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On Tuesday, November 21, 2017 a group of students from the Yorkton Regional High School had the opportunity to travel to Regina to partake in The Canadian Western Agribition.

It might sound like a play on words, but often Prairie farmers are faced with an old-fashioned chicken and egg conundrum.

If you are a farmer you no doubt have been following the issues popping up around neonicotinoids. Neonicotinoids (sometimes shortened to neonics) are a class of neuro-active insecticides chemically similar to nicotine, notes Wikepedia.

Leafy spurge and the Grinch would make a good couple; while one depresses the Christmas cheer the other depresses your forage yield and quality.

Cattle producers know all too well how factors beyond their control can wreak havoc with the markets and cause financial hardship.

The Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre (CMBTC) has released its list of recommended malting barley varieties for the 2018-19 growing season which represents varieties that the CMBTC recommends to producers based on the greatest potential for pe

Harvest all but wrapped up for producers in the province as 99 per cent of the crop is now combined, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s Weekly Crop Report. There are still some crops such as flax, soybean and sunflower left to be combined.

It is always a highlight of the fall season for me to attend the annual Harvest Showdown in Yorkton. In many ways it takes me back to my roots.

When you have covered agriculture for as long as I have – the annual Harvest Showdown is my anniversary marker here in Yorkton meaning it’s nearing three decades for me – you have seen most topics in the sector covered repeatedly through seminars.

When it comes to the value of farm land, there are a number of factors which influence the final dollar figure. It’s the same thing when determining the tax assessment.