Agriculture

A day which should be more significant than it is came and went recently with hardly any notice at all. You might blame COVID-19, but honestly the pandemic is not the only reason Earth Day generates limited interest.

It was time for some spiffy new shoes for this Belgian gelding at the Just farm west of the city this week. The farrier work on Jake, a 25-year-old retired pulling horse, was carried out by Dr. Cindy Lukianchuk, from Success, SK.

The vast majority of businesses throughout Canada have felt the impact of Covid-19 over the last two months.

It’s kids aplenty this spring at Jim and Stacey Young’s farm south of the city. While Stacey reports they have one miniature goat the rest of her herd are dairy or meat goats. “No! We don’t eat them,” she said.

Steps taken to improve canola seed emergence willimprove the return on investment for seed and can improve overall crop profitability.

Online hub provides families with interactive resources, tools and activities on farm safety

The Canadian Wheat Research Coalition (CWRC) and the Canadian Barley Research Coalition (CBRC) are asking Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) to continue important wheat and barley research activities at AAFC’s western Canadian research stations

The federal and provincial governments have agreed to increase the 2020 AgriStability interim benefit payment percentage from 50 per cent to 75 per cent for Saskatchewan producers.

Combining resumed in the Moose Creek area south of Carlyle this past week. A few of the farmers in the area had a chance to finish up crops they were unable to harvest last fall.

The 14th Annual Blue Collar Bull Sale was held Saturday, April 11, through Heartland Livestock in Yorkton. The high selling Angus bull was ‘Northern View Nitrous 84G’ sired by ‘EXAR Resistol’ and contributed Northern View Angus of Duff, SK.