Opinion

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.

Good news can be very habit forming ... or so Saskatchewan has found over the past decade and certainly in the last seven and a half years that Premier Brad Wall’s Saskatchewan Party has been in power.

The editor: It’s somewhat of a tradition for Canadian politicians to throw around money at election time, wooing voters with promises of financial largess for themselves and their communities.

We were driving down the main drag of Brandon, Man., when my wife pointed out a large plane in the sky, flying relatively low straight ahead of us. I squinted into the sky, trying to identify this plane. It had four engines, that much was clear.

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.

In my last column I wrote about being stung by a scorpion. That story brought another vivid memory to mind which involved my Gedo, my cousin, myself and a wasp.

By Kaare Askildt ( A.K.A. – Farmer in Training ) Our age progression is rather interesting. When we were toddlers, our parents would always brag about our ages, but when we started to talk, we took care of that ourselves.

Every once in a while we are clearly reminded that Yorkton remains very much a service centre for agriculture. And without that crucial role the local city economy would be far smaller than it currently is.

Good news can be very habit forming ... or so Saskatchewan has found over the past decade and certainly in the last seven and a half years that Premier Brad Wall’s Saskatchewan Party has been in power.