American wheat growers are being allowed to keep more than $120,000 in tariffs that were unjustifiably collected on Canadian wheat imports between 2003 and 2006. The United States Court of International Trade decided July 14 that the North Dakota Wheat Commission could keep the money collected from companies importing hard red wheat from Canada during […] Read more
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N.D. farmers keep tariff money
Sask. commits to CAIS
The Saskatchewan government has announced it will fully fund the 2006 CAIS program, several months earlier than originally planned. In the spring budget, the government said it would decide by the third quarter financial results how much it could spend on the Canadian Agricultural Income Stabilization program other than the base $100 million it had […] Read more
Biodiesel latest example of Sask. myth: author
It was the kind of unbridled optimism about Saskatchewan’s potential for growth and development that makes author and senior federal bureaucrat Dale Eisler smile in wonder. He has heard it all before. The author of the book False Expectations: Politics and the Pursuit of the Saskatchewan Myth argues that since its settlement and creation as […] Read more
Aid payments announced for poorest farms
The federal government fulfilled a budget promise on July 31 with an announcement that it is creating a two-year, $550 million program to help low income farm families raise their incomes, develop a business plan and upgrade their skills. Farm families with total gross farm revenues of at least $50,000 and total net income from […] Read more
Biodiesel dissenters speak up
There was no shortage of optimism at a recent biodiesel conference in Calgary, but two officials from the oil and trucking industries weren’t jumping on the bandwagon. While strong support for farmer involvement in the production of biodiesel was the norm at the conference, held July 14-15 and organized by the Canola Council of Canada, […] Read more
Anthrax keeps popping up
Anthrax appeared in both wet and dry regions of the Prairies last week. In Saskatchewan as of July 31, 409 animals had died in 25 rural municipalities, resulting in 86 farms or pastures being cited as containing the bacteria. In Manitoba, 11 sites were found to have cases of anthrax, with 88 animal deaths in […] Read more
Stock Sales
Aug. 11-12: Manitoba Sheep Association show and sale, Virden, Man., 204-422-8288 Aug.25-27: Warmblood Showcase and Private Treaty sale, Saskatoon, 306-656-4470 or 306-477-0199 Oct. 8: Longmuir Family Quarter Horse production sale, Empress, Alta., 403-565-3858
Initial prices lower than expected despite market outlook
The Conservative government lived up to its name when setting initial payments for the 2006-07 crop year. But with wheat and durum prices strong, there is room for the conservatively positioned initials to rise. Initial payments announced July 31 were a mixed bag, with wheat, feed barley and designated six-row barley higher than at the […] Read more
Coming Events
Aug. 3-5: Summer fair beef cattle show, Exhibition Grounds, Prince Albert, Sask., 306-764-1711 Aug. 4-6: Saskatchewan Miniature Horse Club show, Regina (Margaret Millar, 306-721-8004) Aug. 6: Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame induction of new members, Saskatchewan Hall, Western Development Museum, Saskatoon, 306-933-1257 Aug. 8-13: Saskatoon Exhibition, Prairieland Park, Saskatoon, 306-931-7149 Aug. 10-12: Trade show, Vegreville, […] Read more
CWB foes face off in Saskatoon
Like battle-ready troops facing off across a demilitarized zone, the two sides in the fight over the future of the Canadian Wheat Board holed up in two hotels on opposite sides of a downtown Saskatoon street last week. On one side was an invitation-only meeting organized by the federal government, at which some 25 dual […] Read more
