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
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Farmers urged to tout their food
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
Agency explains water handling
Average to above average snow in the mountains bodes well for a healthy supply of water for Lake Diefenbaker this summer. Doug Johnson, director of basin operations for the Saskatchewan Watershed Authority, expects the lake to be at levels lower this June than last year. “We are moving as much water out of Lake Diefenbaker […] Read more
Ag Notes
Orchid donation Students from Olds College’s horticulture club expanded their orchid collection recently with a gift of 80 orchid plants from Donna Hamel of Edmonton’s Muttart Conservatory. Students began their orchid collection last November when they saved 421 plants that had been left behind in the sale of a greenhouse north of Red Deer. Orchids […] Read more
Eyewitness, licence number not sufficient for arrest
Eyewitness accounts of a truck chasing down and injuring two bulls in a British Columbia community pasture do not provide enough evidence to take the case to trial. One evening last May, a group of men chased two purebred Charolais bulls in the pasture near Jaffray. A neighbour witnessed two men in the front seat […] Read more
