Saskatchewan producers counting on $80 per acre for their unseeded fields should probably count on a little less. The $30 per acre payment announced last week as an AgriRecovery initiative and the $50 per acre payment offered to Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corp. customers are subject to calculations. For example, the $30 payment will take into […] Read more
Karen Briere
Stories by Karen Briere
Grain cart on tracks gains interest
Grain carts have become a more common sight in fields over the past few years. Kellen Huber believes the market will only go up as carts replace grain trucks and semis as the preferred mode of transport from combine to storage. He started Tri Star Farm Services, based in Grand Coulee, Sask., to sell new […] Read more
Storms continue to wreak havoc
Many Saskatchewan residents have an additional occupation this summer – cleaning up after Mother Nature.On the heels of extensive flooding in Maple Creek in June, last week’s torrential rain and flooding also affected people in Saskatoon and Yorkton.A powerful tornado packing winds of up to 300 km/h per hour ripped apart more than a dozen […] Read more
Good spelling skills on deck for weed ID
Strong spelling serves me well in my daily work but a recent event put my skills to the test.The occasion was a tour organized by the Prairie Parkland chapter of the Society for Range Management in conjunction with Saskatchewan’s native prairie appreciation week.As a reporter, I attend these types of events as both observer and […] Read more
Bilaterals could disrupt trade further
MOOSE JAW, Sask. – With 153 countries in the World Trade Organization and hundreds of other trade agreements between countries, trade disruptions are inevitable, said an American agricultural economist.Flynn Adcock, assistant director at the Centre for North American Studies at Texas A & M University, said the increasing number of agreements will lead to more […] Read more
Private sector needs incentive to invest in wheat
MOOSE JAW, Sask. – Underinvestment in wheat research is causing the crop to lag behind others in yield and return.However, that could change if multinational companies decide to focus on the cereal mainstay of prairie agriculture.University of Saskatchewan agricultural economist Richard Gray said wheat’s share of grain receipts has declined dramatically over the past 30 […] Read more
Bilateral deals keep Canada in the game
MOOSE JAW, Sask. – More two-party trade agreements between Canada and other countries suit the Canadian Wheat Board just fine.However Margaret Wiebe, director of strategic planning at the CWB, said that doesn’t mean a successful multilateral agreement, such as between World Trade Organization members, is undesirable.She said the board would like to see a WTO […] Read more
New directors elected to Sask. Stock Growers Association
MOOSE JAW, Sask. – Calvin Knoss of Rockglen was re-elected president of the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association at the organization’s annual meeting in June.Harold Martens of Swift Current is first vice-president and Doug Gillespie of Neville is second vice-president. Ed Bothner of Beechy remains past-president.The board will elect a finance chair at its next meeting.Meanwhile, […] Read more
Ranchers debate insurance program
MOOSE JAW, Sask. – Saskatchewan cow-calf producers want a national cattle price insurance program so they are not at a disadvantage to their Alberta counterparts.A resolution passed at the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association annual meeting said the organization supports an insurance program that is actuarially sound, effective and affordable and includes fed cattle, feeder cattle […] Read more
Book gives kids background on beef
MOOSE JAW, Sask. – Did you know cattle can detect smells from up to eight kilometres away?That’s just one of the interesting facts contained in a practical new book aimed at children and designed to tell the story of beef.Where Beef Comes From was written by Sherri Grant of Rockglen, Sask., and her daughter-in-law Avery […] Read more
