Like Daniel in the lion’s den, Manitoba water stewardship minister Steve Ashton put his faith in the law when he spoke before a room packed with hog industry opponents of his planned regulations. He insisted in a speech to the Manitoba Chamber of Commerce that farmers were not being targeted by the new rules that […] Read more
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Water rules irk hog producers
Coming Events
March 1-4: Canadian Horticultural Council meeting, The Westin, Ottawa (Anne Fowlie, 613-226-4880) March 4: Mini to Mighty sleigh rally, near Moose Jaw, Sask., 306-759-2065 Saskatchewan Barrel Racing Association Spring Saddle Series (Ralene, 306-921-6100 or Lora, 306-887-4530) March 5: Creekside Arena, Melfort, Sask. March 26: Creekside Arena, Melfort, Sask. April 16: Creekside Arena, Melfort, Sask. March […] Read more
NFU criticizes centre’s analysis of Easter report
A conservative think-tank critique that questions the value of the farmer empowerment recommendations made last summer by Liberal MP Wayne Easter is an attack on the role of farmers in policy making, says a National Farmers Union official. NFU executive secretary Terry Pugh said in a Feb. 20 interview that a recent George Morris Centre […] Read more
Farmers urged to tout their food
Western Canadian farmers need to do a better job of telling their own stories, an agrologist and exporter told the Canadian Association of Agri-Retailers convention in Saskatoon on Feb. 15. Art Froehlich of AdFarm in Calgary said farmers have lost contact with consumers. Shoppers are now more likely to go to the local grocery store […] Read more
Canadian cow herd shrinks
RED DEER – Canada’s national cow herd decreased for the first time in three years but numbers may be adjusted once the Agriculture Canada census is completed this year. “It was a bit of a surprise for some of us watching the data. It came in 1.5 percent lower,” said market analyst Anne Dunford of […] Read more
CWD soars in Sask.
The number of new cases of chronic wasting disease in wild deer has spiked in Saskatchewan this year, reports Saskatchewan Environment. Marv Hlady, the department’s CWD provincial manager, said there have been 101 positive cases of CWD in Saskatchewan, including more than 35 this year alone. The infectious neurological disease was first discovered in the […] Read more
Hog and sheep numbers decrease
RED DEER – Hog and sheep numbers were down slightly in the national January 2006 livestock census. Hogs decreased to 4.5 million head from 4.6 million. Manitoba saw a slight increase to 2.9 million from 2.8 million, while Saskatchewan and Alberta hog numbers remained about the same. Saskatchewan reported 1.3 million hogs while Alberta remains […] Read more
Coming Events
Cow-Calf Management Schools (Kathy Lang, 306-682-3139, ext. 256): Feb. 28: Swift Current, Sask. March 2: Weyburn, Sask. Saskatchewan Barrel Racing Association Spring Saddle Series (Ralene, 306-921-6100 or Lora, 306-887-4530) Feb. 26: Creekside Arena, Melfort, Sask. March 5: Creekside Arena, Melfort, Sask. March 26: Creekside Arena, Melfort, Sask. April 16: Creekside Arena, Melfort, Sask. May 11: […] Read more
Alberta finds four more CWD cases in wild deer
Four more cases of chronic wasting disease have been found after officials shot more than 800 deer in southeastern Alberta as part of a surveillance program for the disease. In January and February, Alberta’s sustainable resource development staff shot 837 deer near Empress and Acadia Valley where four other deer were found with chronic wasting […] Read more
Mailbox
Looking for a song When I come to the end of a perfect day. – Leota Fritzke, Box 1046, Maple Creek, Sask. S0N 1N0. St. Peter and St. Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church of Bodnari 100 year celebration, July 9. The church is located in the RM of Grant of Vonda, Sask., five miles east of […] Read more
