Karen Morrison

KEEPHILLS, Alta. – The Engelhardts hope to leave their farm just the way they found it. Provincial conservation farming winners in 1994, Maivis and Delmar, with his brother Glenn and wife Susan, grow forage and rotate crops. They also spread manure on their farmland near Keephills, Alta., and limit spraying. “I don’t spray just because […] Read more

Barbecuers are being warned to check their hot dogs for possible contamination from the bacteria, Listeria monocytogenes. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency issued the warning Aug. 8 advising consumers not to eat the various brands of wieners. These products have best-before dates up to and including Aug. 10 and contain the code EST69. Listeria can […] Read more

Agriculture Canada is protecting its crop research by improving security at its Saskatoon field site. Rows of spruce trees conceal the site near Saskatoon’s zoo while it is secured by chain link fences topped with barbed wire, a gate house, a commissioner and sliding electric gate. David Wall, assistant director of Agriculture Canada’s Saskatoon Research […] Read more

BRODERICK, Sask. – They come to Jerry Eliason’s farm near Broderick, Sask., from the other side of the world to taste, smell and ogle the timothy hay bales stacked eight deep in a shed. He expected new buyers to arrive any day, to pick out the lots that are bound for Asian countries. “The Japanese […] Read more

Aging chicken barns are wearing out and being replaced with the latest technologies, said Dave Mackie of the Saskatchewan Egg Marketing Board. Mackie said this development largely accounts for the findings of a recent survey that showed a surge in investments by egg producers across Canada. In Saskatchewan, a number of barns have been upgraded […] Read more

MERVIN, Sask. – A painting and a message “keep your city out of my country” greet visitors at the back door of the log cabin where Bonny Macnab lives and creates art. Once a city girl herself, working as a model in Vancouver, the blonde returned to her mother’s childhood home for a visit in […] Read more

PATHLOW, Sask. – On July 31, the books close on another crop year, an elevator and Jim Gaetz’s 40-year career in grain buying. His retirement coincides with the closure and dismantling of the orange Pioneer elevator towering over what little remains of the tiny hamlet of 24 people. In June, about 300 gathered in the […] Read more

Alternative crops will replace genetically modified ones as the research focus shifts at Saskatoon’s Crop Development Centre over the next two years. The shift follows a review in January by Saskatchewan Agriculture’s Agriculture Development Fund. It reviewed its five-year funding to CDC and adjusted its programs. Abdul Jalil, director of Saskatchewan Agriculture’s research branch, said […] Read more

The new Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada is designed to feed a growing demand for organic farming. The centre, which received $854,700 in federal funding, will work with Canadian colleges and universities to help producers remain updated on the latest biological and farm management practices. It is based at the Nova Scotia Agriculture College in […] Read more

A gun group says the latest amendments to Canada’s firearms regulations just buy time for a government mired in its own complicated gun registration process. “They are buried in its own red tape and have to keep buying time to try to make it work,” said Greg Illerbrun, chair of the Recreational Firearms Community. The […] Read more