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Beef marketing money likely to be reduced

Cowboy politics in Alberta is going to have an impact on cattle producers across the country. The $3 per head cattle check off in Alberta has long gone to an organization called Alberta Beef Producers. The $3 is deducted every time an animal changes hands. ABP and...

Crop prospects take a beating

A trio of problems is threatening the Saskatchewan crop – drought, frost and delayed development. Delayed development is a concern in most regions. In lots of fields, you have to get down on your hands and knees and maybe brush away some soil to find emerging plants....

Sorting out the rain and the frost

It’s going to take awhile to figure out overall crop conditions following the weather of the past few days. There has been substantial precipitation in most southern regions of the grainbelt. Unfortunately, the moisture didn’t go very far north, largely missing the...