The Western Producer takes a weekly look at some of the stories that made headlines in issues of the paper from 75, 50, 25 and 10 years ago. 75 years ago: May 9, 1940 The Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration was operating 40 completed community pastures comprising 896,000 acres, and another 10 pastures were expected to […] Read more
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1965: Pesticide residues widespread in milk
The Western Producer takes a weekly look at some of the stories that made headlines in issues of the paper from 75, 50, 25 and 10 years ago. 75 years ago: May 2, 1940 Representatives of prairie co-operatives and provincial governments met to determine how to lower the price of farm machinery. A committee was […] Read more
Saskatchewan grows tame mustard in 1965
The Western Producer takes a weekly look at some of the stories that made headlines in issues of the paper from 75, 50, 25 and 10 years ago. 75 years ago: April 25, 1940 Saskatchewan agriculture minister James Taggart, chair of the Canadian Bacon Board, said the board was trying to decide what to do […] Read more
Research focuses on rust resistant wheat
The Western Producer takes a weekly look at some of the stories that made headlines in issues of the paper from 75, 50, 25 and 10 years ago. 75 years ago: April 18, 1940 Spring thaw in the Alberta foothills brought a rush of ice floes down the Red Deer River and forced more than […] Read more
$1 billion package likely not enough
The Western Producer takes a weekly look at some of the stories that made headlines in issues of the paper from 75, 50, 25 and 10 years ago. 75 years ago: April 11, 1940 The Manitoba legislature asked the federal government to make the crop failure plan effective in Manitoba on the same basis as […] Read more
From the Archives: Dairy commission created
The Western Producer takes a weekly look at some of the stories that made headlines in issues of the paper from 75, 50, 25 and 10 years ago. 75 years ago: April 4, 1940 Saskatchewan Wheat Pool an-nounced a 14 cent per bushel interim payment on wheat delivered to its voluntary pool in 1939-40. Manitoba […] Read more
Shorthorns score big
The Western Producer takes a weekly look at some of the stories that made headlines in issues of the paper from 75, 50, 25 and 10 years ago. 75 years ago: March 28, 1940 James Read of Routledge, Man., had a good week at the Brandon Winter Fair. His three young Shorthorn bulls, all sired […] Read more
From the archives: Wheat paid almost $2 per bushel; borders remain closed over BSE
The Western Producer takes a weekly look at some of the stories that made headlines in issues of the paper from 75, 50, 25 and 10 years ago. 75 years ago: March 14, 1940 Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities delegates asked for parity pricing for wheat and other products, suspension of speculative trading and complete […] Read more
Conscription opposed; Vietnam War underway
The Western Producer takes a weekly look at some of the stories that made headlines in issues of the paper from 75, 50, 25 and 10 years ago. 75 years ago: March 7, 1940 This week’s front page war news included Italy’s challenge of Britain’s German blockade, the Russian attack on the Finnish province of […] Read more
CWB restoration, flag rise as issues of the day
The Western Producer is starting a new feature, in which it takes a look at some of the stories that made headlines in issues of the newspaper from 75, 50, 25 and 10 years ago. 75 years ago: Feb. 22, 1940 Federal Conservative leader Robert Manion called for restoration of the Canadian Wheat Board in […] Read more
