Elm pruning restrictions
Pruning of elm trees is prohibited in Saskatchewan from April 15 to July 31. The ban is designed to reduce the spread of Dutch elm disease.
Regulations prohibit pruning of Siberian elm tress and hedges because fresh cuts can attract the beetles that spread the disease.
For more information about Dutch elm disease control regulations, contact 1-800-SASK ELM (1-800-727-5356).
Government funds
Rinkles Limited, of Yorkton, Sask., has been approved for government investment of up to $50,000 through the Agri-Food Equity Fund.
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The firm, owned by Perry and Robin Robinson, is a processing company that makes snack food from durum wheat.
The Robinsons also own Quality Bakery in Yorkton and developed the snack food over four years. They sell it in 200-gram packages from their bakery.
Grant money through the fund is designed to assist companies in the value-added food processing sector.
Auctioneers go to worlds
Two Canadians are among 30 semi-finalists headed for the 1997 World Livestock Auctioneer Championship to be held June 27 in Fort Pierre, S.D.
Brad Stenberg, of Regina, and Sheldon Nicholson, of Brandon, Man., were selected from 56 contestants who entered video preliminaries. The videos were unedited examples of the two men working a livestock auction.
Judges scored the contestants on vocal clarity and quality, conduct of the sale bid-catching ability and by asking the question: Would I hire this auctioneer?
Soft wheat executive
The executive of the Alberta Soft Wheat Producers Commission was re-elected by acclamation at the recent annual meeting.
Returned for a two-year term as president is Art Eckert, of Duchess. Vice-president is John Nikkel, of Coaldale.
Other executive members are secretary Peter Pepneck, of Vauxhall, and treasurer Everett Tanis, of Picture Butte.
Directors include Gerard Oosterhuis, of Bow Island, John Van Tryp, of Burdett, Harry Brummelhuis, of Vauxhall, LeRon Torrie, of Grassy Lake, Barry Grant, of Taber, Tony Brummelhuis, of Rosemary, Edwin Bronsch, of Tilley, and Bob Skiba, of Coaldale.
BCAI manager
Darren Fehr has been appointed as prairie operations manager at the B.C. Artificial Insemination Centre, based in Milner, B.C.
He will co-ordinate sales of the centre and of Semex Alliance products in the prairie provinces. He is the former regional sales manager for Alta Genetics.
Fehr once managed his family’s 90-cow registered Holstein herd and is still a director of the Northern Alberta Holstein Club. He is a former councillor for the town of Hague, Sask.
