Karen Briere

Mayo Schmidt isn’t expecting a counteroffer or a third player to enter the picture as Saskatchewan Wheat Pool continues its attempt to take over Agricore United. The pool chief executive officer told reporters after the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting that a counteroffer isn’t practical because the pool is trading at a higher multiple than AU. […] Read more

The Holstein sale returned to Canadian Western Agribition in 2006 after a forced absence of two years because of BSE border closures and the accompanying market downturn. Forty-five head sold for $88,100, an average of $1,957.78. That compares to the last sale, in 2003, when 19 head sold for $69,400 or an average of $3,652.63. […] Read more

An injury didn’t keep Keith Young out of the rodeo arena. It just led him to stand inside it as a judge, rather than as a participant. He’s been doing it for years now, and he chuckled when he explained how a city boy’s passion for all things western came to a lifelong involvement in […] Read more

There were smiles all around as a new generation did business at Canadian Western Agribition’s sheep sale last month. Adults throughout Barn 4 applauded the purchase of three ewe lambs by seven-year-old Laine Breault and his sister Elektra, 4, from 12-year-old Chance Jackson. This was the third year that Jackson, from Sedley, Sask., brought lambs […] Read more

The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan wants you. Although the organization has seen steady growth since it formed in 2000, its membership sits at 130 of 296 rural municipalities. That’s up eight from last year. President Ken McBride said a strategic plan developed this year will take APAS through the next five years. Among the […] Read more

Ranchers and farmers from southwestern Saskatchewan say their pleas for government aid to help them rebound from two consecutive years of drought are being ignored. Twenty-one rural municipalities have declared themselves disaster areas and affected farmers want assistance, just as those in the flooded northeast region of the province got help when they needed it. […] Read more

The spectre of the Canadian Wheat Board debate hovered over last week’s Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan annual meeting as representatives tiptoed around the contentious issue. The debate wasn’t on the agenda and APAS has vowed to stay neutral on the issue of the board’s export monopoly for wheat and barley, given the deeply held […] Read more

Cyril Ross doesn’t compare to the other riders in Canada’s Select Ranch Horse Competition and Sale. At age 85, he is far and away the oldest and most experienced horseman to ride into the arena during one of Canadian Western Agribition’s most popular events. He was in the same arena a few years ago team […] Read more

Annette Maze’s southern drawl rolls over the crowd and competitors as smooth as butter. It even seems to calm the goats standing before her as she gently teases that they thought they were going to Wal-Mart, not into the show ring. Maze is from Spicewood, Texas, and spent part of last month in Regina judging […] Read more