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Saskatchewan extends greenfeed seeding deadline

By GFM Staff June 19, 2019

Saskatchewan farmers who still want to put in cereal crops for greenfeed with crop insurance coverage will get an extra couple of weeks to do so. Saskatchewan Crop Insurance on Wednesday announced an extension on the June 30 deadline for seeding crops for greenfeed, to July 15. Producers who have crop insurance will now be […] Read more

News

‘Go local’ also applies to Christmas trees

By Alberta Agriculture And Forestry December 11, 2017

Thinking of cutting your Christmas tree on Crown land this year? “To do this, you will need to obtain a permit from an Alberta government forestry office,” said provincial woodlot extension specialist Toso Bozic. “When cutting your own tree, you know that it’s fresh.” For information on obtaining a permit, go to the Alberta Agriculture […] Read more

Crops

Saskatchewan to offer discount option on Crown land

By Staff December 5, 2017

Facing another rent hike in 2018, some Saskatchewan farmers leasing cultivated and “formerly cultivated” Crown land from the province are getting an option to buy the land instead at a 10 per cent discount. Provincial Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart on Tuesday announced a “targeted incentive” program aimed at about 1,100 eligible leaseholders, offering the 10 […] Read more

Livestock, Machinery & Shop

Farm, ranch work still exempt from Alberta helmet rule

By Staff May 3, 2017

Farm and/or ranch work remain exempt in the final version of Alberta’s new law requiring off-highway vehicle users to wear helmets while riding on public land. Provincial Bill 36, which passed in December, takes effect May 15, requiring an approved helmet for anyone “driving, operating, riding in or on, or being towed by” an off-highway […] Read more

Livestock

Saskatchewan tightens up powers on Crown land

By Staff March 13, 2017

New legislation giving the Saskatchewan government more powers to prevent misuse of Crown land, and more leeway in dealing with leaseholders, is now in effect. The province on Monday announced its new Provincial Lands Act and related regulations, introduced in the legislature last June, have been formally proclaimed and are now in effect, updating rules […] Read more

Livestock

Newfoundland expands Crown land base for farming

By Staff February 17, 2017

CORRECTED, Feb. 28, 2017 — The Newfoundland and Labrador government plans to boost the amount of land available to the province’s farmers by allocating more Crown land for development. The province’s Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agrifoods announced Thursday it has now identified 62 “agriculture areas of interest” to date, totalling about 158,150 acres. The […] Read more

Many grazing leases are along the foothills, an area that is also popular with recreationists.

Livestock, News

Auditor general’s report fires up grazing lease debate

The auditor general says ranchers are scooping up millions in payments  that should go to the province, but leaseholders say that’s nonsense

By Madeleine Baerg August 6, 2015

A new report on Alberta’s grazing lease system by the provincial auditor general is throwing fuel on the long-simmering, controversial debate. The report estimates the province could be losing up to $25 million annually by allowing ranchers to keep compensation from energy companies when they drill or lay a pipeline. The report also says the […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Cow-Calf, Livestock, Weather

Sask. to open protected grasslands for grazing

By Staff July 14, 2015

Crown-held native prairie and other grasslands held for wildlife conservation in Saskatchewan will be opened up to ranchers needing grazing land for cattle in dry areas. Environment Minister Herb Cox announced Tuesday the province will make about 90,000 acres of Fish and Wildlife Development Fund (FWDF) land available to cattle producers. The same grazing lease […] Read more

Teamsters serve strike notice on CN

Prairie cash wheat: Bids steady to lower

U.S. biodiesel industry struggles without subsidy

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