Jason Struck makes sure the sheep are relaxed when shearing them.

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






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

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has said he will sign an executive order imposing 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian and Mexican products on his first day in office. Brandon Bell/Pool Via Reuters

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



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



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