Karen Briere

Karen Briere

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Karen Briere grew up in Canora, Sask. where her family had a grain and cattle operation. She has a degree in journalism from the University of Regina and has spent more than 30 years covering agriculture from the Western Producer’s Regina bureau.

Stories by Karen Briere

Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association president Jeff Yorga, left, Karin Elford, Mark Alford, Mindy Hockley-Anderson from Saskatchewan Stock Growers Foundation were present when the Alfords were named Saskatchewan’s TESA winners for 2025. Photo: Karen Briere
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South Sask. ranchers win environmental award

Mark and Karin Elford ranch at Killdeer, just north of the Montana border, in a vast expanse of grasslands at a high elevation

Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association president Jeff Yorga, left, Karin Elford, Mark Alford, Mindy Hockley-Anderson fromSaskatchewan Stock Growers Foundation were present when the Alfords were named Saskatchewan’s TESA winners for 2025.
The sun sets over rolling grassy hills, casting a warm golden light across an open field filled with tall, dry grass under a clear sky.
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First Saskatchewan term conservation agreement signed

Southern Saskatchewan ranchers said signing the agreement allows them to continue raising cattle and be rewarded for providing habitat

Lloyd and Nyla Anderson recently signed a 25-year term conservation easement with the Saskatchewan Stock GrowersFoundation to protect 640 acres of native grassland near Fir Mountain.
The carbon footprint of oats and barley grown in Saskatchewan is lower than the same crops grown elsewhere, according to new study from the Global Institute for Food Security. Photo: file
Crop Management

Barley, oats sustainability quantified by study

One tonne of oats produced in Saskatchewan has a carbon footprint 201 per cent lower than that produced across the country

The carbon footprint of oats and barley grown in Saskatchewan is lower than the same crops grown elsewhere, according to new study from the Global Institute for Food Security.
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Barley, oats sustainability quantified by study

One tonne of oats produced in Saskatchewan has a carbon footprint 201 per cent lower than that produced across the country

The carbon footprint of oats and barley grown in Saskatchewan is lower than the same crops grown elsewhere, according to new study from the Global Institute for Food Security.
A large sprayer drone hovers over a crop while a large boom attached to it sends spray downward.
News

Sask. ag consults on drone spraying licence

Potential changes to provincial regulations would create a licence category should agricultural products be approved for drone spraying

Saskatchewan is considering a licence category that would allow drone operators to spray pesticides.
A multi-coloured group of cattle graze in a pasture near Brandon, Manitoba.
Livestock Management

Cattle markets remain high on smaller herd

The beef industry has become more efficient and is finishing larger cattle to make up for the lack of numbers

Cattle numbers are the lowest in 60 years, but the full impact of that decline hasn’t yet been seen, says a market analyst.

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