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Crops, Reuters

BHP Billiton to cut 76 Sask. potash jobs

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Reuters — Anglo-Australian miner BHP Billiton will cut 76 jobs from its Canadian potash operations due to low commodity prices, a company spokesperson said on Friday. Work continues on sinking and lining shafts at BHP’s potash mine near Jansen, Sask., about 60 km southeast of Humboldt, according to the spokesperson. The mine would be the […] Read more
(Environment.gov.sk.ca)
Livestock

Sask. widens wolf harvest pilot area

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Last winter’s pilot project to push wolves back from ranches and farms in northeastern Saskatchewan will expand west this winter. Saskatchewan’s environment ministry on Wednesday announced a wolf hunt will run from Dec. 15 this year until March 31, 2016 in wildlife management zones (WMZs) 49 and 53. The wolf hunt pilot program ran from […] Read more
Phil Birnie of WRAZ Red Angus and Garnet Yewsiuk of V6 Livestock chatting over coffee in the JJL Livestock Booth on Thursday morning.
Livestock, News

PHOTOS: Cattle and camaraderie at Agribition 2015

Lisa Guenther of Grainews magazines takes you on a photo tour of Agribition 2015

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If livestock is in your blood, the Canadian Western Agribition is where you need to be. Lisa Guenther of Grainews magazine attended the show in Regina, Sask., and offers up this display of sights as seen through her camera lens.
(Photo courtesy Agrium)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

Sask. seeks price protection in altering potash taxes

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Winnipeg | Reuters –– Potash-rich Saskatchewan hopes to revise its taxes on production of the crop fertilizer to avoid big revenue drops in years when prices sag, the Canadian province’s economy minister said Friday. Saskatchewan, home to mines operated by PotashCorp, Mosaic Co. and Agrium, is conducting its first full review in 10 years of […] Read more
(Manitoba Co-operator file photo by Laura Rance)
Crops, Machinery, Weather

Warm Prairie soils delay fertilizing ban, winter weights

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Manitoba’s winter ban on nutrient application has been postponed, again, while Saskatchewan has postponed its move to winter weights on its highways, due to warmer-than-average soil temperatures. Manitoba’s water stewardship department announced Friday it will further extend its nutrient application window until midnight, Nov. 19. Variances to Manitoba’s winter fertilizing ban — which typically runs […] Read more
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Crops, Markets

Canaryseed prices soft, trending weaker

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CNS Canada –– Canada’s canaryseed market is slow and stagnant, according to a Saskatchewan-based industry expert, and he expects prices to move lower before improving. Delivered elevator canaryseed is bringing producers 26.5 to 29 cents/lb., according to Prairie Ag Hotwire. “We might see 25 cents/lb. before we see 30 cents/lb.,” said David Nobbs, chair of […] Read more
Grain farm for sale at Churchbridge, Sask. (LaneRealtyCorp.com)
Crops, Markets

Sask. moves to toughen farmland ownership law

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The Saskatchewan government is set to lay down new law on who can and can’t buy up farmland in the province, backstopped with more enforcement and heavier penalties. Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart on Tuesday introduced amendments to the province’s Farmland Security Act, the legislation that already prevents non-Canadians and entities that aren’t 100 per cent […] Read more
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Crops, Forages, Hay, Markets

Hay prices stabilize in Sask., Man.

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CNS Canada –– Timely rains have drastically improved the forage crop outlooks for Saskatchewan and Manitoba, while also putting prices back into their normal ranges. “Skyrocketing hay prices have stabilized… supplies are good,” said Terry Kowalchuk, a provincial forage crop specialist in Regina. Prices are mostly back down into the $80-$100 per tonne range, he […] Read more
Rae-Leigh Pederzolli
Beef Cattle, News Roundup

Cocktails for cattle under stress

News Roundup from the September 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Cells lining the inside of your digestive tract are on guard 24-7 letting nutrients into the bloodstream and blocking harmful substances from entering the bloodstream. It’s no different in cattle. Barrier function of the bovine intestinal tract is the subject of new research in progress at the University of Saskatchewan where master’s candidate Rae-Leigh Pederzolli […] Read more

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