RED DEER — Snowstorms were blamed for two barn collapses in Alberta Dec. 15 that required rescue operations for trapped livestock. About two dozen dairy cows died in Lacombe County when half of a barn roof caved in. “It was a portion of a barn, probably about a 150-foot section, with 100 cattle in there […] Read more
Stories by Paul Cowley
Climate change study looks into future crop growing areas
RED DEER – Prairie farmers might not have to worry about climate change turning their fields into dust bowls, but that doesn’t mean they won’t see changes that affect what they can grow. Susan Robertson of the International Development Research Centre in Ottawa wants to remove some of the guess work. She is using 50 […] Read more
Range specialist slammed for view against feral horses
Clare Tannas got a tough lesson in how treasured wild horses are when he suggested that continual grazing by wild horses west of Sundre, Alta., posed a threat to prime grazing grasses and the animals should be removed and perhaps replaced with bison. “Feral horses are escaped domestic animals that are not native to the […] Read more
Alberta police lay charges in killings of wild horses
RED DEER – Supporters of Alberta’s wild horses have something to cheer about after months of fretting about a string of unsolved horse killings. Wild Horses of Alberta Society president Bob Henderson received the news Jan. 20. “We were talking yesterday morning about how depressed we were that nothing has happened,” he said from his […] Read more
Battered cowboys prompt inventor
The image of a battered and unconscious rodeo cowboy hung up on a madly bucking bronc spurred Don Tuchscherer’s imagination. “He was knocked out and he was like a rag doll,” recalled Tuchscherer, who saw the scene on TV three years ago. “He was hitting the posts and everything else. He went around the arena […] Read more
