Reading theWestern Producer,I noticed that an analyst sees a rosy future for livestock. Wonderful. After the government let the finance companies force the cattle producers to sell off their cow herds for 30 cents on a dollar, they will probably give you a loonie to buy them back for $1 and 50 cents on a […] Read more
Stories by Murray Andres
NDP and cattle
I was readingThe Western Producer(and) I noticed a letter by Duane Lingenfelter saying how much more help the farm families needed now than they are getting. The NDP bought older farmers out in the 1970s, promising to sell it to their families. They forgot to tell the old people they would triple the buy back […] Read more
Horse responsibility
In answer to the Nov. 28 Open Forum letter, Take own advice: Theresa, it looks to me that you think that because someone owns a horse, they should be responsible for feeding and caring for him until death no matter what. Anyone who got a divorce knows that circumstances change. Finances change and even if […] Read more
Coyote management
Living in Saskatchewan for a livestock producer has numerous challenges. First of all, inputs have narrowed on any profit margin they had. Marginbased programs the government put in place don’t work at all. They repeat the story about prices are going up a bit, probably about five percent to match inputs that went up 70 […] Read more
Operating money
Our great nation is under water. Our grain producers are in trouble because they cannot seed. No. They have bins full of grain from last year. It will take them a whole year to sell it. The prices will go up enough to compensate their money. Some of them might have to take a mortgage […] Read more
