VIDEO: Looking at change and authenticity on the ranch

VIDEO: Looking at change and authenticity on the ranch

Depth of Field with Kelly Sidoryk

David Irvine has long been a mentor of mine and a leader in the field of organizational development. He began his career in family systems therapy and expanded from there. He now describes himself as the leadership navigator. Irvine hosts a monthly webinar to support people’s growth. One of the recent ones was titled “Embracing […] Read more

Speckle Park high seller: The high selling lot in the Canadian National Speckle Park sale at Canadian Western Agribition was KFC June 49M from KFC Farms, Abbotsford, B.C. The heifer calf sold for $16,000 to Adelia Farms of Climax, Sask.

Agribition 2024: Youth confident in Agribition show ring

The Speckle Park junior association benefits from generous donors in first heifer raffle

REGINA — Eleven-year-old Austynn Brehaut said she wasn’t nervous showing cattle in the Canadian Western Agribition purebred ring for the first time. “It was really fun,” she said after the Canadian National Speckle Park show. Brehaut, from Wawota, Sask., was showing for X-Treme Speckle Park of Redvers, Sask., owned by Tammy and Donald Buisse. The […] Read more





Karina Gistelinck, asset president potash at BHP, speaking about the Jansen project in Saskatchewan that will result in the world's largest potash mine. She was the keynote speaker during a Regina and District Chamber of Commerce breakfast at Canadian Western Agribition.

Agribition 2024: Jansen mine ahead of schedule

The conventional potash mine in the middle of the grain belt will be the world's largest when complete

REGINA — Construction of what will be the world’s largest potash mine is ahead of schedule. Karina Gistelinck, BHP’s asset president potash, told an audience at Canadian Western Agribition that the mine at Jansen, Sask., will be shipping product by 2026. Construction actually began more than a dozen years ago, but BHP didn’t officially approve […] Read more

Felicia Keleman won the donation heifer with a $200 donation.

Agribition 2024: Saskatchewan Shorthorn Association raises $10,950 from heifer donation

Felicia Keleman of Pic-A-Spot Shorthorns near Spruce Home, Sask., won the heifer donated by Saskvalley Shorthorns in the Canadian Western Agribition Shorthorn sale. The donation and bids were a fundraiser for the Saskatchewan Shorthorn Association. The association’s first fundraising auction since 2018 raised $10,950. “I never expect to win — ever,” said Keleman, who won […] Read more


Judge Jirl Buck, of Madill, Oklahoma looks over some of the cattle during the Simmental show at Agribition 2024.

Agribition 2024: Black Gold wins top breeder and exhibitor in Simmental show

Two Maplelm Simmentals top the percentage championships

Judge Jirl Buck called the Simmental show at Canadian Western Agribition “exceptional” and praised the quality of the cattle at the event. Buck, from Oklahoma, efficiently placed cattle Nov. 27 in percentage and purebred categories. Black Gold Simmentals of Lloydminster, Sask., won Premier Breeder and Premier Exhibitor for the show. The Noble family runs about […] Read more

Georgie Evans and her Texas Longhorn heifer competed at Canadian Western Agribition for the first time this year.

Agribition 24: Longhorns entice new exhibitor

Georgie Evans showed a Texas Longhorn heifer calf in the Longhorn show at this year’s Canadian Western Agribition, but her venture into cattle didn’t start with that breed — it started with Highlands. Located near Regina on a small acreage, Evans has three Highland cattle. She is originally from England and moved to the Regina […] Read more


Former British Columbia premier Christy Clark says industries such as agriculture are important to economic growth for Indigenous communities, but there needs to be partnership to grow.

Agribition 2024: Indigenous Ag Summit focuses on community, partnership

Partnership within Indigenous communities, and between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people, recognized as the key to success across resource industries.

Canadian Western Agribition’s 11th Indigenous Agriculture Summit focused on growing opportunities for Indigenous producers and using their ways of knowing to advance the ag industry. Topics included growth of wealth and how that can contribute to food sovereignty. Many of the speakers said community involvement and interest is a main way to address the wealth […] Read more

The grand champion bison bull, a Wood cross shown by Shale Creek Bison of Russell, Man. relaxes in his pen at Canadian Western Agribition unaware that he's just sold for $10,500 in the national sale.

Agribition 24: Bison producers look forward to rebuilding

Strong national sale prices come on the heels of strongest rail prices in years

REGINA — Bison producers are beginning to rebuild herds, optimistic that the drought of the last few years might be over, says the vice-president of the Canadian Bison Association. Robert Johnson said prices at the national sale, held during Canadian Western Agribition, were pretty good. He said the rail price has come up for their […] Read more