International demand is helping increase enrolments at prairie agricultural colleges. The increase has been as high as 10 percent in some schools. “We’re having a pretty good spike in international numbers. I suspect that’s in all ag programs across Canada because we’re all looking at the international market as a growing audience for us,” said […] Read more
William DeKay
Stories by William DeKay
Feds assign $11 million to wheat and barley research
MP David Anderson announced Sept. 15 in Saskatoon the federal government is investing $11 million in grain research to develop new wheat and barley varieties. The money will help improve crop performance and assist producers maintain a competitive advantage in the marketplace.Part of the money, an investment of $8 million, will go toward creating the […] Read more
Deadline looms for flood aid program
Sept. 30 is the deadline for applying for compensation under the federal-provincial Excess Moisture Program. Shawn Jaques of Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corp. said Saskatchewan producers with crop insurance apply only for additional acres that flooded out and were not covered by insurance. Non-insured producers have to file an application and indicate acres they could not […] Read more
Sask. pulse firm buys Australian grain terminal
Regina pulse processor and exporter Alliance Grain Traders announced it has a letter of intent to buy and develop an inland pulse crop and grain handling terminal in South Australia. According to the company’s Aug. 30 release, the deal will give Alliance control of Balco Grain Holdings, located at Bowmans, 95 kilometres north of Adelaide […] Read more
Everyone has role in filling the bins
ROBLIN, Man. – Robert Misko is considered a young farmer, but after 34 years on the land, the 41-year-old is not new to the business. In 1976, seven-year-old Misko moved with his parents, Walter and Ethel Misko, from the bright lights of Brandon to a section of rocky and rolling land near Roblin, Man. It […] Read more
Reaching for the record
“It was a pretty magnificent sight,” said Derek Unrau, regional director at Children’s Camps International. He estimated about 15,000 people attended the world record attempt Aug. 7.”It came together and that’s not without the help of hundreds of volunteers on and off the field. It was awesome to see everybody come together and do their […] Read more
Landowner finds satisfaction in metal and trees
MONT NEBO, Sask. – A bronze tree limb cast in Jim Jansen’s homemade foundry cools while he plants trees on his quarter section farm near Mont Nebo, Sask. Jansen likes the long-term satisfaction he gets out of planting trees and pouring bronze sculptures. “Not that I want to be known 10,000 years from now as […] Read more
4-Her adopts proactive approach to marketing
Name recognition is the name of the game for Tiffany Peters. The 22-year-old hoped to sell her 4-H steer, a Simmental-Angus cross named Congi, during the July 12 finished beef sale at the Junior Ag Showcase in Saskatoon. She did some mail-out advertising to achieve her goal. “It’s advertising for me and for my animals […] Read more
Cattle owners guilty in animal distress case
A father and his son have pleaded guilty in an animal welfare case in which 225 cattle are estimated to have died.Wayne and Barrett Robinson of Outlook, Sask., had been charged with allowing their cattle to be in distress.After they pleaded guilty in Outlook court, the judge ordered the maximum fine of $5,000 each and […] Read more
Lakeland College buys land for farm training
Lakeland College will undergo a significant growth spurt once it adds 1,400 acres of land to its existing 400 acre campus in Vermilion, Alta.The 97-year-old college plans to buy 100 percent of the shares of Barrhill Farms Ltd. of Vermilion, which includes farmland, three houses, two shops and grain bins.The deal requires an order-in-council from […] Read more
