Karen Briere

Karen Briere

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Karen Briere grew up in Canora, Sask. where her family had a grain and cattle operation. She has a degree in journalism from the University of Regina and has spent more than 30 years covering agriculture from the Western Producer’s Regina bureau.

Stories by Karen Briere

Dairy cattle in an indoor barn.
News, Tariffs

Supply management worth keeping: professor

An agricultural ecologist makes the case for building the supply managed model rather than losing it in trade talks

A Canadian agricultural ecologist says the supply management model is one worth building on, not destroying.
A group of young weanling pigs huddle close together with pink numbered tags in their ears.
Livestock Management, Tariffs

Producer prices for pork hold steady

Canadian pork prices are tied to a U.S. base price and would be more affected by retaliatory tariffs from a U.S. trading partner

Canadian pork producers have seen prices hold generally steady despite all the uncertainty of tariffs and trade wars.
A colourful display of fresh vegetables including asparagus, beans, peas, potatoes, carrots, radishes, celery, cucumbers and tomatoes.
News

Canadians believe higher food prices on the way: survey

A spring survey to gauge consumer opinions about food pricing, buying habits and values found affordability the top concern

A new report from the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University has found increasing anxiety about food affordability compared to last fall.
Two dirt tracks worn in the grass show where vehicles have driven between two clumps of trees in a country field as the sun sets in the distance.
News

Saskatchewan’s Farm Land Security Board changes procedures

Board acts on provincial auditor’s recommendations to tighten up its procedures to ensure compliance with foreign ownership laws

Saskatchewan’s Farm Land Security Board has changed some of its processes after a report from the provincial auditor last year raised concerns about foreign ownership.
Cattle mull about in a pasture.
News

Sask. producers say bovine TB compensation inadequate

Those affected by quarantines and eradication policies want more financial assistance from the federal government

Efforts to trace the bovine tuberculosis case discovered last fall have put several farms in quarantine and under financial pressure.
A whitetail deer stands in profile in a prairie field.
News

Saskatchewan cattle producers want bovine TB investigation to target wildlife

Saskatchewan environment ministry says no positive tests have been found in elk and other cervids, but testing will continue

Saskatchewan cattle producers who packed a meeting room last week for updates on the bovine tuberculosis investigation originating in their area weren’t happy with much of what they heard from officials.
A man's hand deposits a ballot into a cardboard "Elections Canada" ballot box during voting in the 2025 federal election.
News

Policy reform seen as top post-election priority

New mandate called good time to overhaul business risk management programs and other policies that could help agriculture

Prime minister Mark Carney will name his cabinet May 12, and the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute has some advice for the incoming agriculture minister.
Two people cross a street walkijg towar a building on a corner with a sign on it that reads, "Future Home of Sunterra."
News

Sunterra companies seek creditor protection

An Alberta court was scheduled to hear a request to extend stays of proceedings against Sunterra companies on April 28

Several companies associated with Sunterra Group obtained protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act in an Alberta court last month.

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