Can I shoot a raven?
This questions was asked a few times lately so here is your answer:
YES under the following conditions:
- It is on your own land
- It is done to protect your property, livestock or grain
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Upcoming Classes
| Healthy Sheep & Goat Workshop
April 29, 2016 WCVM, Saskatoon To register call: 306-946-3230 |
| License to Farm – Movie and Discussion
May 5, 2016 Saskatoon, SK Click here to learn more. |
| A Night with Temple Grandin
June 12, 2016 Regina, SK Click here to learn more. |
| SSGA AGM & Convention
June 13-14, 2016 Regina, SK Click here to learn more. |
| Emerging Technologies for Global Food Security Conference
June 14-16, 2016 Saskatoon, SK Click here to learn more. |
| Native Prairie Appreciation Week – Blues, Bats and Blue Grama
June 16-17, 2016 Maple Creek, SK Click here to learn more. Register here. |
April APAS in Action Newsletter
April APAS in Action
RCMP investigate fires
RCMP are investigating what they call three separate suspicious fires in eight days near Punnichy.
On April 2, fire crews responded to a structure fire in the RM of Cupar around 5 p.m.
RCMP say the fire was on an uninhabited farm yard, but a house, outbuilding and vehicle were all destroyed.
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RCMP supplied this image from a recent fire in the Punnichy area. Police say three separate suspicious fires were set in the area over eight days recently. (RCMP supplied)
On April 7, at approximately 7 p.m., RCMP say a large wooden barn was burned on an uninhabited farm yard in the RM of Mount Hope.
Two days later, Mounties say another structure fire occurred on an uninhabited farm yard.
At approximately 11 a.m. Friday, an outbuilding and home were destroyed. Police say due to the high winds, the fire spread to surrounding fields. Fire crews worked several hours to control the blaze.
RCMP say all three fires are deemed suspicious and arson is suspected.
New Forage Insurance Program
New Forage Insurance Program a Small Step in the Right Direction
On February 25th, 2016, the Ministry of Agriculture and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada announced the 2016 Crop Insurance Program. The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) believes that many of the changes announced are positive ones, although there is still more that needs to be done to improve forage insurance and increase the benefits to producers under the program.
“Both crop and forage insurance are important programs that provide relief to producers. The changes announced yesterday are indeed positive, especially a much needed increase to the crop insurance budget to $166 million for 2016,” said SARM President Ray Orb. Specific changes that have been announced to the forage insurance programs include the removal of the 50 per cent cap on the Variable and In-Season Price options, an increase in forage establishment coverage from $55 to $70 per acre, and making it easier to update individual yield history with a producer’s own production records.
In late 2015 SARM was a part of a working group that consisted of the Saskatchewan Cattleman’s Association (SCA), the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association (SSGA) and the Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation (SCIC). This group was assembled with the purpose of discussing the forage insurance program, identifying gaps in the program and then providing recommendations to SCIC to address those gaps for the 2016 year.
While some of the changes announced this year are positive, the recommendations given by the working group were not enacted. SARM is thankful for the opportunity to provide comments but is hopeful that the positive relationship and open dialogue will continue in the hopes of further changes in the future. “Overall SARM is fine with the changes to the forage insurance program and so we look forward to a continued collaboration to resolve the issues” says SARM President Ray Orb.
For more information please contact:
Jay Meyer
Library News
Our Valentine Tea + Bake Sale on Sat. Feb 13/16, at the Legion Hall (library) from 1:30-3:30. There will also be a Toonie Trail of prizes. Admission is $2/person and you are entered in for a doorprize, plus there will be coffee/goodies to eat. Funds raised will go towards the automated computer bill in the spring.
Friday Funny
A farmer named Clyde had a tractor accident. In court, the trucking company’s fancy hot shot lawyer, was questioning Clyde. “Didn’t you say, at the scene of the… accident, ‘I’m fine,’?” asked the lawyer.
Clyde responded, “Well, I’ll tell you what happened. I had just loaded my favorite cow, Bessie, into the…”
“I didn’t ask for any details”, the lawyer interrupted. “Just answer the question, …please. Did you, or did you not say, at the scene of the accident, ‘I’m fine!’?”
Clyde said, “Well, I had just got Bessie into the trailer behind the tractor and I was driving down the road….”
The lawyer interrupted again and said, “Your Honor, I am trying to establish the fact that, at the scene of the accident, this man told the Highway Patrolman on the scene that he was just fine. Now several weeks after the accident he is trying to sue my client. I believe he is a fraud. Please tell him to simply answer the question.”
By this time, the Judge was fairly interested in Clyde’s answer and said to the lawyer, “I’d like to hear what he has to say about his favorite cow, Bessie”.
Clyde thanked the Judge and proceeded. “Well, as I was saying, I had just loaded Bessie, my favorite cow, into the trailer and was driving her down the highway when this huge semi-truck and trailer ran the stop sign and smacked my John Deer Tractor right in the side. I was thrown into one ditch and Bessie was thrown into the other. I was hurting, real bad and didn’t want to move. However, I could hear old Bessie moaning and groaning. I knew she was in terrible shape just by her groans.
Shortly after the accident a Highway Patrolman came on the scene. He could hear Bessie moaning and groaning, so he went over to her. After he looked at her, and saw her fatal condition, he took out his gun and shot her between the eyes. Then the Patrolman came across the road, gun still in hand, looked at me, and said, “How are you feeling?”
“Now tell me, what the heck would you say?”
Sask Power Outage over Christmas
Interesting article on the outages.
http://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnists/in-the-dark-no-thanks-to-saskpower