Saskatchewan businessperson Joseph Bourgault has entered the leadership race for the Conservative Party of Canada. The chief executive officer of Bourgault Tillage Tools and founder of a non-profit organization called Canadians for Truth, said his goal is to develop a platform that will result in a majority CPC win in the next federal election. He […] Read more
Karen Briere
Stories by Karen Briere
G7 ag ministers condemn invasion of Ukraine
The G7 agriculture ministers, along with the agriculture commissioner for the European Union, the Ukrainian minister and several international food and agricultural organizations, today condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “We are all appalled by and condemn the large-scale aggression by the Russian Federation against the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, enabled by […] Read more
BSE class action lawsuit dismissed
The Ontario Superior Court has dismissed an $8 billion class action lawsuit over the federal government’s handling of BSE. In a written decision late January, Justice Paul B. Schabas said Canada was not negligent, as the plaintiffs alleged, in preventing British cattle from coming into the country between 1982 and 1990, implementing a feed ban […] Read more
Fertilizer emission target proposed
A discussion document released March 4 follows a 2020 announcement that Canada would reduce emissions from synthetic fertilizers by 30 percent below 2020 levels by 2030 —the equivalent of four million tonnes of carbon dioxide This begs the question of what the baseline is and whether farmers will be asked to reduce fertilizer use. Erin […] Read more
Hay West needs help transporting bales
OTTAWA — Hay West organizers said they need more money to move livestock feed to the West from Eastern Canada. Another corporate donor is expected this week, in addition to those that have already contributed, and they want the federal government to add to the $4 million it has already committed. But even if trucks […] Read more
New oat processor planned for Sask.
Regina-based AGT Food and Ingredients Inc. expects that a new oat-milling facility in Aberdeen, northeast of Saskatoon, will receive grain this harvest. The company announced March 3 the plant will produce oat groats, flours and other milled oat products for human consumption, specialty ingredient markets and animal feed products. AGT already has a facility in […] Read more
CFA focuses on managing risk in new BRM round
Increased funding is at the top of the list for farmers as Ottawa looks for input on development of next policy framework
OTTAWA — The Canadian Federation of Agriculture is fine-tuning its submission to federal agriculture minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on what it thinks the next policy framework should look like. Bibeau has been accepting suggestions from stakeholders since last summer and needs their thoughts by mid-March, ahead of the next federal-provincial-territorial meeting. Ministers are expected to agree […] Read more
Species-at-risk protection assessed
Southwestern Sask. producers are asked to participate in a project to help determine how best to protect critical habitat
Cattle producers in southwestern Saskatchewan who lease provincial agricultural crown land may participate in a project to establish how best to protect critical habitat for species at risk. Kelsi Christopher, manager of rangeland services with the lands branch at Saskatchewan Agriculture, told the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association semi-annual meeting that the research will look at […] Read more
Dairy farm fined for worker’s death
A Saskatchewan dairy farm has been fined $80,000 after the 2020 death of a worker from Mexico. Jimlee Farms Ltd. of Summerberry pleaded guilty in February after an occupational health and safety investigation into the Nov. 19, 2020, death of Jesus Heinar Zavala Guevara. The temporary foreign worker’s clothing became caught in an unguarded power […] Read more
New livestock transport rules now enforced
The CFIA says enforcement will be flexible while research continues into some feed, water and rest-stop requirements
Following a two-year education period to help livestock carriers adjust, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency will now enforce transport regulations enacted Feb. 20, 2020. However, the agency noted that research into feed, water and rest-stop requirements for older beef calves and unweaned dairy calves is ongoing. “As such, the CFIA does not plan to prioritize […] Read more
