There are many benefits to using fire to manage grasslands. Not only is it a way to push back unwanted vegetation, but it also benefits forage quality.
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Reintroducing fire to pastures can have benefits
Researchers and land managers say prescribed burns can be effective at revitalizing native grasslands when done right
Chicken barns destroyed by fire
A massive fire south of Delisle, Sask., destroyed two chicken barns and may have killed as many as 30,000 chickens last night. Black smoke billowed hundreds of feet into the sky and was visible from as far away as Saskatoon as emergency crews arrived on the scene shortly before 7 p.m. Firefighters from Delisle and […] Read more
Jasper fires force trains to go slow
CN has resumed service but at a reduced speed through the area REGINA — The Canadian National Railway line through Jasper, Alta,. is open, but trains are moving slowly due to the wildfire that destroyed a significant part of the community this week.The implications for grain movement are unknown, but unloads are already down at […] Read more
Fire breaks out at Saskatoon flour mill
MEDICINE HAT — A fire broke out at the P&H Mill in Saskatoon this morning, according to a release from the city’s fire department. Fire crews responded to the blaze after receiving a report of the incident shortly after 9:30 a.m. Friday. More than a dozen fire trucks had been dispatched to the scene as […] Read more
Livestock at risk as Alta. wildfires rage
Brad Dubeau, Alberta Beef Producers general manager, said he has never seen such a fire situation break out in so many locations at once threatening livestock operations during his time in the industry.
Barn fire kills 10,000 pigs
Provincial fire investigators and insurance officials were on scene today after a hog barn fire near Sturgis, Sask., killed about 10,000 pigs. The Olymel facility near the east-central Saskatchewan community was a finishing barn, said Richard Vigneault, a company spokesperson. It was known as the Kopje barn. “It’s very unfortunate,” he said of the Feb. […] Read more
Sask. still debating wildfire assistance
The Saskatchewan government is still weighing whether it will provide assistance to producers who lost animals and property in October’s wildfires. Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart said the province has already agreed to help pay for the burial of what is now estimated at 770 cattle killed or euthanized as a result of the fires in […] Read more
Sask. still pondering wildfire response
The Saskatchewan government is still weighing whether it will provide assistance to producers who lost animals and property in October’s wildfires. Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart said the province has already agreed to help pay for the burial of what is now estimated at 770 cattle killed or euthanized as a result of the fires in […] Read more
Wildfire damage ‘catastrophic’
Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association has launched a relief fund to help producers who lost feedstock and at least 750 cattle in last week’s wildfires. The livestock losses alone represent about $1 million. But kilometres of fences, acres of grass and thousands of bales are also gone after the fires that burned through areas from Tompkins […] Read more
Young rancher remembered as dedicated community member, volunteer firefighter
Things were pretty quiet at the coffee shop in the hamlet of Walsh, Alta. Until James Hargrave walked in. Then the conversation livened up as everyone had something friendly to say to the young rancher and operator of the 25,000 acre JH Ranch nestled near the Saskatchewan border. That’s how Bob Lowe of Alberta Beef […] Read more
