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Saskatchewan drainage work rebates expanded to farmers

Channel clearing, drain maintenance program shares eligible costs

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A program to help rural Saskatchewan municipalities and local authorities cover costs of channel clearing and maintaining drains for flood prevention will now expand to include individual landowners. The province’s Water Security Agency (WSA) said Friday its $1 million cost-share rebate program will expand its eligibility beyond RMs, conservation and development area (C+D) authorities and […] Read more
Making the most of your grazing season
Nutrition

Making the most of your grazing season

Nutrition with John McKinnon

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As grazing activity gets underway across the country, beef producers begin to turn their attention to other activities associated with their operation. From a herd nutrition perspective, the thinking of many is “Let the grass take care of the cattle.” Such thinking, while natural, can lead to issues that affect the health and productivity of […] Read more
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General, Weather

Prairie Forecast: Alberta low looks to dominate

Forecast issued June 14, covering June 14-21

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So far, the weather models have been doing a good job with the medium-range forecasts, only falling off late in the forecast period. Of course, in the summer, short-range forecasts can be difficult, especially when it comes to just when and where thunderstorms will develop. I always find it interesting that a forecast could be […] Read more
Smoke billows upwards from the Donnie Creek wildfire south of Fort Nelson, B.C. n June 11, 2023. (Photo: B.C. Wildfire Service handout via Reuters)
General, Reuters, Weather

Western Canada covered in smoke as wildfires loosen grip on Quebec

Over 200 of 449 wildfires now out of control

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Ottawa | Reuters — Smoke shrouded Western Canada on Monday as wildfires flared again in the main oil-producing province of Alberta, while firefighters in Quebec doused some of the worst early-season blazes, allowing thousands of evacuees to return home. Canada is enduring its most destructive start to wildfire season, with about 4.8 million hectares — […] Read more
A climate change activist plays a violin in New York City’s Times Square as Manhattan is shrouded in haze and smoke which drifted south from wildfires in Canada, on June 7, 2023. (Photo: Reuters/Maye-E Wong)
General, Reuters, Weather

International help rolls in to fight unyielding Canadian wildfires

Almost 80 of Quebec's fires currently out of control

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Ottawa | Reuters — Allies around the world are promising to boost support for Canada’s fight against hundreds of blazes amid the country’s worst-ever start to wildfire season, which is fueling concerns about the worsening consequences of climate change. Forest fires continued to burn across Canada on Thursday, forcing thousands of people from their homes […] Read more
Frost on land in Brazil’s Santa Catarina state. (Edson Hardt/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Reuters

Brazil justice grants Congress more time on bill limiting Indigenous rights

Case pits Indigenous against Big Ag

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Brasilia | Reuters — A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Wednesday asked for more time to study a case pitting the country’s Indigenous people against its powerful farm sector, a decision that is likely to give lawmakers more time to pass a measure favouring Big Agriculture. The decision by Justice Andre Mendonca, an Evangelical pastor […] Read more
News, Newsmakers

New Canadian Cattle Young Leaders, regional TESA winners announced

NewsMakers from the June 2023 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Heath Ferguson grew up in a small town just outside Edmonton, Alta. Growing up, his family had a small herd of Simmental/Saler-cross cows and he raised a few bottle calves every year with his brothers. In high school, he was in 4-H, Green Certificate and worked at the local packing plant, as well as helping […] Read more
Green needle grass in a pasture of native prairie near Hanley, Sask. Plants function differently within diverse polycutures than monocultures.
Features, Management

Essentials for profitable ranching: Part one

What makes a profitable ranch? Burke Teichert introduces his five ‘essentials’ and unpacks the first two

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Since the end of World War Two, we have been developing a ranching and farming culture more dependent on fossil fuel, iron, synthetic fertilizers and chemicals. Early on those inputs (tractors, vehicles, equipment, seed, fertilizer, pesticides, herbicides, etc.) were relatively inexpensive. During the last 60 years, those input prices have increased more rapidly than the […] Read more
Ag Minister Nate Horner speaks at the Harmony Beef plant at Balzac, Alta. on Feb. 7, 2023. (Government of Alberta video screengrab via YouTube)
General

Alberta ag minister, ag critic hang onto seats in election

Governing UCP retains smaller majority

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Alberta’s incumbent agriculture minister and official opposition ag critic both appear set to return to the legislature as Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservatives (UCP) are expected to form a majority government. At about 1 a.m. Alberta time on Tuesday, Smith’s UCP was elected or leading in 49 of 87 constituencies; all remaining 38 went to […] Read more

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