Reading Time: 2 minutes Eleven southeastern Saskatchewan farmers hope to fend off a planned takeover of a farmer-owned grain terminal by drafting their own ticket for the terminal’s board. More than 200 Weyburn Inland Terminal shareholders gathered Tuesday at McKenna Hall in Weyburn to discuss the proposed takeover of the grain terminal by privately-held grain handler Parrish and Heimbecker. […] Read more
Farmers seek to stave off Weyburn Terminal takeover
‘Biggest year’ seen for cash advance applications
Reading Time: 2 minutes With rail congestion, jammed elevators and a record-large crop dragging on farmers’ ability to deliver grain, a federal program to help farmers with near-term cash flow is seeing a particularly busy year. Federal ag lender Farm Credit Canada is already urging farmers who haven’t done so to consider applying to the federal Advance Payments Program […] Read more
Minogue: Undercurrent of frustration pervades at CropSphere
Reading Time: 2 minutes Just months after a record-setting harvest, delegates nodded as market analyst Larry Webber told Saskatchewan farmers at CropSphere in Saskatoon, “Everything is not rosy in the country.” Frustration is building as many farmers are taking large price discounts to sell their grain into a congested transportation system and other farmers are unable to sell their […] Read more
Farmer-owned Sask. terminal’s potential sale questioned
Reading Time: 2 minutes Some shareholders and customers of southeastern Saskatchewan’s Weyburn Inland Terminal have joined together to question the potential sale of the farmer-owned facility to outside buyers. WIT on Dec. 13 announced it’s pursuing “expressions of interest” regarding the potential sale of all or part of the Weyburn, Sask. company. “We’re worried about local competition, if the […] Read more
Farmers brought down to earth at Crop Diagnostic School
Reading Time: 2 minutes Farmers, corporate agronomists and crop insurance adjusters attending Saskatchewan Agriculture’s 2013 Crop Diagnostic Schools got a hands-on look at crop issues ranging from nutrient deficiencies to herbicide damage. At the Indian Head Diagnostic School on July 31, Saskatchewan Agriculture research specialists and extension agronomists were on hand to explain in-field demonstrations maintained by Indian Head […] Read more
Minogue: Prairies’ biggest iron dealer network still growing
Reading Time: 2 minutes As farm implement dealerships grow and consolidate, farmers are beginning to wonder what’s in it for them. At Canada’s Farm Progress Show here last week, Grainews sat down with Jim Wood, vice-president for agriculture for the largest dealership network of them all: Rocky Mountain Equipment. Publicly-traded RME operates 39 Case IH, Case Construction and New […] Read more
Minogue: New Triffid-free flaxes in pipeline for 2014
Reading Time: 2 minutes Shane Stokke, a director on the board of the Saskatchewan Flax Development Commission, is very optimistic about the future of flax. Speaking to farmers here at Flax Day 2013, the Watrous, Sask. grower put it this way: "Flax is the highest net profit crop that I can grow." Canada’s flax was shut out of European […] Read more
Minogue: Weed scientists ponder ways to resist resistance
Reading Time: 2 minutes Public and private sector weed scientists agree integrated weed management, rather than any magic-bullet chemistry, will be the way forward to maintain viable fields against herbicide-resistant weeds. Scientists from across Canada are gathered in Winnipeg this week to discuss new research at the Canadian Weed Science Society’s 66th annual conference. Much of the research on […] Read more
The storm’s aftermath
Reading Time: 4 minutes The heavy rain turned to hail. From the living room window Jeff saw pea-sized stones hit his front lawn. Elaine carried their little boy crying in from the bedroom. “He’s terrified,” she said. “Come here,” Jeff said, taking the frightened toddler in his arms and holding him up to the window. “See? This is why […] Read more
The storm’s aftermath
Reading Time: 4 minutes The heavy rain turned to hail. From the living room window Jeff saw pea-sized stones hit his front lawn. Elaine carried their little boy crying in from the bedroom. “He’s terrified,” she said. “Come here,” Jeff said, taking the frightened toddler in his arms and holding him up to the window. “See? This is why […] Read more
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