Sandy Russell and Jenna Sarich were paired together during Cohort 5 in the fall of 2023 for the Next Gen Agriculture Mentorship Program

Agribition 2024: Next Gen Agriculture Mentorship grows ag industry

The program offers opportunities and resources to those looking to build their ag careers

For those who are great at giving advice or are looking to nurture their career, the Next Gen Agriculture Mentorship program is a good place to start. The 18-month program was started by Canadian Western Agribition in 2019 with a goal of creating community and strengthening industry connections. It has created eight mentee-mentor pairs each […] Read more



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

Agribition posts another successful run this year

Organizers say attendance at the country's largest livestock show was likely a record, while sales were strong

REGINA — Much was made of the weather heading into Canadian Western Agribition last week, but in the end, snow and cold did not keep the crowds away. Early numbers indicated record attendance for the six-day event even as temperatures dipped to -30 C at times. Last year, 142,807 people came through the gates, which […] Read more

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



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