Brett Halstead

Depending on the farmer, they’re either welcoming the hot weather or are a bit concerned. Vice-President of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture Todd Lewis farms near Gray, south of Regina. He says he finished spraying fungicide on his lentils and canary seed and some spraying for fusarium head blight on his durum wheat. His crops […]

Farm group leaders are not only in charge of their respective organizations, but are also producers themselves. The Chairperson of the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission Brett Halstead farms in the Nokomis area, north of Regina. Vice President of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture Todd Lewis farms near the hamlet of Gray, south of the Queen […]

Two key farm resolutions were passed at multiple Crop Development Commission annual meetings last week. Saskatchewan farmers approved a resolution calling for government farm support for modern methods which reduce greenhouse gases. SaskWheat Chair Brett Halstead says Ottawa’s proposed hike in the carbon tax from 30 to 170 dollars a ton by 2030 will be […]

The chair of SaskWheat says 2020 was an interesting and challenging year. Brett Halstead farms at Nokomis and says grain movement has been going well, partly because of less movement of other freight during the pandemic. He adds grain prices are on the rise. “They definitely have come up since late summer and through harvest,” […]