SASKATOON – Brad Wildeman is puzzled. He doesn’t understand why federal and provincial governments won’t consider changing business risk management programs to better suit cattle producers. “I don’t remember cattle people ever being at a meeting asking for changes and the first time we come here they tell us they’re tired of making changes,” the […] Read more
Karen Briere
Stories by Karen Briere
Progress show features unique farm equipment
Progress is defined as advancing or developing to a better state. A mouse bait that’s better than peanut butter and a vertical access generator that uses wind power are two examples that were on display at the Western Canada Farm Progress Show in Regina last week. Bet’r Bait, of Montmartre, Sask., and VBine Energy, headquartered […] Read more
Industry needs flexible funding, say ag leaders
Farm leaders last week repeated their call for regionally specific programs to fill gaps in the business risk management programs. Canadian Federation of Agriculture president Bob Friesen, along with presidents Ian Wishart of Manitoba’s Keystone Agricultural Producers and Glenn Blakley of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan, said AgriFlex would create equality in a diverse […] Read more
Unified cattle group approved
SASKATOON – Change was coming even if Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association members hadn’t voted in favour of a new provincial cattle organization. An emotionally charged debate at the SSGA annual meeting June 17 ended in a 71-52 vote to support the proposed Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association. The SCA intends to become a development commission under provincial […] Read more
Sask. reviews ag extension
SASKATOON – Saskatchewan’s agriculture minister is planning to change his ministry’s extension service. Bob Bjornerud told cattle producers meeting in Saskatoon that the extension service from nine rural service centres is failing badly. “That’s got to change,” he said. However, he’s not likely to turn back the clock to the days when fully staffed extension […] Read more
Sask. seed growers Outstanding Young Farmers
Kris and Rhonda Mayerle are Saskatchewan’s Outstanding Young Farmers for 2008. The Tisdale couple was awarded the title at last week’s Western Canada Farm Progress Show in Regina. The Mayerles operate a 16,500 acre grain and pedigreed seed farm with Kris’s father and uncle, and they run a custom harvesting business. Kris said it’s an […] Read more
Sask. south gets drought money, rain
SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. – Farmers and ranchers in the parched southwest got help from two sources last week. Rain fell across the region for much of the week and then June 14, Cypress Hills-Grasslands MP David Anderson announced $9 million in federal drought relief. The money comes under the AgriRecovery label and will top up […] Read more
APAS presents rescue plan to save Sask. cow-calf sector
An analysis of the province’s cow-calf sector done for the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan suggests the growth of the last 20 years is at risk unless new policies are developed. President Glenn Blakley said 40 percent of the industry could be lost without some sort of government intervention that doesn’t result in countervail action. […] Read more
Ipsco Place gets money
The Saskatchewan government has committed another $2.55 million to the upgrades at Regina’s Ipsco Place, bringing the provincial contribution to $20 million. The money is contingent upon an agreement between the park and the federal government. The city of Regina and the province have committed to the $172 million project but Ottawa has yet to […] Read more
Tree nursery hits milestone
INDIAN HEAD, Sask. – Sherman Nelson would have made a good cheerleader. Standing on a podium in the farmyard of Em and Maureen Anderson, north of Indian Head, Sask., the acting director general of the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration is encouraging children to yell. The students from Indian Head Elementary School need little prompting. “Six […] Read more
