Insights and Stories on Pasture

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

Dec. 1, 2017 at 1:46 pm CST

I am a big fan of speakers at conferences that tell you about all the stuff that went wrong. I would rather learn from someone else’s mistakes than my own. I already have far too many “learning experience’s” here at Greener Pastures Ranching. Too many of the speakers explain how […]

By — Steve Kenyon

Jun. 15, 2017 at 5:38 pm CDT

Cattle producers using provincial pastures heading into the final three years of the Saskatchewan Pastures Program (SPP) will get the first chance at leasing them. The province announced in March it would wind down the SPP, kicking off a public consultation process. Based on those consultations, the province confirmed Thursday […]

By Staff

Jan. 9, 2017 at 10:00 am CST

How do you come to an arrangement to rent land that is fair and profitable for both parties, a number one consideration for a stable, long-term deal.

By Angela Lovell

Dec. 9, 2016 at 12:00 am CST

In the mid-’70s, as a research scientist at the Melfort Research Station, I helped Saskatchewan Agriculture evaluate the first button-type electronic ear tags on our cows at the Pathlow pasture research project. At the time, I also had a big satellite remote sensing project to monitor pasture productivity. I would […]

By Duane McCartney