The Saskatchewan government says anyone can cut and bale roadside hay after Friday, July 8th, without permission from the nearby landowner. That’s as long as mowing and salvage operations have not already started. Minister Jeremy Cockrill says the annual hay salvage and mowing provides many benefits for producers and motorists. Cutting grass along provincial […]
The Mennonite Disaster Service has released final details on its Hay West program. The program provided surplus hay from Ontario to drought-stricken prairie producers last fall and during the winter. The Mennonite Disaster Service says 56 producers in Saskatchewan received hay support. Ike Epp of the Disaster Service Saskatchewan unit says its great that producers […]
The Mennonite Disaster Service update says 26 truck loads of hay have been delivered to drought-stricken Saskatchewan in the past few months. The vice chair of the disaster service in Saskatchewan, Ike Epp, says so far, 31 transport trailer loads have been donated by Ontario farmers to the Mennonite Haywest program. He hopes more are […]
The Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association welcomes more federal support for moving hay to the drought-stricken prairies. Federal Agriculture minister Marie-Claude Bibeau has promised an additional 3 million dollars to move hay from Eastern Canada to the prairies under the Canadian Federation of Agriculture HayWest program. Stock Growers general manager Chad MacPherson says the additional funding […]
The Mennonite Disaster Service has launched a Hay West program to deliver hay to drought-stricken farmers in Saskatchewan. The chair of the Mennonite Disaster Service in Ontario, Nick Hamm, says its payback time. He says nine years ago farmers in Saskatchewan sent hay to drought-stricken livestock producers in Ontario through Mennonite Disaster Service Canada. […]
Details are coming together for this year’s version of the “Hay West” program, as farmers on the Prairies face a severe hay shortage due to drought. The First Vice-President of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, Keith Currie, says his group has been working on the project for about five weeks now. He says the hay […]
Some Saskatchewan producers have fell victim to a scam while trying to purchase hay. Certain ads for hay have asked for payment prior to the owner seeing the hay or having confirmed delivery. Garth Woods with Livestock Services Saskatchewan says with feed being at a premium, it’s not shocking it’s become a target for scammers. […]
The Saskatchewan government is reminding producers they can begin salvaging hay in provincial highway ditches. Highways Minister Greg Ottenbreit says hay can be mowed any time during the spring or summer months. Beginning Thursday, anyone can cut and bale hay in provincial highway ditches without permission from the property owner, as long as no operations […]
The latest Saskatchewan crop report says crops continue to advance with many areas receiving rainfall this past week. Provincial crops analyst Cory Jacob says rainfall ranged from a trace to 83 millimeters in Sonningdale, 90 kilometers northwest of Saskatoon. He says Glenavon in the southeast and Swift Current in the southwest had 38 millimeters […]
