MOOSE JAW, Sask. – Information is power, and that’s why Greg Cherewyk wants pulse growers and processors to hand over their data. The transportation director for Pulse Canada is collecting information as part of the two-year transportation strategy the organization initiated last summer. Tired of the ongoing problems obtaining rail cars and containers, Pulse Canada […] Read more
Karen Briere
Stories by Karen Briere
Food processor attempts restructuring
The board of FarmPure expects to have a restructuring plan in place by the end of this week, shareholders confirmed Feb. 11. Rumours have swirled for weeks about the Regina-based company’s financial health. It has not met all of its payroll obligations, and chief executive officer Trenton Baisley’s contract was not renewed at the end […] Read more
New CEO for Big Sky
The board chair of Big Sky Farms says shifting company founder Florian Possberg from president and chief executive officer to deputy chair is designed to move the Saskatchewan pork producer into new markets. Larry Martin, Big Sky’s chair and an economist at the George Morris Centre in Guelph, Ont., said the board took the action […] Read more
Ag employees among dismissed Sask. workers
Several key agriculture employees were among about 70 Saskatchewan civil servants fired late last month by the Saskatchewan Party government. Hal Cushon, associate deputy minister with 29 years in the provincial civil service, assistant deputy minister Jacquie Gibney and Jack Zepp, director of strategic operations in the deputy minister’s office, were all dismissed without cause. […] Read more
Study compares nitrogen rate, returns
WEYBURN, Sask. – Canola responded best to nitrogen fertilizer among four oilseeds at four different Saskatchewan locations, according to a three-year study. But that doesn’t mean applying more nitrogen is better, especially during these times of high fertilizer prices. Research agronomist Bill May told farmers attending the Indian Head Agricultural Research Foundation winter seminar here […] Read more
Trials show super urea delivers little benefit
WEYBURN, Sask. – Farmers who are banding their fertilizer and not at risk of excess fall moisture likely won’t find any advantages to using super urea on their spring wheat, one study has found. Don Flaten, from the University of Manitoba’s soil science department, said companies are marketing distinct products like super urea to farmers […] Read more
Sask. ag minister suggests taking on CAIS administration
The Saskatchewan government is checking out how much it would cost to administer farm assistance programs instead of paying Ottawa to do the job. Agriculture minister Bob Bjornerud said the recent fiasco over targeted advance payments for 116 hog producers is a good reason to consider a change. Calculation errors by the federal administrators resulted […] Read more
Cattle producers wary of larger group
Saskatchewan cow-calf producers want more information before they sign on to a proposed umbrella organization for the provincial beef industry. The idea has been contentious among the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association membership since it was raised more than a year ago. Some are concerned that the umbrella group would take over the 95-year-old organization once […] Read more
Gluten-free beer on tap
A new beer on Manitoba liquor store shelves could soon be available across Canada to people on gluten-free diets. Nubru is the first product launched by Regina-based FarmPure Beverages. Last year, its sister company, FarmPure Foods, introduced Only Oats products for people who have celiac disease, or gluten intolerance. Gluten is found in the protein […] Read more
Sask. school has inside scoop on weather info
Students and staff at the school in Mossbank Sask., are always able to keep a close eye on the weather. Since mid-December they’ve had their own weather station on the roof. It’s part of the Weatherbug Network established last summer by the Canadian Wheat Board, Pioneer Grain and Weatherbug. Mossbank was the first rural school […] Read more
