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Neilson Cattle Company held their 25th annual bull sale at their Willowbrook-area ranch Friday, March 13. About 125 people filled the stands to bid on the coming two-year-old Charolais bulls.

Saskatchewan’s 14th shortline rail company will hit the tracks between Melfort and Birch Hills this spring, thanks in part to an interest-free loan from the provincial government.

There are few initiatives in agriculture which make more sense than Agriculture in the Classroom.

Grade 4 students at Columbia School were among students in 161 classrooms to take part in the launch of a new school resource as part of Agriculture Literacy Week in Saskatchewan.

Bulls are becoming the stars of YouTube videos these days.

Flying drones are drawing tons of attention these days. Popular weekly television dramas such as ‘Hawaii Five-O’ and ‘NCIS: LA’ have aired episodes in recent months with drones posing a threat as gun-toting, bomb-bearing, kill machines.

The beef sector has been experiencing record high prices in recent months, with the prospect of good prices remaining for some time as the industry slowly rebuilds cow numbers.

Winter is a good time to reflect on your pasture planning and pasture monitoring strategy. One of the more recently develop assessment tools is called the Grazing Response Index or GRI for short.

As the end of February draws near there is a change in the wind in terms of farming. In general terms farmers tend to go into a somewhat dormant state from about the time Christmas decorations go up, until the calendar flips to March.

Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS), Community Pasture Patrons Association of Saskatchewan (CPPAS), Public Pastures – Public Interest (PPPI) and Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation (SWF) examined Saskatchewan’s approach to pasture