Kelly Feige poses with a portrait of his father, John Feige.

John Feige enters Sask Ag Hall of Fame

Purely Purebred, news from the May 2022 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

Congratulations to Kelly and Angie Feige of Double ‘F Cattle Co., Parkside, Sask., on Kelly’s father, John Feige, being inducted into the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame. He played an integral role over the years in helping promote beef and the Canadian Hereford Association. Feige was inducted April 9, 2022, in a ceremony in Saskatoon […] Read more

(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)

AgriStability enrolment deadline extended for 2022

Two-month extension in place for fourth year in a row

The deadline for Canadian farmers to enroll in AgriStability has been extended for two months — making 2022 the fourth year in a row with a enrolment deadline bump for the farm income stabilization program. The enrolment deadline without penalty for the 2022 program year was previously scheduled for this Saturday, April 30, but is […] Read more


Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland holds a news conference before delivering the 2022-23 budget in Ottawa on April 7, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Blair Gable)

Supply chain improvement funds pledged in federal budget

Money also added for support of TFWs, P.E.I. potato sector

The federal government’s release last week of its Emissions Reduction Plan has turned out to be the spoiler for new ag funding in Thursday’s 2022 budget — although more money is also pledged to help strengthen cross-country supply chains generally. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland on Thursday laid out a federal budget with about $452.3 billion […] Read more

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to media at the GLOBE Forum 2022 in Vancouver on March 29, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Jennifer Gauthier)

Canada lays out $9.1 billion roadmap to meet 2030 climate targets

About $1 billion earmarked for new or expanded ag programs

Reuters — Canada released its first real roadmap to meeting 2030 climate targets on Tuesday, laying out detailed plans and $9.1 billion in new spending to cut planet-warming carbon emissions after years failing to meet its goals. The Emissions Reduction Plan (ERP) is the first time Canada has had a comprehensive plan, rather than just […] Read more


Charles Baron and partners brought FBN to Canada in 2017, buying Saskatchewan-based Yorkton Distributors. (FBN video screengrab via YouTube)

Antitrust probe in ag inputs dropped

Communications over FBN still 'concerning,' Competition Bureau says

Allegations suggesting ag chem sector players tried to derail an online farm-supply firm’s business in Western Canada haven’t turned up enough evidence for federal regulators to probe the matter further. Canada’s Competition Bureau announced Tuesday it’s now closed an investigation it launched in 2019 over allegations brought forward by the Canadian arm of Farmers Business […] Read more

(Dave Bedard photo)

Rate of rise in farmland value ‘surprised’ in 2021

Canada books 8.3 per cent year-over-year increase, FCC reports

MarketsFarm — Despite a year of economic uncertainty due to extreme weather, reduced crop yields and the COVID-19 pandemic, the value of Canadian farmland rose by its highest rate in four years, according to a report from Farm Credit Canada (FCC). FCC’s report, released Monday, revealed that the national average value of farmland increased by […] Read more


New Cattlemen’s Young Leaders, passings of note

NewsMakers from the March 2022 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

Cattlemen’s Young Leaders Darren Dinsmore spent part of his childhood living and working on farms in Ontario, and was a 4-H member. He now farms in Goose Bay, Labrador, where he grows forage and raises cattle. Although Labrador has no abattoir and he is the only one raising beef cows, he hopes to see an […] Read more

The Manitoba-Saskatchewan Gelbvieh Board. Back row: Braylen Blake, (vice-president), Ian Thackeray, (president), Dean Hurlburt, Ryan Zalinko. Front row: Maureen Tubman, Cynthia Wirqau (secretary/treasurer), Eileen Davidson.

News from Manitoba-Saskatchewan Gelbvieh Association

Purely Purebred, news from the February 2022 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

The Manitoba-Saskatchewan Gelbvieh Association held its AGM in Moose Jaw, Sask., on December 11. A small fun auction was held after the PGA sale. Plans are being made for a national show and sale and 50th anniversary celebration of Gelbvieh in Canada at the 2022 Agribition. Overby Stock Farms will be holding a field day […] Read more