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Harvest advances in southwest, hay fields below average

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending August 7

By Saskatchewan Agriculture August 10, 2017

Producers in the province have two per cent of the crop combined and three per cent swathed or ready to straight-cut, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. The five-year (2012-2016) average for this time of year is two per cent combined and two per cent swathed or ready to straight-cut. Seventy-five per cent of […] Read more

Crops, News, Weather

Harvest underway in south Sask., topsoil moisture worsens

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending July 31

By Saskatchewan Agriculture August 3, 2017

Harvest is underway for some producers in the south, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. Less than one per cent of the provincial crop has been combined, while slightly more than one per cent is ready to straight-cut. Forty-seven per cent of the fall rye, six per cent of the winter wheat, two per […] Read more

Crops

Saskatchewan harvest starts amid heat, dryness concerns

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News August 3, 2017

CNS Canada – Some producers in the south have started harvest, according to the latest Saskatchewan Agriculture crop report for the week ended July 31. Less than one per cent of fields have been combined across the province so far, but 47 per cent of fall rye, six per cent of winter wheat, two per […] Read more

Crops, News, Weather

Haying continues across Sask., yields seen less than normal

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending July 24, 2017

By Saskatchewan Agriculture July 27, 2017

Haying continues in the province and livestock producers now have 74 per cent of the hay crop baled or put into silage. An additional 14 per cent is cut and ready for baling, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. Hay quality is currently rated as nine per cent excellent, 61 per cent good, 25 […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Cow-Calf, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market firm despite outside influences

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News July 25, 2017

Western Canadian feeder cattle markets were unchanged from week-ago levels despite the strengthening Canadian dollar, stronger feed grain values and weaker fed cattle prices. Feedlot operators are wondering if this is a mockery, a delusion or a snare. Shorter term replacements are hard to come by and haven’t softened a half hair length. Small groups […] Read more

FarmLife

Farm dads and emotions of quitting farming

By Elaine Froese July 15, 2017

It’s my 22nd Father’s Day column and I will do my best to not make “Charlie from Saskatchewan” feel like I am beating up farm dads! A reader asked me to write about the emotions of quitting farming. Let’s take the approach of the farm culture attributes farm founders appreciate. What might it feel like […] Read more

Crops

Saskatchewan crops normal overall, but south sees harsh conditions

By MarketsFarm Team July 13, 2017

CNS Canada — Despite the dry conditions gripping much of southern Saskatchewan, farmers in most of the province have something to cheer about, at least in terms of crop development. Saskatchewan Agriculture says in its weekly crop report released that most crops are developing normally. The report, covering the July 4-10 period, stated 84 per […] Read more

A close-up screengrab from near 100 Mile House on the B.C. Wildfire Animal Resource Map. Tags in red denote producers with livestock needing to be moved; tags in green denote offers of space or transport for affected livestock.

Livestock, Weather

BCCA connecting ranchers, haulers in wildfire areas

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News July 11, 2017

Livestock producers needing to move animals out of wildfire zones in British Columbia’s Interior are being asked to contact the B.C. Cattlemen’s Association. The BCCA, on its website, said it’s helping to co-ordinate haulers with producers who need to evacuate livestock. “With closures of highways and evacuation orders, permits are needed to re-enter evacuated areas […] Read more

This is a completed year-round CAP Solar system over a cased well. Systems can be designed to supply anything from a few horses to a 500-head cow herd.

Features

Bringing power to the pasture

By Lee Hart July 10, 2017

Whether you need to water five bulls on pasture before turnout or 500 head of cows grazing corn in winter, solar powered pasture-watering systems offer a flexible and reliable year-round water source for Western Canadian producers, says a long-time manufacturer. Technology and equipment has improved over the years, making it possible to produce watering systems […] Read more

Livestock

Saskatchewan sets new cougar, bear trapping seasons

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News July 10, 2017

Saskatchewan has set up a new cougar season for trappers, plus a southern expansion of its black bear trapping season, in part to help limit livestock predation. The province on Wednesday announced a new “trapping-only” cougar season will open Oct. 15, 2017 and close March 15, 2018. It also announced a new “black bear opportunity” […] Read more

GFM Network News

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