OYF program presents Motherwell award The Outstanding Young Farmer program has presented this year’s W.R. Motherwell Award to Komie Hossini of Calgary, who was a previous sponsor representative for Bayer Crop Science from 2012-23. While holding that position, Hossini: He continues to sit on the program’s social media committee. Hossini is also involved with 4-H […] Read more
Stories by Saskatoon newsroom
Thieves steal “Jaws of Life” from Saskatchewan volunteer fire department
Thieves helped themselves to some “gifts” from the Pike Lake Fire Hall in Pike Lake, Sask., over the Christmas break. Among the stolen items is the hall’s set of “jaws” used to extricate people involved in car accidents from their vehicle. “This puts the community this hall serves at risk as the equipment from this […] Read more
Top 10 Western Producer stories of 2024
It’s been an interesting year in the world of agriculture, but aren’t they all? We’ve published just shy of 3,000 stories – an average of about eight per day – on the Western Producer website in 2024, covering a wide variety of subjects from bird flu to wild pigs. Here are our Top 10 stories […] Read more
Saskatchewan cow tests positive for bovine tuberculosis
A cow raised in Saskatchewan has tested positive for bovine tuberculosis the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced late Tuesday. The animal was slaughtered at a federally-licensed facility in Alberta. The CFIA said tissue from the six-year-old cow tested positive for bovine tuberculosis at an Ottawa lab November 29th. The Canadian Livestock Traceability System allowed […] Read more
Production news briefs
MacDon unveils 61-foot draper header All the major farm equipment brands have Class 10-plus combines on the market, and those machines have big appetites. Winnipeg-based MacDon has introduced a massive header that can feed those machines fast and keep their hunger satisfied. Other stories in the Canola Yearbook 2024: The 61-foot wide FD261 FlexDraper header […] Read more
Canola views – photo essay
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Science news briefs
Gene editing promises to open floodgates for canola traits Canola growers can expect a bunch of new seed traits to hit the market in coming years as gene-editing technology takes off, says an industry official. Cibus is one company doing a lot of work on that front and is expected to commercialize three new traits […] Read more
Canola News Briefs
China hits Canadian canola with anti-dumping probe China started an anti-dumping investigation into canola imports from Canada after Ottawa moved to impose tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles. Canada followed the lead of the United States and European Union by announcing a 100 per cent tariff on imports of Chinese electric vehicles and a 25 per […] Read more
Chrystia Freeland resigns as finance minister
Chrystia Freeland has resigned her cabinet position as Finance Minister, but will continue to serve as an MP for her Toronto constituency. Freeland made the announcement earlier today and released the letter of resignation she had sent to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. “On Friday, you told me you no longer want me to serve as […] Read more
Alta. brothers named national OYF winners
The Gemstone Cattle Co. of Gem, Alta., and Polyculture Plante 1987 Inc. of Saint-Pétronille, Que., are this year’s national young outstanding farmers. Gemstone is run by Barry, Daniel and Lorin Doerksen. Related story in this issue: The brothers started implementing regenerative agriculture practices 10 years ago and say rotational grazing, poly-cropping for silage and winter […] Read more
