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Watch for farm equipment on highways during harvest

Watch for farm equipment on highways during harvest

With harvest underway, please be aware of slower moving farm machinery on provincial highways.
A Weyburn ‘Good Samaritan’ rewarded for feeding drivers in pandemic

A Weyburn ‘Good Samaritan’ rewarded for feeding drivers in pandemic

Weyburn resident Melissa Carson was surprised and shocked when she found out she was to receive $5,000 from Conexus Credit Union from their Kindness Capital Fund, in recognition of her project to feed truckers during the lockdown imposed during the C
Good harvest weather in southeast Saskatchewan

Good harvest weather in southeast Saskatchewan

Perfect hot, dry weather allowed most farmers to make a start to their harvesting in southeast Saskatchwean, with five per cent of crops combined, and six per cent of the crops swathed or ready to be straight-cut.

Oilfield company fined $50,000 for worker’s fall off drilling rig

Bonanza Drilling Inc., a drilling rig company based out of Brooks, Alta., pleaded guilty to one count under The Occupational Health and Safety Regulations in Rosetown Provincial Court on Aug. 13.

Crown land sale above average, 5 rigs drilling and oil production rebounds slightly

Despite extremely sluggish drilling activity in Saskatchewan’s oilpatch, the Aug. 11 Crown land sale for petroleum and natural gas rights brought in $2.4 million.
Sask. Crown land sale above average, five rigs drilling

Sask. Crown land sale above average, five rigs drilling

(Photo by Bill Allen) Despite extremely sluggish drilling activity in Saskatchewan’s oilpatch, the Aug. 11 Crown land sale for petroleum and natural gas rights brought in $2.4 million.
Flax straw from Saskatchewan being bought for biomass fuel

Flax straw from Saskatchewan being bought for biomass fuel

A Saskatchewan company, Prairie Clean Energy of Regina, has found a way to take the thousands of tonnes of Saskatchewan flax straw that gets burned or trashed on the prairies every year and turn it into something that can provide income to producers
PSAC releases updated drilling forecast

PSAC releases updated drilling forecast

The Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC), in its third update to its 2020 Canadian Oilfield Services Activity Forecast, announced that it is decreasing its forecasted number of wells to be drilled (rig released) across Canada for 2020 to 2
Saskatchewan company wants to buy flax straw as fuel

Saskatchewan company wants to buy flax straw as fuel

Prairie Clean Energy (PCE) is a Saskatchewan company that has found a way to take the thousands of tonnes of Saskatchewan flax straw that gets burned or trashed on the prairies every year and turn it into something that can provide income to producer
Does your canola need protection from sclerotinia stem rot?

Does your canola need protection from sclerotinia stem rot?

By Clint Jurke Should I spray for sclerotinia stem rot? Canola growers in Western Canada are often challenged to find a satisfactory answer to this annual question. In reality, we don't need very much infection to justify a fungicide application.
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