Nov. 7: Jackpot Calcutta show and sale, Brandon, 204-867-3978 or 204-483-2500 Nov. 8: Alberta Select Charolais sale, Edmonton, 306-933-4200 Nov. 12: Original All AIed female sale/heifer futurity, Olds, Alta., 403-627-6477 Nov. 15: Northern Select sale, Camrose, Alta., 403-341-5098 Nov. 15: Full French Charolais sale, Red Deer, 306-933-4200 Nov. 15: Northern Select sale, Camrose, Alta., 403-341-5098 […] Read more
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Successor to NISA miffs farmers
Alan Clark is among those baffled by the proposed new program set up to replace the Net Income Stabilization Account. What puzzles him is why producers will need to make a large up-front deposit if they want to participate in the Canadian Agriculture Income Stabilization Program, a component of business risk management under the agricultural […] Read more
Money shortfall stuns cattle producers
Art Petkau’s spirits lifted earlier this summer when the Manitoba government unveiled a feed assistance program for producers unable to ship their fed cattle to slaughter because of cramped packing capacity after the United States closed its border to Canadian cattle. Petkau and his brothers had the impression the program would last at least four […] Read more
Market drives seeding plans
MORDEN, Man. – Brigitte Leitgeb likes wheat that is higher in protein. Vic Poutreaux does not. Their preferences help illustrate why winter wheat growers need to think more about where they intend to sell their crop before putting seed in the ground next spring. New markets are emerging and buyers are becoming fastidious about the […] Read more
Dog clinic goes beyond Border Collies
GRANDORA, Sask. – Sheep producer Sharon Schaefer of Ituna, Sask., wanted to learn to talk and walk backwards at the same time. Cathy Bishop from Provost, Alta., just wanted to learn how to get out of the way. The women were two of the herding dog owners who gathered at Jennie Seaborn’s Grandora acreage ranch […] Read more
Europe allows more Canadian wheat imports
The European Union has opened up quotas to allow more imports of North American wheat. But while the EU has said the changes are aimed mainly at Canada, a Canadian Wheat Board official says they are unlikely to have any impact on prairie wheat growers. That’s because the Europeans are in the market for medium […] Read more
Landowner irked by lack of info on methane wells
Peachy Stauffer has been getting a crash course in Alberta’s latest energy development – coalbed methane. This fall a representative of EnCana Energy approached the central Alberta woman about the company’s intention to drill four coalbed methane wells on her wooded quarter section of land. Stauffer and her husband, Gary, live in the hamlet of […] Read more
GM wheat a bad idea: U.S. study
The marketability of Roundup Ready wheat is under attack, this time south of the border. A study by a U.S. economist has concluded that the introduction of genetically modified wheat would result in lost sales and lower prices for U.S. wheat growers. The study by Robert Wisner, an agricultural economist at Iowa State University, reaches […] Read more
Rural women identify needs
The list of needs for rural women is long. Rural women need more money, more career choices, more training, better access to government programs, better health care, better access to the internet, improved child care and more support in their rural life, showed a survey of more than 500 rural women in central Alberta. Finding […] Read more
Dead cattle pose problem
It appears a growing number of Manitoba producers are opting to dispose of their dead cattle on the farm rather than pay to have them hauled away for rendering. Disposed of properly, those cattle may not pose much of a concern. However, the cattle industry could suffer a black eye if those kills draw public […] Read more
