Karen Briere

A committee that spent the past five years sampling air, soil and water around a Saskatchewan hog operation has released a report that it says tells a story of environmental responsibility. Don Walters, chair of the Spirit Creek Watershed Monitoring Committee, said the committee’s findings present a much different picture than that given by opponents […] Read more

Saskatchewan’s long-standing agricultural relationship with China was encapsulated for premier Lorne Calvert when he saw the Alvin Hamilton Room in the Beijing embassy. Hamilton, from Saskatchewan, was agriculture minister in the John Diefenbaker government and the negotiator of the first large wheat sales to China, on credit, in 1960. Calvert said Saskatchewan was the first […] Read more

Saskatchewan First Nations farmers now have access to environmental programs under the federal-provincial agricultural policy framework. The First Nations Agricultural Council of Saskatchewan will deliver environmental farm plans designed to address the specific needs of treaty lands. “The uniqueness of treaty lands is that they’re held in trust … in perpetuity,” said Lloyd Martell, communications […] Read more

The leadership of a Saskatchewan farm organization will undergo major change this fall. President Terry Hildebrandt and vice-president Cecilia Olver will not seek re-election to those positions at the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan general meeting in December. Hildebrandt was one of the initiators of the new farm movement that formed five years ago. APAS […] Read more

Saskatchewan has its eye on fast-growing Asian markets and a delegation of business, academic and community leaders is just concluding a trade mission designed to capture them. Premier Lorne Calvert and about 40 others will return from Hong Kong, China, Japan and Kazakhstan Oct. 29 after more than 60 meetings to promote Saskatchewan agriculture, agricultural […] Read more

Saskatchewan farmers can blame hurricanes Katrina and Rita for two direct hits this fall. Disruption caused by the two storms pushed the North American natural gas market higher, leading to increased fertilizer prices. Farmers are also going to pay more to heat their homes. Last week, SaskEnergy asked the province’s rate review panel for a […] Read more

The closure of the Weyerhaeuser pulp and paper mill in Prince Albert, Sask., won’t affect efforts to establish an agroforestry industry in the province, officials say. Robin Woodward, chief executive officer of the Saskatchewan Forest Centre, said it’s too early for farmers to be affected by a plant closure. “What we’re trying to do with […] Read more

Murad Al-Katib says he never considered becoming a farmer, but his efforts on their behalf have not gone unnoticed. The president of Saskcan Pulse Trading Inc. has received another award, this time Business Development Bank of Canada’s Young Entrepreneur Award for Saskatchewan. He’s already been honoured as one of the country’s Top 40 Under 40 […] Read more