Sask. water agency needs an overhaul I farm alongside my wife, Sandra, in southeastern Saskatchewan. I would like the people of Saskatchewan and Canada to have awareness on the mishandling of the Saskatchewan government’s Water Security Agency and partner agencies when it comes to water quality — not safeguarding against downstream flooding and environmental impacts. […] Read more
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Letters to the editor – November 2, 2023
Letters to the editor – August 31, 2023
How low can the Russians go? How low can they go? Thousands of Ukrainians have died, including two- and three-year-old babies, schoolchildren, university students, pregnant women, doctors, nurses, seniors, Holocaust survivors, volunteers handing out food supplies, volunteers helping survivors from flooding from the destruction of the Nova Kakhova dam, as well as ordinary Ukrainian civilians […] Read more
Letters to the editor – August 17, 2023
Time to speak out about the hog industry Re: “Manitoba only has 566 hog farms, but those operations have a massive impact on the economy,” from a story on page 7 of the Aug. 10 Western Producer. That may be so, but it also has a massive impact on the environment and water sources, including […] Read more
Letters to the editor – July 27, 2023
Clean fuel regulations defence runs dry A few observations on the clean fuels regulations story on page 16 of your July 13 edition. Let’s begin with the Advanced Biofuel Canada (ABC) organization. Who are they? They are a group whose purpose is to promote the use of biofuels and work with governments to reduce the […] Read more
Letters to the editor – July 20, 2023
Nothing central about ‘Central Canada’ The editorial of April 27 contains a geographically inaccurate and annoyingly colonial reference to “Central Canada.” As someone who has lived in five provinces, including Quebec and Ontario, and vacationed in four others, I have never found anything east of the Manitoba-Ontarion border to indicate the movement of the longitudinal […] Read more
Letters to the editor – June 22, 2023
Canada needs leadership on water Regarding the story, Manitoba farmers welcome national water agency, on page 21 of the April 13 Western Producer, it’s better than a kick in the shin, but scope and powers need to be defined. Canada needs to become a leader in fresh water protection. Today, our waters suffer from ignorance […] Read more
Bunt actions establish herd hierarchy
Producers can use how individuals in a herd organize themselves socially to improve the time it takes to work them
“If we learn how to position ourselves while applying and releasing pressure correctly, we can speed up processing times without the need for a large investment in time or money,” said Steve Langrell of Woodlands, Man. , a cattle handling expert with Arrowquip.Letters to the editor – June 1, 2023
Stick to the facts when reporting stories I am writing regarding the front page article of the May 11 edition titled Big, Bigger, Biggest. While the front page part of the article was factual, the rest of it could’ve been a late night infomercial entitled, “Why the Wal-Mart model of farming is good for your […] Read more
Letters to the editor – May 4, 2023
Cow-calf producers subsidize other players Recent issues of the WP focused on the state of the cow-calf section of the Canadian beef industry. There was a noticeable absence of reference to the financial health of feedlots, packers and the retailers. There was, however, one admission that there is a lot of money in the beef […] Read more
Letters to the editor – April 27, 2023
Many factors cause deer population boom Brian Cross’s article, “Deer population called out of control in Sask.,” on page 31 of the March 30 issue describes deer crowding in farm/ranch yards. At our acreage, deer help themselves to bird seed. It’s not surprising for a species that is said to have “followed the plow” to […] Read more
