Battlefords News-Optimist

The future looks increasingly bleak for Major School.

The 2013 federal budget made some changes to the Income Tax Act that will impact farmers. They are Restricted Farm Losses (RFL), Lifetime Capital Gains Exemption (LCGE) and Dividend Tax Credit (DTC).

North Battleford Fire and Emergency Services responded to a major fire in a garage on 107th Street Tuesday. The call came in to NBFES around 10:40 p.m. The fire department report the blaze happened on the 1200 block of 107th Street.

Planning canola seeding rates involves more than using what worked last year, or using what a neighbour uses. With canola seed at prices up to 11 dollars per pound and grain selling for 13 dollars a bushel, a miscalculation can be costly.

Mid-April with snow on the ground means we are a few weeks from getting in the fields. As we wait for Mother Nature to start cooperating there are a few things to think about when preparing for this potentially delayed start to the field season.

The board of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association has announced the election of Levi Wood as president. Wood farms with his father on a fifth-generation farm at Pense.

Since spring weather has not yet touched down in Saskatchewan and there could be more snow to come, producers can look forward to seeding yet again into wet and possibly saturated soils.

Financial statements are a measuring stick for farm business analysis, however, many times they are not used to their full potential.

Did you know: you hold a 100-day contract with each of your cows? Now you're asking yourself, what is she talking about? In the production cycle, the 30 days prior to calving and the 70 days following calving are referred to as the critical period -

Organizers of HayEast 2012 thanked CN and Canadian Pacific CP for cash donations in March. According to a HayEast press release, the additional funds from these two industry partners were committed prior to the Feb.