Insights and Stories on Pasture

Rain gives farmers relief, for now, from three-year drought

Jun. 25, 2019 at 3:56 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters — With drought turning Chad Ross’s pastures brown, the southeastern Saskatchewan rancher sent 140 head of cattle to slaughter earlier than usual this spring, as the Prairies’ three-year drought made them too expensive to feed. The ranch and feedlot near Estevan has lost money two straight years. […]

Prairie drought reaches tipping point

Jun. 19, 2019 at 11:34 am CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Prairie dryness concerns to persist

May. 24, 2019 at 7:50 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. judge ends case over standoff in Nevada land dispute

Jan. 8, 2018 at 5:22 pm CST

By John L. Smith

Loans pledged for wildfire-damaged Alberta farms

Dec. 24, 2017 at 2:51 am CST

By Staff

Wildfire-damaged grazing areas up for Saskatchewan aid

Dec. 8, 2017 at 2:07 am CST

Saskatchewan’s provincial disaster assistance program (PDAP) will be opened up to cover southwestern grazing areas damaged by this fall’s wildfires. The province’s government relations minister, Larry Doke, on Wednesday announced producers who incurred wildfire damage on “tame and native lands” intended for grazing may now apply for assistance to get […]

By Staff

U.S. Plains drought highlights spring wheat supply crunch

Jun. 29, 2017 at 2:31 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Drought conditions in the northern U.S. Plains that have propelled spring wheat prices to a three-year high worsened in the past week and there are forecasts for more hot and dry weather that could crimp the harvest. As the world struggles with a glut of grain […]

By Mark Weinraub

Overgrazing is a matter of timing

May. 26, 2017 at 9:58 am CDT

Overgrazing. It is a very misunderstood term. Let me clear this up right at the start. It does not matter how many head of livestock. It does not matter how many acres. Everyone wants to know, “How big do I make my paddocks? How many animals should I have on […]

By — Steve Kenyon

Saskatchewan budget seen as costly touch for farms

Apr. 17, 2017 at 7:44 pm CDT

Saskatchewan’s general farm organization is consulting its farmer members on less-discussed features of last month’s provincial budget, while warning them to brace for impact from new budget-related costs. The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan last Monday wrapped up its latest round of spring district meetings, at all six of which […]

By Leeann Minogue

Minnesota finds source of Palmer amaranth on CRP land

Apr. 6, 2017 at 6:13 pm CDT

Reuters — An invasive weed likely entered Minnesota through seed planted on land in a U.S. conservation program, state agriculture officials said on Thursday, bringing to a close an official probe of a growing threat to agricultural production. Infestations of the weed, Palmer amaranth, have affected other states in the […]

By Renita D. Young Tom Polansek

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