Want to buy: Riding bridle rosettes. Also, want kid’s book, The Cowboy Kitten. – Box 212, Carberry, Man. R0K 0H0. Wanted: Book, Salish Indian Sweaters by Priscilla A. Gibson-Roberts. – L. Duclos, Box 146, Admiral, Sask. S0N 0B0, 306-785-4625. Found: One teacher’s certificate, 1929, to Jean Frazer and two certificates, 1956, to Jane Mathieson Winters […] Read more
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Processors fed up with bond system
Special crops processors want to move from the Canadian Grain Commission’s grain security system to one administered and funded by producers. They say the commission’s licence and bonding system, which forces grain companies to take out letters of credit in case of default, is far too onerous. “It’s a rather expensive system and uses up […] Read more
Oat growers consider prairie-wide checkoff
NISKU, Alta. – A proposed prairie-wide oat checkoff could set the standard for other prairie commodity organizations. The Prairie Oat Growers Association wants to institute individual oat checkoffs in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, but have them used collectively by a single prairie-wide commodity organization. That would eliminate the need for three sets of administration and […] Read more
Gas rebates opened up in Alta.
People in Alberta’s agriculture industry who use a lot of natural gas in non-winter months will now be eligible for natural gas rebates. Changes to the Natural Gas Rebate Program will allow those who operate grain dryers and forage dehydrators, irrigate crops or operate commercial greenhouses to pick the months they use the most natural […] Read more
Stock Sales
Dec. 12: Spring Creek Simmentals fall female sale, Virden, Man., 306-435-3590 Dec. 12: TAF with A Red Flair Angus female sale, Lloydminster, Sask.,403-341-5098 Dec. 13: Red Bonanza Charolais show and sale, Red Deer, 306-933-4200 Dec. 13: Hereford 2003 sale, Saskatoon, 306-931-0088 Dec. 14: Prairie Cover Charolais sale, Stettler, Alta., 306-933-4200 Dec. 14: Black Magic 6 […] Read more
Hay trucks must follow B.C. rules
British Columbia ranchers in need of hay may still get an early Christmas present from Alberta farmers despite disagreements between the organizers and B.C. government officials about load regulations. Hay West organizer Joe Niessen hopes to have two or three more truckloads of donated hay leave Alberta for hard-hit B.C. ranchers on Dec. 13. But […] Read more
Oat marketer looks for extra zing
NISKU, Alta. – The oats farmers grow in the future may produce more bushels, be healthier for the heart and may even have a slight taste of vanilla. The main research will continue to be on varietal development, but Quaker Oats, one of the largest users of oats, is also searching for that something extra […] Read more
War on hunger suffers setback
The war on hunger and the 1996 promise by world leaders to cut it in half in 20 years is no longer practical or reachable, hunger advocates concede. “Hunger is on the rise again after falling steadily during the first half of the 1990s,” the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization stated in a report […] Read more
Cattle producers, next PM cosy up
Prime-minister-in-waiting Paul Martin is already receiving kudos from western cattle ranchers for his response to the bovine spongiform encephalopathy crisis. “At least he has had the decency to come out and meet with the cattle producers. We never even once heard from Chrétien. He just kind of stayed off the trail,” said Blair Vold, one […] Read more
Demurrage battle ends in CP’s favour
Almost two years after it began, a dispute over rail car demurrage charges levied by Canadian Pacific Railway has reached the end of the line. And the railway has come out on top. At issue was whether demurrage fees collected by CP in crop years 2001 and 2002 should count as revenue under the federal […] Read more
