Nov. 10: Alberta Select Charolais sale, Edmonton, 306-933-4200 Nov. 12: Gateway Angus sale, Moose Jaw, Sask., 306-931-0088 Nov. 16: Heartland Simmental Association production sale, Red Deer, 403-938-6680 Nov. 22: CWA Maine Anjou sale, Regina, 306-933-4200 Nov. 22: CWA Charolais showcase sale, Regina, 306-933-4200 Nov. 24: Bighorn/Parkland Simmental Breeders production sale, Red Deer, 780-696-3907 Nov. 30: […] Read more
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Hog market share in Sask. stands still
Saskatchewan’s pork industry is about to put on its 24th annual symposium. Conference organizers say attendance at the event has grown steadily and is expected to surpass 500 people this Nov. 13-15 in Saskatoon. Industry promoters wish they could boast about the same kind of evolution in the province’s hog sector. Saskatchewan’s hog production has […] Read more
Horses need special winter feed
A chill is in the air and winter could arrive any time. For horse owners, that means it’s time to check the list of winter horse care methods. During the Manitoba Livestock Expo Nov. 1 in Brandon, Nadia Cymbaluk spoke about one of the most important aspects of that care – feed and nutrition. Cymbaluk […] Read more
Coming Events
Nov. 9: Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association zone 1 meeting, Auction Mart, Alameda, Sask. (Mike Taylor, 306-685-2136) Nov. 10: Craft sale, Bergheim Community Schoolhouse, east on Highway 5, Saskatoon (Tracy Hopkins, 306-373-2330) Nov. 11: Kanadiana Cattle Penning, Jackpot and CTCPA sanctioned, Meadow Lake, Sask. (Carole, 306-236-1973) Nov. 12-13: Manitoba farm women’s conference, Westward Village Inn, Portage […] Read more
FAO delegates scolded for dip in hunger aid
ROME, Italy – The head of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization pleaded with the countries of the world this week to put their money and political will where their rhetoric has been. Director general Jacques Diouf reminded representatives from 183 FAO member countries of their 1996 commitment to cut the number of chronically […] Read more
Break hay bales to check for dust
Jane Thornton picks up a slab of hay and pulls it open. Tiny particles escape from the strands of hay and dance under the ceiling lights. “The stuff looks pretty good, but see that dust coming out? That’s a killer for horse lungs,” said Thornton, a horse owner and Manitoba Agriculture grassland specialist. As part […] Read more
Mailbox
Wanted: Sugar bags 100 percent cotton, any size. Will pay for them. – M. Irwin, 2035 55th Ave. S.W., Calgary, Alta. T3E 1M5. Searching for information on Claude Wm. Grover who was supposed to have worked or lived in the Pense, Sask. area around 1912-16. He was born in June 1893, Portsmouth, England. Contact: Dorothy […] Read more
CWB clarifies position on GM wheat
Senior Canadian Wheat Board officials were doing damage control on Parliament Hill last week, assuring MPs that they are not opposed to genetically modified wheat. In fact, board chair Ken Ritter said he thinks it will happen and there will be benefits for farmers who choose to grow GM varieties. But not yet. Board president […] Read more
Hormone injection gets hogs to market sooner
Hog producers may soon be able to boost production efficiency with a simple injection and bring pigs to market five days faster for less than 15 cents per animal. Recent research shows that pigs get to market weight faster if within the first hours of life they receive a boost of a naturally occurring hormone […] Read more
Saskatchewan has good news on agriculture
For anyone tired of hearing bad news about agriculture, the place to be last week was the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Saskatoon. That’s where 350 business people, bureaucrats and farmers gathered for a two-day conference called Re-Inventing Agriculture. More than a dozen local, provincial, national and international speakers talked about what they’ve done to survive […] Read more
