This spring’s decision to dissolve the Manitoba Farm Animal Council silences a credible third party in the promotion and defence of agriculture, says a former executive director. “We’ve lost an agricultural advocate voice,” said Shanyn Silinski, who farms near La Broquerie and worked at the council for two years. “It leaves a gap that is […] Read more
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Producers lament loss of farm animal council
Ontario asks feds to be equal on aid
SASKATOON – When federal and provincial agriculture ministers quickly agreed last week to funnel as much as $450 million to waterlogged prairie farmers through AgriRecovery, Ontario’s frustrated farm leaders were watching. They have been calling for program help to the country’s largest farm economy that has suffered from years of losses or break-even returns but […] Read more
Canfax Report – for Jul. 15, 2010
Surprisingly strong cash fed cattle markets in the United States helped lift the Canadian market. The Canfax weighted average steer price was $85.45 per hundredweight, up 71 cents, and heifers averaged $84.76, up 37 cents. All cattle on the show list sold. U.S. interest was light. Weekly sales totalled 27,149 head, down 12 percent. The […] Read more
From prairie farm boy to national media mogul
Kory Teneycke, the young Conservative operative now leading the charge to shake up Canadian cable television by creating a national conservative network, recently had a sad trip home to Saskatchewan. The farm kid from Young, Sask., flew home from Ottawa to attend the funeral of an uncle killed in a farm accident. It was a […] Read more
Tag scanning study examines efficiency, accuracy
Tests on radio frequency ear tags and electronic readers show the tags are read successfully most of the time. A study involving nine auctions in Canada and another one involving six markets in Alberta hope to learn which systems work best and if they benefit the beef industry. The national study scanned more than 130,000 […] Read more
Pedigreed seed may be scarce
KELOWNA, B.C. – Seed growers in Saskatchewan and Manitoba are beginning to assess the impact of the rain-soaked 2010 production season and so far, the results don’t look encouraging. Pedigreed seed acreage is down significantly in some parts of Saskatchewan and Manitoba and seed growers in those areas are already anticipating short supplies of certified […] Read more
Flood aid much welcomed; more will likely be needed
Help arrived for waterlogged western Canadian farmers last week with the promise of up to $450 million delivered through the Agri-Recovery program. Federal and provincial agriculture ministers say applications can start this week for $30 per acre payments on unseeded and drowned acres. Saskatchewan is eligible for $360 million, Alberta for $60 million and Manitoba […] Read more
Alta. beets, beans need hot days
TABER, Alta. – About 1,000 acres of southern Alberta’s sugar beet crop have been lost to this year’s excessive rainfall. Andrew Llewelyn-Jones, agricultural superintendent for Lantic Sugar in Taber, said one field was drowned out and low spots in many other fields have been lost for the year. He said some of those areas were […] Read more
Viterra looks south to salvage year
The potentially negative impact of this year’s crop disaster on grain handling giant Viterra could be offset by good farming weather 15,000 thousand kilometres away. In South Australia, farmers along with Viterra’s Australian grain operations, are gearing up for a good seeding season. Viterra’s operations are concentrated in that state. “Our South Australia business … […] Read more
Seed grower offices flooded
The wet weather that has soaked much of the farmland in eastern Saskatchewan has not only affected pedigreed seed production. It’s also affected pedigreed seed offices. Dave Akister, executive director of the Saskatchewan Seed Growers Association, said the administrative offices of the SSGA were completed waterlogged this month when a sudden downpour flooded homes, streets […] Read more
