If you want know how the farm year is progressing in the Filmore area of southern Saskatchewan, check out Jake Leguee’s blog at southsaskfarmer.com. The young Saskatchewan farmer has been writing about farm life for the past couple years. It’s not a lot of drama or earth-shattering news, but just about the every day trials, […] Read more
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Knowing production costs is important
Calculating your costs to produce grain is an important part of marketing
Having a good handle on the production and marketing side of their south Saskatchewan farm is obviously important, but Jake Leguee says one of the most useful tools in overall management is knowing their breakeven point. The Leguees keep close tabs on their inputs and returns per acre for each crop. While they obviously target […] Read more
The beef industry wants cattle producers to be more efficient
A new project across the Canadian beef industry has set as one of its goals to help producers increase overall beef production efficiency by 15 per cent over the next five years. The recently announced National Beef Strategy is a collaborative effort among key sectors of the livestock industry. It actually has a number of […] Read more
Western farmers watching PGR
Several plant growth regulators are now on offer. Farmer Panel members we interviewed aren’t jumping in with both feet, but they are watching research results
Not all western Canadian farmers are lining up to be among the first testing the effectiveness of plant growth regulators (PGRs) on their farms this year. Producers contacted for the February Farmer Panel says they are interested in the potential of the treatment that can help reduce lodging in cereals and perhaps increase yields, but […] Read more
Saskatchewan rancher lands on his feet in B.C.
Again I have demonstrated I will go to any lengths to get the facts of a story. Last fall took me to a small lake in the B.C. interior on a journey to find out what happens to Saskatchewan ranchers when they move away from the Prairies. It was on the dock at Batstone Lake […] Read more
Wolves force rancher to change calving season
For the past few years B.C. rancher Werner Stump has been calving out his commercial cow herd in November — mostly indoors — weaning calves in the spring, then putting them on grass and feed at home for the summer, with plans to market them in October — primarily because of wolves. Stump, whose family […] Read more
Stamps honoured with Motherwell Award
Richard and Marian Stamp are recognized for their commitment to the agriculture industry
A southern Alberta couple has been recognized with an award for their overall commitment to bettering the agriculture industry, and their ongoing support for an organization that recognizes the achievements of some of the most progressive young farmers in the country. Richard and Marian Stamp, who along with family members operate Stamp Seeds farm at […] Read more
BIXS being rolled out to the launch pad
New private partnership to take over pasture-to-packer tracking
A service established by the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) over the past four years to carry information back and forth along the entire beef production chain is about to shed its training wheels. The Beef Information Xchange System — commonly known as BIXS — is about to begin a new era following the December announcement […] Read more
Manitoba and P.E.I. couples are OYFs
Two farm couples are lauded as Canada’s 2014’s Outstanding Young Farmers
Continuing to expand their seed retail business in Manitoba, and building on the partnership they have with other potato growers in Prince Edward Island, are the priorities of the two farm families who were named Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers (OYF) for 2014. Myron and Jill Krahn, who operate Krahn Agri Farms Ltd. at Carmen, Man. […] Read more
Northgate welcomed as another marketing option
An $80 million grain terminal and rail export service in southern Sask. is expected to encourage all grain companies to sharpen their pencils
Cameron Nordin can’t wait until the first trains start hauling grain and canola out of a new rail terminal at Northgate, Saskatchewan, destined for U.S. markets. Right now, most of the crops from his southeast Saskatchewan farm near Oxbow are trucked about 60 miles east to a Cargill elevator at Elva, Manitoba. He has other […] Read more
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