Recently, Canada’s Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Marie-Claude Bibeau and Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister David Marit announced $7.5 million in funding for livestock and forage-related research through Saskatchewan’s Agriculture Development Fund (ADF). More than $4.1 million in funding will go towards 24 livestock and forage-related research projects and nearly $3.5 million in operational funding for the… Continue reading Saskatchewan and Canadian Government Invest $7.5 Million in Livestock and Forage Research in Sask.
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Bison Welfare Supported Through the Assurance System Producer Program
By Trish Johnson, PAg, Agriculture Programs Specialist, North Battleford Craig Conacher started bison ranching in 2013. He had roots in the industry; his father had been in the bison business 20 years earlier before dispersing the herd and venturing into elk. “The fencing and much of the infrastructure was already there,” said Conacher. “It was… Continue reading Bison Welfare Supported Through the Assurance System Producer Program
Bison Market See Crash Due to COVID-19
Source: Robert Arnason, producer.com, May 15, 2020 Within Canada, the majority of the bison trade sells to restaurants and food service companies. Many producers depend on bison meat sales to the U.S. and Europe to maintain the price of bison in Western Canada. With restaurants closed in America and across the European Union because of… Continue reading Bison Market See Crash Due to COVID-19
Education, conservation efforts underway to preserve Sturgeon River bison herd
Source: Bryan Eneas, CBC News, August 25, 2019 120 bison remain in Sturgeon River herd population Bison numbers are declining in the Prince Albert National Park according to reports published earlier this year, but not all hope is lost. That’s because groups in Saskatchewan and beyond are organizing their own efforts to try and save the… Continue reading Education, conservation efforts underway to preserve Sturgeon River bison herd
Alberta producer’s bison shot and killed
Source: Edmonton bureau, Jeremy Simes, Producer.com, October 26, 2018 Robert Hampton suspects someone shot his bison for the thrill An Alberta bison producer is hoping people will be on the lookout after someone allegedly shot and killed one of his animals. Robert Hampton, who farms near Blueberry Mountain, Alta., recently found that one of his pregnant bison… Continue reading Alberta producer’s bison shot and killed
Market watching late harvest
Source: Commodity News Service Canada, Phil Franz-Warkentin, Producer.com, October 24, 2018 Canola futures have found themselves in a downward slide, with the market settling right above major support levels on Oct. 24. The January contract finished Wednesday’s session at C$491 per tonne, which was right above major support at C$490 per tonne. “If it legs down,… Continue reading Market watching late harvest
Baby bison stuck in badger hole saved by rancher
Source: Ashleigh Mattern, CBC News, June 6, 2018 Derrick Schaefer said it was surprised the calf’s mother wasn’t more aggressive What do you do when a baby bison gets stuck in a badger hole? This was an unexpected question rancher Derrick Schaefer had to answer in early May. He’d been watching a particular bison cow and… Continue reading Baby bison stuck in badger hole saved by rancher
Bison with GPS collars give clues to grasslands conservation
Source: CBC News, December 15, 2017 Nature Conservancy of Canada and University of Saskatchewan partner on research at Old Man on His Back Ranch Bison roam over 13,000 acres of land at Old Man on His Back Ranch, but beyond the idyllic sight are the building blocks for a three-year research project on grasslands conservation.… Continue reading Bison with GPS collars give clues to grasslands conservation
‘It’s not a petting zoo’: Bison, rare birds await hikers in southwest Saskatchewan
Source: Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press, November 13, 2017 Off the beaten path. The tiny community of Claydon, Sask., isn’t exactly a tourism mecca. Located in the southwest corner of the province, 150 kilometres south of Swift Current, Claydon has a post office, a couple of other buildings and little in the way of tourist amenities.… Continue reading ‘It’s not a petting zoo’: Bison, rare birds await hikers in southwest Saskatchewan
‘I deserved it’: Yukon hunter becomes the hunted
Source: Jackie Dunham, CTV News, November 10, 2017 When Todd Pilgrim set out on a crisp, snowy morning to hunt bison north of his home in Whitehorse, Yukon, he had no idea that he would become the one hunted that day. Pilgrim has been trying to kill a bison for 14 years. They’re so hard… Continue reading ‘I deserved it’: Yukon hunter becomes the hunted