Farmers who are looking at small or no crops because of excess moisture this spring should meet with their lenders to take advantage of customer support programs. Jean-Philippe Gervais, Farm Credit Canada’s senior economist, said his organization is reacting to the seeding problems as it did last year and when BSE and avian flu struck […] Read more
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CWB chair lashes out at gov’t
Canadian Wheat Board chair Allen Oberg insisted in a speech in Regina last week that the federal government’s vision for the board in a post-single desk world is unworkable. He urged farmers to sign a petition requesting their right to decide the board’s future. However, CWB director Jeff Nielsen, who opposes the monopoly and supports […] Read more
Alternative to CWB check-off collection sought by foundation
The following two paragraphs originally contained errors. Those errors have been corrected in the story below: “Our objective is to have something ready that can be on the ground and ready to go (by August 2012) so we don’t have an interruption in our check-off revenue stream.” “Scott said a recent study estimated that […] Read more
E. coli cases a warning, says expert
Disease experts in Canada are watching the latest developments in Europe’s ongoing E. coli outbreak. The outbreak has killed 36 people and infected thousands of others. Andrew Potter, director and chief executive officer of the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) and InterVac in Saskatoon, said many unanswered questions surround the European outbreak. “If it […] Read more
Girl Guides’ garden helps those in need
OLDS, Alta. – A group of Alberta youth from Olds make a habit every spring of getting down in the dirt to help others in need. The 1st Girl Guide Company has planted and tended a community garden for six years. Members grow potatoes, onions, carrots and beets and donate proceeds to the Mountainview Food […] Read more
Volatile weather predicted as moisture and heat unite
The crown corporation that runs hail insurance in Alberta is gearing up for what may be an active season of damage claims. The Agriculture Financial Services Corp. is training new adjusters and has outfitted adjusters with new equipment aimed at increasing efficiency. With much of Alberta’s farmland still holding a lot of moisture, and warmer […] Read more
Western Producer Crop Report – for Jun. 23, 2011
MANITOBA SOUTHWEST Rain ends seeding Storms that dumped 10 to 50 millimetres of rain early last week ended any chance of seeding this year for producers who have been dealing with soggy fields all spring. Seeding progress ranges from 25 to 40 percent complete in the Killarney-Boissevain area to 15 to 25 percent near Souris […] Read more
Floods hike Sask. net income
Widespread farmland flooding was seen as a disaster in Saskatchewan last year, but in the end there turned out to be a silver lining for the province. Realized net income in Saskatchewan increased 37 percent last year to $2.16 billion from $1.577 billion the previous year. That was despite a large swath of Saskatchewan farmland […] Read more
Tasty ways to dish up rhubarb
RECIPE REQUEST Dear TEAM: I would like some new rhubarb recipes. Also, I was wondering what Alma Copeland is doing. You haven’t mentioned her much since she stopped writing for this column. M.S., Rama, Sask. Dear M.S.: Alma is well and keeping busy with her garden, community work and family. She often makes lunch for […] Read more
New reality show turns Sask. crop sprayers into TV stars
Don’t tell Bud Jardine that food just comes from a grocery store. The veteran crop-dusting pilot from Nipawin, Sask., knows better. Jardine, one of the stars of History Television’s reality seriesDust Up, has spent 41 years on the front lines of the agriculture industry, risking life and limb buzzing low over farmers’ fields in his […] Read more
