If there was one thing Alberta Conservative MP Monte Solberg learned last week as he travelled the world with agriculture minister Bob Speller selling the Canadian beef message, it was how political an issue it is. For months, the Red Deer MP and his colleagues in the former Canadian Alliance Party have been hammering the […] Read more
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Politics blamed for BSE crisis
Feds want NISA case dismissed
A Federal Court justice has reserved his decision in a case involving the Net Income Stabilization Account program. The judge heard arguments on a motion to dismiss a farmer claim that changes to NISA in 1994 were made after an improper vote. Three farmers from Saskatchewan and Manitoba launched a class action claim against the […] Read more
Grain-starved millers face fraudulent traders in Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine – Facing grain shortages not seen in more than 50 years, Ukrainian millers and traders are scrambling for wheat deals. Many now face a new kind of trader in the former Soviet republic’s market – a phantom grain trader offering bundles of wheat backed up with a sophisticated array of documents from banks, […] Read more
Coming Events
Jan. 22-25: Guelph Organic Conference, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ont., 519-824-4120 Jan. 24: Davidson Gelbvieh winter field day, Davidson Ranch, Ponteix, Sask., 306-625-3755 Jan. 28-29: Manitoba Swine seminar, Best Western Victoria Inn, Winnipeg (Ian Seddon, 204-945-0353) Jan. 28-30: FarmTech, Mayfield Inn, Edmonton, 866-327-6832 Jan. 30: Cocktails for Cattle fundraiser and benefit auction of western art, […] Read more
Don’t hold breath for dual market: Anderson
One of two dual market supporters on the Canadian Wheat Board’s board of directors says a dual market is a long way from ever becoming a reality. Dwayne Anderson, who recently marked his first anniversary as a director, said he remains committed to the principle of dual marketing, which would see the CWB compete alongside […] Read more
Few Manitoba elk growers can afford to call it quits
Edwin Harms finds himself caught between the proverbial rock and a hard place. Raising elk is no longer profitable, but the Cartwright, Man., producer cannot afford to leave the industry after investing more than $100,000. The province recently brought in new regulations that allow Manitoba elk growers to euthanize and bury their animals on their […] Read more
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Elton-Campbell Community Group is planning to place memorial cairns at the sites of Elton S.D. #131 and Campbell S.D. #186 in 2004. If you were, or know someone who was a pupil or teacher, we would like to hear from you. If you have any interesting stories or photos or care to donate to the […] Read more
Pulse research gets new, cosy home
Saskatchewan Pulse Growers chair Shawn Buhr announced at Pulse Days 2004 that a new $3 million research facility will soon be built at the University of Saskatchewan. What he failed to mention is that the original plan was to build something more than three times as grand. Buhr told the 952 producers gathered at this […] Read more
Building the walk of life
MACDOWALL, Sask. – The day the kids went back to school last August, Gail Lucyshyn and Darlene Rowden went to work pouring concrete. For two months, they became intimately acquainted with a cement mixer, spending most of their days and nights up to their elbows in sand, gravel, cement and water. “Not much sleep, lots […] Read more
Stock Sales
Jan. 31: M.C. Quantock Canada’s Bulls bull sale, Lloydminster, 1-800-561-2855 Feb. 14: MJT Back to the Basics bull sale, Edgerton, Alta., 780-755-2224 Feb. 21: Top Genes bull sale, Lloydminster, Sask., 306-893-2714 Feb. 24: Top Guns Simmental bull sale, Red Deer, 403-556-5563 March 6: Davidson Gelbvieh bull and female sale, Swift Current, Sask., 306-625-3755 March 14-15: […] Read more
