Agriculture

Carlyle – Derrick Big Eagle couldn’t go see what was left of the drilling rigs he had built, as several were scrapped in recent weeks in the former Eagle Drilling Services yard in Carlyle.

Redberry Lake – When much of the Canadian oilpatch ground to a screeching halt in early 2015, Saskatoon wellsite drilling consultant Douglas Tompson soon found his work, supervising drilling rigs, dried up.

Like a giant Tyrannosaurus Rex tearing through its prey, a 52-ton excavator equipped with large hydraulic shears tore through the last skid-mounted building of what was once a Saskatchewan based drilling rig on Sept. 14.

Last month, the Canadian Seed Growers Association , which represents 3,500 Canadian seed growers, voted against a proposed merger with four other seed industry organizations.

As a data and numbers guy, Jim Halford never intended to get into the blunt, greasy work of farm machinery; his graduate research in the 1960s at the University of Saskatchewan (U of S) focused on the economics of farming.

Drilling rig activity has started to slowly pick up in Saskatchewan’s oilpatch, but the numbers are still low compared to any point over the last decade. On Sept. 11, Rig Locator (riglocator.ca) showed nine rigs working in Saskatchewan.

Saskatchewan agriculture groups are urging Ottawa to lower barriers blocking farmers from accessing supports in the face of volatile markets.

Projects are now underway in all oil and gas-producing regions of the province through the Accelerated Site Closure Program (ASCP) that was announced by the provincial government earlier this year.

Canadian Foodgrains Bank has become a major part of Canada's international development efforts.

A fire started near the Rural Municipality of Pittville on Tuesday as Mark Hughes’ neighbours harvested their crops.