As you check out the auction sale circuit for this spring, you’ll see some well-known Saskatchewan producers who are selling out. Two were Saskatchewan Outstanding Young Farmers. Garry Meier is part of Meier Brothers Farms at Ridgedale. Garry and Bonnie were OYF provincial and national winners in 1993. Warren and Carla Kaeding have Wagon Wheel […] Read more
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Alta. Ag Hall of Fame accepting nominations The Alberta Agriculture Hall of Fame is accepting nominations to honour individuals who have made significant contributions to Alberta’s agriculture industry. Up to three Albertans are recognized every two years for outstanding leadership, innovation and business practices. Since 1951, the Alberta Agriculture Hall of Fame has inducted 123 […] Read more
Voluntary CWB to bring competitiveness: business leaders
What does the future hold for Canadian grain marketers after the Canadian Wheat Board loses its single desk authority? The answer is difficult, but grain industry executives say one thing seems certain: the new CWB will vie for farmers’ grain in a competitive and rapidly changing environment. Last month, wheat board president Ian White issued […] Read more
CWB support eroded over decades
Monopoly granted in 1943 | Canadian Wheat Board was once considered untouchable
Bill Hamilton, who cut his farm policy teeth working for the Saskatchewan royal commission on the future of agriculture in the 1950s, remembers one issue that was not debated. During a wide-ranging four-year study of the province’s main industry, the role of the decade-old Canadian Wheat Board monopoly was not on the table. “The wheat […] Read moreLack of snow prompts winter wheat worries
ST. JEAN BAPTISTE, Man. — Temperatures well-above freezing brought out a record number of farmers for St. Jean Farm Days, but are also causing a record amount of worry about the fate of the local winter wheat crop. The warm weather has melted the protective snow cover across most of the Red River Valley and […] Read more
Temperatures soar to record highs in southern Manitoba
Historical records were shattered across southern Manitoba Thursday from Melita to Morden as temperatures topped 10 C. Previous highs for Jan. 5 were nearly doubled, as most weather stations in the province have never recorded a day in early January warmer than 6 C. The temperatures will probably represent the zenith of what has been […] Read more
Southern Alta. grass fires take toll on houses, firefighters
Four homes are among the approximately 35 structures that were destroyed or damaged Wednesday in fires in southern Alberta. Several firefighters were injured while battling two separate blazes. Cynthia Vizzutti, chief administrative officer for the Municipal District of Willow Creek, said two firefighters were injured in a vehicle rollover, one was treated for smoke inhalation […] Read more
Agriculture: there’s an app for that
Peter Gredig is a 21st century farmer. Armed with a smartphone and a tablet computer, he monitors futures prices, elevator bids, weather forecasts, commodity news and information from agronomists, all while in the field. “If farmers can avoid sitting at a desktop, they will,” said the southern Ontario corn, soy and wheat producer. Gredig is […] Read more
Mother Nature goes wild in 2011
It will come as no surprise to Manitoba and Saskatchewan farmers that last year’s floods ranked as the number one weather event of 2011. In his 16th annual listing of Canada’s top 10 weather events, Environment Canada senior climatologist David Phillips said he could have compiled 10 top weather stories from this event alone. “It […] Read more
Weather experts still promising colder weather on Prairies
A winter that was supposed to be colder than normal has actually been rather balmy, but experts say cooler temperatures really are coming. December temperatures across the Prairies were much warmer than normal — as high as eight degrees in some places. Already in 2012, Calgary has seen successive days without freezing and in Maple […] Read more
