Tuesday May 21, 2013




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Agriculture
By Calvin Daniels
Saskatchewan Agriculture Columnist
Calvin Daniels is arguably the most decorated reporter and columnist within Saskatchewan Weekly Newspapers. His regular reporting job is with Yorkton This Week, but if you pick up just about any newspaper in Saskatchewan you'll probably find his agricultural column. It's hard hitting, to the point and very well put together.

Dismantling of supply-managed systems is senseless

I recently read an opinion piece suggesting Canada's supply-managed systems should go. The main...

Growing Forward good but not as great as it seems

Without a lot of fanfare, federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Saskatchewan Agriculture...

Raising wild boar a growing issue

I grew up on a pig farm. I carried a lot of chop and ground grain, by the five-gallon pail full, to ...

There is a need for value-added farming

There are words that will eventually come to reflect certain times in the continued evolution of...

The three Fs drive Saskatchewan economy

Paul Martin is pretty well-known as a business spokesman, which made him an interesting keynote...

Risk, uncertainty in farming but farmers endure

As an agricultural journalist, nothing is better than spending time talking to people who are...

How will we feed the growing world population?

One of the overriding issues of agriculture moving forward is simply feeding a growing world...


Stop to appreciate the farm and farmer

Fewer and fewer people have a tie to farming, but as a sector, agriculture remains an important one,...

Technology takes the farmer out of the farm

Climbing into the cab of tractors that seem to be getting bigger and bigger with each generation of ...

Sask. pork business on the ropes

How often of late have we heard the comment somewhere that "everything is better with bacon?" The...

Some farmers will fall through safety net

The vision of what government thinks is a good farm safety net and what farmers desire still seem...

Cuts to heritage a blow to Motherwell

If recent experience has taught me anything, it's not to expect much in terms of positive for...

Sask. horse racing in danger

You might wonder why horse racing would be part of an agricultural column. Well, it was not so long ...

CWB has a chance to prove itself

The CWB made an interesting announcement recently when it unveiled it would begin marketing canola...

Commodity prices currently unpredictable

The immediate future for grain prices must be one that is keeping forecasters sleepless at night...

Agricultural diversity can be beneficial

Agricultural diversification has long been an interest of mine, as regular readers will recognize....

Public opinion in animal treatment affects farmers

Many people's views to traditional ways are quickly changing. That is particularly true in the way...

Reshaping the future of agriculture

Writing this column over the years, I have been a supporter of the idea of genetically modified...

Canola's future as fuel

It was interesting to listen to a brief presentation made recently by Johannes Vervloed, Consul...






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