The University of Saskatchewan is a leader in helping producers figure out how to better manage snowmelt runoff containing phosphorus and nitrogen. It’s a significant economic and environmental factor. Quill Lake, Sask., farmer Dwight Odelein is helping in the U of S quest by making his farm available to Helen Baulch, researcher with the Global […] Read more
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Finding nitrogen and phosphorus losses in runoff
Logging operation offered on-farm excitement
Chopping trees and running the family sawmill provided plenty of things to do and watch for a young girl on the farm
When a fine spring day would arrive, with the snow not yet melted and the weather balmy, I would jump out of the horse-drawn school van, burst into the kitchen just long enough to toss my books and lunch pail on the counter and head back outside. I had seen the tell-tale tracks made by […] Read moreMilk River irrigators ‘won the lottery’
It’s been a remarkable turnaround for private irrigators along the Milk River in southern Alberta after farmers and ranchers looking at another dry year along the waterbody that slinks across the international border hit the precipitation jackpot. “We really won the lottery with the way the spring went,” said Tim Romanow, executive director of the […] Read more
Sask. funds water projects
The Water Security Agency has invested $700,000 in a pilot program aimed at responsible agricultural water management projects in Saskatchewan. The Agricultural Water Management Fund offers up to $95,000 per project on a cost-sharing basis. Farmers can apply to the fund to help pay for qualified persons support, technical and engineering costs, and mitigation and […] Read more
Michel’s Industries looking to take Trailer Cam to new heights
Michel’s Industries displayed a new easy-to-install camera system for grain farmers so truckers can remain in the truck while loading. The camera is located at the end of a spring-loaded arm that rises when the tarp is unrolled so the camera can see the whole trailer. “There’s an advantage of mounting a camera up there […] Read more
Sask. cattle producers set priorities
ASSINIBOIA, Sask. — The Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association membership took advantage of its first in-person meeting since the pandemic to discuss and pass 18 resolutions, one of which the provincial government has already acted upon. Disaster assistance funding to help livestock producers who lost cattle during heavy April snow storms was improved a week after […] Read more
April storm PDAP for livestock under $2 M
Producers who lost animals in spring snow storms would be eligible if their rural municipalities declared disasters
The Saskatchewan government has announced a supplemental program to help livestock producers who didn’t qualify for assistance under the existing program. The province had said livestock producers who lost animals in heavy April snow storms would be eligible under the Provincial Disaster Assistance Program if the rural municipalities in which they lived declared disasters. However, […] Read more
Saskatchewan storm relief program hits complication
Saskatchewan officials are looking at what they can do to iron out a wrinkle in a program they hoped would compensate livestock producers for snow storm losses. The province announced after April snow storms that cattle producers who lost calves could receive money through the Provincial Disaster Assistance Program if their rural municipalities declared disasters. […] Read more
Sask. livestock aid covers more RMs
The list of Saskatchewan rural municipalities in which cattle producers will be eligible for disaster assistance is growing. As of May 4, producers in the RMs of Antler, Argyle, Browning, Coalfields, Enniskillen, Golden West, Happy Valley, Kingsley, Moose Creek, Moose Mountain, Moosomin, Mount Pleasant and Silverwood are all eligible to apply through the Provincial Disaster […] Read more
