Jeremy Andrew has a lot more experience showing cattle than judging them. But the 13 year old from rural Regina turned out to be a good judge of feeder steers, winning the intermediate class in the commercial cattle youth judging competition at Canadian Western Agribition. “I’ve been showing cattle since I was three,” he said. […] Read more
Karen Briere
Stories by Karen Briere
More Sask. RMs join school tax revolt
The education tax revolt is growing. Now, more than 50 Saskatchewan rural municipalities are refusing to pay the education portion of property tax collected on farmland. Three weeks ago, there were 17. Glenn Blakely, spokesperson for the Tax Action Group and a councillor for the RM of Spy Hill, said Dec. 5 that as the […] Read more
Lobby powerful, APAS told
Delegates to the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan annual general meeting received a lesson in lobbying last week. Ken Rasmussen, director of the graduate school of public policy at the University of Regina, told them not to bother talking to their federal or provincial political representatives unless those people are in positions of power. “The […] Read more
New APAS president flies to WTO
Just four days after his election as president of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan, Ken McBride was scheduled to board a flight to Hong Kong. There, he will be briefed on trade issues and meet with some of his counterparts before attending World Trade Organization negotiations. “We’re looking at a turning point here,” he […] Read more
Ups and downs of a rodeo life
Dustan McPhee stands behind and above the chute containing tonight’s ride. Swinging his arms and shifting his weight from side to side, he studies the horse intently. He seems unaware of the clamour happening around him – and there’s a lot of it going on at the Canadian Cowboys’ Association final rodeo. He concentrates on […] Read more
Project rescues elevator heritage
Got a grain elevator in your backyard? If so, the Saskatchewan Heritage Foundation wants to hear from you. The foundation is updating its inventory of grain elevators and wants those that were bought and moved to farms to be on the list, said foundation chair Bill Brennan. The first inventory was done in 1999-2000 when […] Read more
Billionaire’s bison business booms
When billionaire Ted Turner got into the bison business, he just wanted to be a banana – one of the bunch. He had a simplistic, romantic idea about bison, said Russell Miller, general manager of Turner Enterprises. He would buy a ranch, tear out the fences and let the animals do what they wanted. He […] Read more
Bison operation had growing pains
Fifteen ranches, 1.9 million acres, 48,000 bison, 358 full and part-time employees, 13 species at risk and a half-time vet: that’s Ted Turner’s bison operation in a nutshell. Russell Miller, general manager of Turner Enterprises, told Canadian bison producers at their recent national convention in Regina that the business didn’t get that big without some […] Read more
Age plan pondered
Saskatchewan may implement mandatory cattle age verification to help it gain access to international markets. Agriculture minister Mark Wartman is encouraging producers to voluntarily register age information through the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency. “We think this really gives us an advantage over the dentition program,” Wartman told reporters during Canadian Western Agribition held in Regina […] Read more
Dairy show branches out
The dairy show marked a colourful return to Canadian Western Agribition in 2005 after a year’s absence. Along with the traditional black and white Holsteins, the show featured Jersey and Brown Swiss classes for the first time. Wendy Kelly, executive director of the Dairy Farmers of Saskatchewan, said organizers were thrilled to have the other […] Read more
