […] Read more
Karen Briere
Stories by Karen Briere
Outgoing SCA chair helped organize group
CARLYLE, Sask. – Jack Hextall presided over his last Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association district meeting last week. The Grenfell rancher was involved from the start in forming the organization that now handles provincial check-off revenue and represents the province’s beef producers at the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. He served as SCA chair and director for Division 1. […] Read more
CWB director remembered for hard work, innovation
A funeral service was held Oct. 29 in Kindersley, Sask., for the first farmer-elected chair of the Canadian Wheat Board. Ken Ritter died Oct. 24 from brain cancer. He was 64. The farmer, lawyer and teacher was first elected to the board in 1998 as a candidate in favour of a dual market. He represented […] Read more
Behind the scenes at the fall supper
STONY BEACH, Sask. — Steam billows from tall shiny pots on side-by-side stoves in the kitchen at Stony Beach hall. There is as much room in this kitchen as there is in many of today’s new homes, but these cooks are feeding about 200 people instead of a single family. Counter space is at a […] Read more
Man dead after colliding with farm equipment
A 50-year-old man from Winnipeg was killed yesterday near Esterhazy, Sask., after his car rear-ended a tractor pulling a cultivator. RCMP said both vehicles were traveling north around 6:50 p.m. when the collision occurred. The man’s vehicle, a Chevrolet Lumina, then left the road and travelled through a field. It went over a hill and […] Read more
Farmers challenge candidates on wheat board
The Canadian Wheat Board’s future took centre stage at an agricultural election debate hosted by the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan Nov. 1. Several CWB supporters used the microphone to raise their concerns about life after the board with Saskatchewan Party candidate Bob Bjornerud and Dwayne Yasinowski, who is running for the NDP in Regina […] Read more
Wheat board monopoly critic dead at 78
A Saskatchewan farmer who fought passionately for the right to market his own grain has died just as the legislation to end the Canadian Wheat Board’s monopoly appears to be near the end of its journey through Parliament. Art Mainil, who farmed near Benson, was 78 and had cancer. He died Nov. 5. He was […] Read more
Wall wins, NDP cut in half
SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. — Brad Wall and the Saskatchewan Party steamrolled over the opposition Nov. 7 on their way to a second, larger, majority and captured a record 64 percent of the popular vote. Not since 1912, when the Liberals earned 57 percent, has a party earned that much approval from Saskatchewan voters. Unofficial results […] Read more
Hail claims rise in 2011
Prairie farmers collected more money from hail claims in 2011 than they did last year. The Canadian Crop Hail Association released estimates Oct. 28 of the claims and payouts from the just completed growing season. The association said 15,000 claims led to payments of nearly $164 million by its member companies. That compared to payments […] Read more
Sask. ag minister prepares for election night
Bob Bjornerud is sporting a relaxed look for his fifth election campaign. The Melville-Saltcoats Saskatchewan Party MLA has served as agriculture minister through the four-year term of the Brad Wall government elected in 2007. His time in the portfolio, during which he has dealt with drought, flood, low prices and federal and provincial colleagues, was […] Read more
