Agriculture

Carey and LeeAnn Weinbender of Sliding Hills Charolais at Canora were the 2015 Honoree Winners at the Canadian Charolais Youth Association Conference and Show hosted in Yorkton last week.

Haying continues in the province. Livestock producers now have 54 per cent of the hay crop baled or put into silage, with an additional 18 per cent cut and ready for baling, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report.

Crops, like most things, come and go, and at times they then find a way to gain renewed interest yet again. One such crop appears to be fababeans, at least in terms of East Central Saskatchewan.

Parkland College and East Central Research Foundation (ECRF) held their third annual research farm field day Thursday near Yorkton, with more than 60 farmers and agriculture industry representatives in attendance.

Of all the issues facing agriculture, and there are many, I find the debate around genetically modifi ed organisms to be perhaps the most fascinating.

By: Brenda Stefanson Regional farm business management specialist Watrous office, Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture The Farm Business Development Initiative (FBDI) has launched a new online system that al-lows producers to enrol in the program, su

When you live on the Canadian Prairies you tend to have a rather narrow view of what agriculture means here. Alberta is thought of as the land of ranches and cattle.

Today Environment Minister Herb Cox and Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart announced that approximately 90,000 acres of Fish and Wildlife Development Fund (FWDF) land will be made available to cattle producers facing dry conditions.

Livestock producers now have 32 per cent of the hay crop cut and 38 per cent baled or put into silage, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report.

It isn’t a secret in the agriculture industry that cattle prices have been at historic highs over the past couple of years. One of the driving factors for the high prices has simply been a shortage of beef.