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Agribition 2024: Sheep Shearing Demo helps raise awareness of sheep welfare
With the demo and the Q&As, the public are able to learn why shearing sheep is important for the animal's health.
Children, parents and grandparents packed into the bleachers — and stood around the edges — during at sheep shearing demonstration at Canadian Western Agribition. Jason Struck, one of the few professional sheep shearers in Saskatchewan, performed the demonstration, showing the crowd the proper way to handle the sheep, positions for shearing and how to hold […] Read more

Poland to build new grain terminal in Gdansk to bolster food security
Poland plans to build a new grain terminal at the Port of Gdansk by 2026, which will enable the country to respond to crisis situations, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Monday.

Trump discussed border, trade with Trudeau after pledging steep tariffs
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Saturday he discussed the border, trade and energy in a “very productive” meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau amid fears of a trade war.

Ukraine introduces minimum export prices for major agricultural goods
Kyiv | Reuters – Ukraine has introduced a new system for exporting key agrarian goods, including grains, which implies a ban on shipping consignments of goods at prices below those set by the agriculture ministry. Ukraine is a major grain and oilseeds grower and exporter and the new system became operational on Dec. 1. The government […] Read more

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

Agriculture sectors look for footing after Trump tariff threat
A threatened 25 per cent U.S. tariff against Canadian goods has raised questions about next year’s agriculture trade for export-reliant sectors
Speculation about U.S. tariffs hit a new gear for Canadian agriculture sectors in the last week of November. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump had already threatened a 10 per cent tariff on products coming into the U.S. while on the campaign trail. That fostered wariness from many farm groups whose industries are heavily reliant on exports […] Read more

Agribition 2024: McCord product first mounted winner for cattle dog championship
Dogs from across the Prairies put on a show at Canadian Western Agribition with a new cattle dog competition thrown into the mix. The cattle dog championship had both foot and mounted competitions this year with Caitlyn Mastad being the first mounted winner in Agribition history. Even when the rider’s attention is split between the […] Read more

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

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

Putin approves sale of Louis Dreyfus elevator unit in Russia to unnamed buyer
Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved the acquisition of 100 per cent of the shares in a elevator company owned by trading and food processing firm Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) to an unnamed buyer, a government document showed.