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A total of 4,183 head of cattle were sold in Saskatchewan for the week ending August 18. This figure is up from 2,389 head sold the previous week and up from 2,735 head sold the same week a year ago.

A relatively warm and dry week allowed many producers to continue with harvest operations, reported Saskatchewan Agriculture for the week of August 15-21.

The Assiniboia Livestock Auction held a pre-sorted all breeds sale for calves and yearlings on August 15 and a regular cull cow and bull sale on August 16 with a total 1,129 head sold.

The Old Wives Watershed Association held a workshop on the water quality for livestock on July 25 in Hazenmore. It proved to be a popular session with over 100 producers attending, said Tim Coloutier, a staff member at the OWWA.

Despite rain delays in some areas, producers in the province now have seven per cent of the crop in the bin and seven per cent swathed or ready to straight-cut, reported Saskatchewan Agriculture for the week ending August 14.

Producers in the province now have seven per cent of the crop in the bin and seven per cent swathed or ready to straight-cut.

Weyburn – Way out at the western edge of the southeast Saskatchewan oilfield, southwest of Lake Alma, is an industrial landfill known as GAP Disposal.

But a flame does go inside

Virden, Man. – Diversification has been an important strategy for Virden, Man.-based Safety Source and its sister company, Discovery Safety. Safety Source focuses on retail safety equipment sales and safety training.

Harvest in Saskatchewan us already underway. Producers in the province have two per cent of the crop combined and three per cent swathed or ready to straight-cut, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture for the week ending August 7.