Terry Lerat at Indigenous Producers Panel, AIM 2024. Photo: Ed White

First Nations should demand at-market lease rates: Lerat

Reading Time: 2 minutes First Nations need to stop leasing out their land to non-Indigenous farmers for below-market prices, says farmer and band councillor Terry Lerat of Cowessess First Nation in south-central Saskatchewan. Instead, bands should be getting every penny they can for the farmland they own and using that money to get themselves back into farming.


Ag in Motion Innovation Awards

Ag in Motion Innovation Awards handed out

Reading Time: 2 minutes The competition was made up of five categories, each including three contestants. Their innovations ranged from a giant manure bio-gas tank-trailer to a simple plastic calf castration card, from analytical management systems to hand-held leaf-scanning apps.