The next generation of Saskatchewan farmers were told recently to start small and let their management skills grow alongside their businesses. “That way, you don’t grow beyond what the management is capable of,” Nova Scotia agrologist Bev Connell said during the Say Yes to Agriculture conference in Saskatoon Feb. 2-4. He told delegates to the […] Read more
Stories by Karen Morrison
Rendered remains offer energy source
A recipe of rendered cattle meat and bonemeal can produce almost as much energy as coal without the harmful emissions, says a University of Saskatchewan agricultural engineer. “The biggest bang for the buck” will come from research into how to manage the 25 percent of animal remains that are left over after rendering, Terry Fonstad […] Read more
Feedlots need workers
Experience is less important in a cattle feedlot worker than a willingness to learn new skills, says Ryan Thompson of Border Line Feeders in Ceylon, Sask. As a manager, he looks for workers who are eager to learn, looking for long-term employment and have interests outside of work. “People working there need to be part […] Read more
Producers appeal ostrich decision
Four Saskatchewan ostrich producers are appealing a recent judgment against New-Life Feeds, hoping to increase the amount of compensation awarded to them. Greg Anderson, who now lives near Red Deer, said he lost 400 birds at his farm near Rosetown, Sask., because of problems with feed supplied by New-Life Feeds. New-Life was found negligent in […] Read more
Registry plan alarms dog owners
Border Collies are uniquely bred working dogs that should remain under the registry of their own breed association, says the president of the Canadian Border Collie Association. Aileen McConnell said she and other farmers and ranchers value the animals’ herding characteristics and fear the loss of the breed registry’s control to the Canadian Kennel Club. […] Read more
Summit hears views of youth
Urban youth painted a picture of their utopia and wound up describing what most rural communities already have. Keleah Herron, who led a workshop at the Saskatchewan Youth Summit exploring where and how youth want to live, found that city dwellers craved a sense of community within the larger city. They wanted a full range […] Read more
Youth, gov’t come together
It’s an exciting time for youth, with more jobs to fill than people available and a world of opportunities waiting at their doorstep, said Saskatchewan Youth summit co-ordinator Sarah Cameron. The challenge of the two-day conference was to find ways to make Saskatchewan competitive with the rest of the world. It brought together youth from […] Read more
Group answers farmers concerns over pipelines
LOREBURN, Sask. – High winds, frigid temperatures and poor visibility failed to keep 20 farmers from gathering to get a clearer picture of their rights as landowners with oil and gas piplines on their property. The group met with the Canadian Alliance of Pipeline Landowners Associations in Loreburn on Feb. 1. Bruce Hopkins, a mixed […] Read more
Ag advisory committee adds to focus
Aboriginal and Métis involvement in small business and entrepreneurship will be the focus of two new sub-committees of the Saskatchewan Action Committee on the Rural Economy. The defining and enhancing community group will explore what communities will look like in future and the relationships between First Nations and other communities, It will also explore best […] Read more
Saskatoon berries coming to gouda near you
A British Columbia dairy producer wants to combine prairie fruit with gouda to create a new taste. Arie Gort operates Gort’s Gouda Cheese with his wife Anneke and daughter Yolanda Gort-Tiller near Salmon Arm, B.C. Already experimenting with dried blueberries and cranberries in their gouda cheese, the Gorts’s thoughts next turned to prairie grown saskatoons. […] Read more
