Equine welfare is a message Amanda Duerr takes with her to presentations across North America. “There are more humane methods to go about things,” said the 19-year-old certified equine therapist from Fulda, Sask. The Farm Animal Council of Saskatchewan and the Saskatchewan Horse Federation recognized her with an equine welfare steward of the future award […] Read more
Stories by Karen Morrison
Story of The Fly retold
The role of window and door screens in keeping out disease was the message of an early public health display and the messenger was a single animated fly. In the 1920s, the Saskatchewan Bureau of Public Health used a fly on a wire to show people how easily disease can spread from barn to yard […] Read more
Producers get CWB awards
Four Saskatchewan grain producers received Canadian Wheat Board master grower awards for their outstanding growing practices and grain samples during the 16th annual Grain World Outlook conference in Winnipeg in February. Winning producers included Paul Cherkas of Kamsack for six-row malting barley, Doug and Brenda Martin of Lumsden and Dale and Tracey Richter of Broadview […] Read more
Producer heads back to school
The Canadian Agricultural Skills Program is giving Norman Gritzfeld a chance at a new career. The 49-year-old cow-calf producer at Strasbourg, Sask., will spend the next few years working on a degree in psychology at the University of Regina en route to his goal of becoming a counselor. “I wouldn’t be able to go without […] Read more
Planned packer raises funds
A proposed multi-species slaughter plant hopes to raise at least $4.5 million through a share offering this spring. Lorne Thomson, chief executive officer of Nesco Meats Inc., said the share offering in Saskatchewan will try to raise enough capital by June 30 to begin preliminary work on a slaughter and processing plant in Melfort. “If […] Read more
Volunteer spirit builds centre
ASSINIBOIA, Sask. – Kiara Brost and her friends scan the movie posters at the theatre inside the Prince of Wales Cultural and Recreation Centre. “It’s a treat to come and see a wide screen TV,” explained eight-year-old Brost. “I come as often as I can.” It’s something the children’s parents would not have been able […] Read more
Predator problem plagues farmers
Saskatchewan farmers can get help to prevent wildlife from attacking their livestock herds, but they receive no monetary compensation for any animals lost. Mike Gollop, problem livestock specialist with Saskatchewan Environment, called predator damage to livestock a “fairly big problem” in Saskatchewan. Producers can contact the province’s livestock predation program, administered by the Saskatchewan Sheep […] Read more
Side dish of peas turns out tender steak
Cattle finished with pea rations produce juicier, more tender steaks, says an American research scientist. In studies conducted at North Dakota State University, Vern Anderson found cattle performed well eating peas, and their meat tasted better. He said there is great potential for competitively priced peas to be used for cattle feed, citing the 2.5 […] Read more
Cattle producer maps out strategy
Taking advantage of ultrasound technologies and sound genetics produces profits for Wade Shrimpton and his customers. Speaking at the Saskatchewan Beef Symposium in Saskatoon Feb. 7, the owner of Key Lake Ranch said the fastest way to make high performance improvements in his herd is through the bulls. He spends hours poring over bloodlines and […] Read more
Town’s revival starts with one woman
SINTALUTA, Sask. – Black wooden buzzards in gnarled, leafless trees stare down at the empty lots and boarded up buildings speckling this tiny town along the Trans-Canada Highway. By mid-morning, the town’s wide streets start to fill with the cars of regulars assembling for coffee in the Branding Iron Saloon, the town’s only restaurant-bar. They […] Read more
