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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.

According to HayEast organizers, Ontario farmers have welcomed an extension to the program, thanks to additional funding from the Ontario government.

The demand is there. The price point has been set. Can cattlemen meet the requirements? That question framed opportunity for those attending the recent Canadian Feedlot Conference in Calgary, Alta.

What should have been a glorious sporting event turned to tragedy on Patriots' Day in Boston, after two bombs exploded at the finish line of the Boston Marathon.

The Maple Leaf Foods closure and the demise of the North West Enterprise Region ended up being hot topics of debate in Question Period in the legislature Thursday.

A story in the Battlefords Regional Optimist on the budget impact on Living Sky School Division was raised in the legislative assembly April 9.

A 2008 brown Ford F250 super duty truck with Saskatchewan license plate 175GDX was stolen from the 500 block of 114th Street North Battleford between April 8 and 9. Mischief was afoot between 9 p.m. April 4 and 7 a.m. April 5 in North Battleford.

There were a lot more Saskatchewan Roughriders jerseys in the audience than usual at the fourth Mayors' Prayer Breakfast in the Battlefords.