Residents worried that the turbines in a $60 million wind farm near Moosomin, Sask., will be too close to their homes are applying to the courts for changes. Work is already underway on the Red Lily Wind Farm but stopped Aug. 27 under an interim injunction. On Sept. 1, a Saskatoon judge allowed work to […] Read more
Karen Briere
Stories by Karen Briere
Sask. ethanol grant program to continue
Saskatchewan will continue its ethanol grant program until a comprehensive review of it is completed in 2012.In the most recent budget, the government had said it would harmonize the program with new federal programming, but during consultation discovered this might result in less market access for small ethanol producers.The EGP provides 15 cents per litre […] Read more
Shortline blows its own horn
FILLMORE, Sask. – It was only three weeks ago that the last Canadian Pacific Railway train rolled through town. However, an excited crowd gathered last week, cameras in hand, to watch a shiny black locomotive bearing a green logo pull grain cars in at Fill-More Seeds Inc. Saskatchewan’s 11th short-line railway hit the rails Aug. […] Read more
Rabies a risk in cattle this year; one case already found
One bovine is among the 44 cases of rabies confirmed in the first six months of this year, according to Canadian Food Inspection Agency statistics. CFIA veterinary program specialist Lynn Bates said the number of cases in cattle depends on the carrier species. In Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan, that means skunks. Bats are the most […] Read more
Anthrax found
Officials confirmed a third case of anthrax in Saskatchewan last week. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said a cattle operation in the Rural Municipality of Garden River, northeast of Prince Albert, was placed under quarantine and anthrax was positively identified on Aug. 22. The previously confirmed cases involved bison, cattle and horses, and were in […] Read more
Selling ‘all things local’ goal of young Sask. farmers
Tim and Carla Shultz have so many irons in the fire, it’s hard to imagine when they rest. Tim is the fourth generation on his family’s operation near Osage, Sask. He and Carla have transformed it from a grain farm to a cattle operation and now to a supplier of microgreens and marketer of many […] Read more
Lentil crop proceeds to help feed the homeless, hungry
Forty acres of lentils planted on Regina’s outskirts last spring will soon be harvested to feed the city’s hungry.The proceeds from the lentil crop will be donated to Souls Harbour Rescue Mission through a project called Bread of Life.Farmer Murray Gogel and Wigmore Farms, a processor and exporter based at Grand Coulee, Sask., are working […] Read more
Permanent XL Foods closure will hurt cattle producers
The permanent closure of the XL Foods beef plant in Moose Jaw, Sask., puts Manitoba and Saskatchewan producers in a less competitive position, say industry leaders. Transport costs will affect producers who will have to continue to ship cattle to Alberta or the United States for processing at a federally inspected facility. Jay Fox, president […] Read more
Saskatchewan herd under quarantine after cattle die in second case of anthrax
Federal officials confirmed last week a second case of anthrax in southeast Saskatchewan. A cattle operation in the Rural Municipality of Fillmore lost 12 of its 135 head to the disease, said Lynn Bates, veterinary program officer with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. The farm is in the same general area as the first case, […] Read more
Small poultry producers warned to brush up on biosecurity
People who keep backyard poultry flocks should practice good biosecurity in light of the recent discovery of exotic Newcastle disease in wild birds in Saskatchewan. Kathryn Ross, animal health program officer with Saskatchewan Agriculture, said the disease has not been found in domestic birds but producers should be aware of the possibility. About 1,000 wild […] Read more
