Karen Morrison

Workers traveling out of the province while working for Saskatchewan companies are covered by the province’s Workers Compensation Board if injured on the job. Georgina Foster, of the board’s revenue and employer accounts, said Saskatchewan workers employed out of the province or out of the country are covered “on an insurance basis only.” She emphasized […] Read more

Prince Charles will not visit farms amid foot-and-mouth fears, but he will meet with four organic producers in Assiniboia, Sask., on April 27. Dwayne Woolhouse was looking forward to bouncing around with the Prince of Wales in a pickup on his Readlyn area farm. He will now settle for tea and pie with him in […] Read more

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — At 53, Bert Harman could have shut the barn doors on his chickens and eggs and retired early. Instead, he increased his quota and opened a $1 million, six-tier egg-laying system for more than 42,000 chickens just north of this city. “I’ve been in the egg business all my life,” the […] Read more

Six Saskatchewan ostrich producers are demanding compensation from a Saskatoon feed company, saying feed they bought from the company resulted in high mortality rates and stunted growth problems in their flocks. Gregg Anderson of Rosetown, who has raised ostriches for six years, has seen his flock drop to 90 birds from 400. He estimates his […] Read more

Prairie scientists are expected to receive $15 million to study both sides of the plant gene research coin. Half of the funding will come from Genome Canada and other half from industry sources. The funding is part of a $136 million investment in Genome Canada, which was recently announced by the federal government. University of […] Read more

Audrey Horkoff says her committee can take credit for high-speed internet and training for farmers making it into Saskatchewan’s recent provincial budget. Horkoff, co-chair of the Action Committee on the Rural Economy, said the committee set out in October to look at areas like the rural service sector, resources and agriculture. “We tried to cover […] Read more

TISDALE, Sask. — Fay Boxall’s role in child care is as essential as running the machines and watching the markets on this family farm. She has always supported the farm from home, and now, as a grandmother, she regularly cares for two preschoolers and prepares meals. “It allows us to physically farm,” said the children’s […] Read more

Three southern Saskatchewan schools have canceled their youth tours of Europe this spring in response to concerns about the spread of foot-and-mouth disease. “Some of the local cattlemen complained and made us aware that people were not happy,” said Richard Gehl of Hodgeville, Sask. His wife and two teenaged daughters canceled their trip following an […] Read more

A little knowledge goes a long way for those contemplating a job in custom harvesting, says a former worker. Chuck Jedlicka, 24, feels his experience would have been better if his employer had given more details about what actually happens on the six- to eight-month long tours of farms from Texas to Saskatchewan. “Tell how […] Read more

LOVE, Sask. — Imagine vacuuming for 10 hours, clearing out every kernel and dust bunny from a three-level building chockfull of metal corkscrew parts, wire screens, wooden trays and velvet rollers. That’s what Art Russell must do five times a winter at his custom seed cleaning plant near Love, Sask. Before Art, his son Tim […] Read more