Agriculture Notes

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Published: February 4, 1999

Council elects chair

Anne Forbes is the new chair of the Canadian Farm Business Management Council. She is the Nova Scotia council director with background in dairy production and fish farming.

Forbes has served with a number of agricultural organizations in Nova Scotia and said she intends to devote her first months as chair to establishing council priorities. The council is funded by Agriculture Canada and is responsible for national co-ordination of the Canadian Farm Business Management Program.

Canola growers hire

Lorraine Beaudette has been appointed executive director of the Saskatchewan Canola Growers Association. She replaced Holly Rask, who left the position in November.

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Land crash warning rejected

A technical analyst believes that Saskatchewan land values could be due for a correction, but land owners and FCC say supply/demand fundamentals drive land prices – not mathematical models

Beaudette has worked for Saskatchewan Wheat Pool and for the Saskatchewan 4-H Council.

The council deals with policy issues related to canola production, marketing and research.

Humane heroes

The Regina Humane Society is looking for heroes. The group gives awards to people who show outstanding kindness and compassion toward animals, and to animals who show outstanding acts of love, dedication or courage to a person or other animal.

Nominations can be given to Gail MacMillan of the Regina Humane Society, by calling 306-543-6363. Winners will be honored Feb. 21.

More fishing licences

Angling licence sales have increased over last year in Saskatchewan and are the highest since the 1983-84 season, the provincial environment and resource management department reports.

Sales run from April 1 to March 31 each year and as of Nov. 30 more than 190,000 licences were sold and more than 200,000 are expected to be sold. The province also has an estimated 50,000 to 70,000 anglers under the age of 16 who do not require a licence.

Licence sales this season are expected to generate about $3 million. The Fish and Wildlife Development Fund receives 30 percent and uses it to preserve fish resources and enhance angling opportunities.

About the author

Barbara Duckworth

Barbara Duckworth

Barbara Duckworth has covered many livestock shows and conferences across the continent since 1988. Duckworth had graduated from Lethbridge College’s journalism program in 1974, later earning a degree in communications from the University of Calgary. Duckworth won many awards from the Canadian Farm Writers Association, American Agricultural Editors Association, the North American Agricultural Journalists and the International Agriculture Journalists Association.

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