MOOSE JAW, Sask. – Doug Howe said he was 17 years old when he learned that pioneer Charolais producer Roy Biensch got 100 pounds more out of a Charolais than the British breeds.”I was a kid at the time and I convinced my father that we should try one of these bulls. We did and […] Read more
William DeKay
Stories by William DeKay
U of S tractor building team takes fourth
University of Saskatchewan students had their best showing ever at the quarter scale tractor student design competition in Peoria, Illinois June 3-6.The Sled Dogs team placed fourth in a field of more than 20 competitors at this year’s event, sponsored by the American Society of Agriculture & Biological Engineers.Of the six categories, the Sled Dogs […] Read more
High flyers study soil below
KENASTON, Sask. – Central Saskatchewan farmers might have noticed aircraft buzzing the skies and white weather balloons floating overhead during the first two weeks of June.Environment Canada hosted researchers from across Canada and the United States to study a small area near Kenaston. The Canadian Experiment Soil Moisture 2010 measured how water moves through the […] Read more
Forging future for free-range bison herd
BIG RIVER, Sask. – Corman Gates thinks Canada’s only free-ranging Plains bison herd in Prince Albert National Park is a model of success that could be adapted for other national parks in Canada.“Why should it be that Yellowstone National Park is the only place on this continent where you would go to see a lot […] Read more
Young couple embraces change and challenges
HANLEY, Sask. – Chad Haaland laughs while visualizing a five-year goal for him and his wife, Carissa.“I might be one of the first cowboys to drive a Mercedes Benz with poop on my boots and spurs on,” he said.The couple has been involved in the cattle industry since 2006 after buying a half section from […] Read more
Competition prepares students for real world
As far as Terry Fonstad is concerned, his team has already won Lord Stanley’s coveted trophy.His Stanley Cup equivalent is the pinnacle of competition in university agricultural engineering: The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers one-quarter-scale tractor, student design competition, held annually in Peoria, Illinois.His franchise is the University of Saskatchewan Sled Dog scale […] Read more
Producer pleads guilty over distressed cattle
Scott Sander, who farms near Outlook, Sask., has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from dead and starving cattle found on his farm in 2009.Sander has been fined $3,000 and told to pay a $1,200 surcharge for causing or allowing animals to be in distress.Frances Wach, Saskatchewan SPCA executive director, said the case came to light […] Read more
Sask. landfill gets environmental award
A Saskatchewan rural municipality has won an environmental stewardship award for a landfill that can accept specified risk material from slaughter plants.The award was presented to the Rural Municipality of Canwood during the 2010 Saskatchewan Municipal Awards held May 14 in Regina.The Highway 55 Waste Management Corp. has been operating since February and is the […] Read more
Cattle owner pleads guilty after cattle found starving
A farmer near Outlook, Sask., has pleaded guilty after dead and starving cattle were found on his farm in 2009.Scott Sander has been fined $3,000 and told to pay a $1,200 surcharge for allowing animals to be in distress.Frances Wach, Saskatchewan SPCA executive director, said the case came to light when an animal protection officer, […] Read more
Youth killed in cattle feeding accident
A farming accident near Rosetown, Sask., has claimed the life of a 15-year-old youth. Chase Cordes died April 14 at his uncle’s farm while helping his father, Ron, feed cattle. He was struck by the tractor. “It wasn’t (an unusual work situation). They’d done it a thousand times; nothing out of the norm really,” said […] Read more
