Join us on a one day, producer focused, in-the-field, pasture tour.
August 6, 2015 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Location:
Earl Grey Area
Earl Grey, SK
Latest News
Land being Made available to Cattle Producers
Today Environment Minister Herb Cox and Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart announced that approximately 90,000 acres of Fish and Wildlife Development Fund (FWDF) land will be made available to cattle producers facing dry conditions.
“We recognize the challenges that dry conditions have created for some cattle producers and are pleased to make this land available for grazing,” Cox said. “It will offer significant acres for cattle producers, and revenue generated as a result of this initiative will help fund future conservation initiatives.”
“We appreciate the Ministry of Environment making these lands available,” Stewart said. “The extremely dry conditions of this spring and summer have left many cattle producers searching for additional pasture. This grassland will help producers who are facing a shortage of feed for their cattle.”
The Fish and Wildlife Development Fund land, located throughout the province, are for the most part native prairie or other grasslands and are typically used for conservation purposes. The land, which was purchased through the Fish and Wildlife Development Fund, was also made available to producers in 2009. While some of the available land has water sources and is fenced, much of the land will require temporary fencing or water. Producers who are awarded access to FWDF lands are responsible for the cost and construction of any necessary improvements.
The same grazing lease fees that apply to agricultural Crown land will apply to the FWDF land. The land will be made available on a first come, first served basis. A list of available lands by rural municipality will be available on the Ministry of Environment’s website and at local offices. Producers who are interested in securing the land should contact their local Ministry of Environment office as to availability, stocking rates and any unique conditions that may apply. For more information, producers can contact their local Ministry of Environment office, visit www.environment.gov.sk.ca or call 1-800-567-4224.
For more information, contact: Michele McEachern Environment Regina Phone: 306-787-0412 Email: michele.mceachern@gov.sk.ca Sarah Hein Agriculture Regina Phone: 306-787-5389 Email: sarah.hein@gov.sk.ca Cell: 306-527-9102
Crop Report June 30- July 6
For the Period June 30 to July 6, 2015
One year agoDespite flooding in many eastern areas of the province, conditions were slowly improving thanks to warm weather. Six per cent of the 2014 hay crop had been cut and one per cent had been baled or put into silage. |
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Haying continues in much of the province despite limited plant growth due to the shortfall in precipitation. Livestock producers now have 24 per cent of the hay crop cut and 15 per cent baled or put into silage, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report.
Hay quality is currently rated as four per cent excellent, 43 per cent good, 34 per cent fair and 19 per cent poor. Many hay swaths are significantly smaller than normal and producers are concerned that hay will be in short supply this year as pasture conditions continue to deteriorate from the lack of rainfall.
The Ministry of Agriculture has a Forage, Feed and Custom Service listing for producers to advertise and source feed products. It is available at: http://www.agriculture.gov.sk.ca/FeedForageListing
Rainfall this past week ranged from trace amounts to nearly two inches in west-central areas. However, precipitation was spotty and most areas received either no rain or just light showers averaging a third of an inch. As a result, topsoil remains dry. Provincially, topsoil moisture conditions on cropland are rated as 33 per cent adequate, 45 per cent short and 22 per cent very short. Hay land and pasture topsoil moisture is rated as 23 per cent adequate, 41 per cent short and 36 per cent very short.
Crops are developing well in most of the province, although many crops in drier areas are short, thin and heading out and/or flowering earlier than normal. Sixty-seven per cent of the fall cereals and 39 per cent spring cereals are in the heading stage, with an additional 31 per cent of the fall cereals in the dough stage. Forty-five per cent of flax, 55 per cent of canola and mustard, and 82 per cent of pulse crops are in the flower to boll/pod stage.
Crop conditions vary throughout the province with the majority of crops in poor to good condition. Grasshoppers and lack of moisture remain significant causes of reported crop damage.
Farmers are busy controlling pests and cutting hay.
East-Central Saskatchewan (Crop District 5 – Melville, Yorkton, Cupar, Kamsack, Foam Lake, Preeceville and Kelvington areas; Crop District 6A – Lumsden, Craik, Watrous and Clavet areas)
Haying continues in the region and 16 per cent has now been cut and six per cent has been baled or put into silage. Feed shortages remain a concern for some producers in the region as hay yields are expected to be well-below average. Hay quality is rated as two per cent excellent, 45 per cent good, 39 per cent fair and 14 per cent poor. Pasture conditions are rated as two per cent excellent, 24 per cent good, 42 per cent fair, 24 per cent poor and eight per cent very poor.
Rainfall ranged from trace amounts to 45 mm (the Bethune area). The Stalwart area received 12.5 mm last week, bringing its total rainfall since April 1 to 126.3 mm, the greatest amount for the region.
Little improvement was observed in topsoil moisture conditions from the little rain that fell last week. Topsoil moisture conditions on cropland are rated as one per cent surplus, 42 per cent adequate, 47 per cent short and 10 per cent very short. Hay land and pasture topsoil moisture is rated as 35 per cent adequate, 51 per cent short and 14 per cent very short. Crop District 5B is reporting that 21 per cent of cropland acres and 22 per cent of hay land and pasture acres are very short topsoil moisture at this time.
Crop development varies through the region but the majority of crops are in poor to good condition. Despite the lack of sufficient precipitation, the majority of the crops in the region look better than expected. This has been attributed to good subsoil moisture that earlier-seeded crops were able to access. The majority of crop damage this week was caused by lack of moisture and insects (mainly flea beetles, aphids and grasshoppers).
Farmers are busy controlling pests, cutting hay where they can and hoping for rain.
Friday Funny
This is funny because this spoof is from ten years ago. This past week Dukes of Hazzard rerun was pulled from several stations for not being politically correct.
We Support the local Libraries
The Rural Municipality of Cupar has provided financial support to our local libraries. Parkland Regional Library has a branch in Southey and Cupar. They are part of the one card, one library system. Books & material can be picked up in any Saskatchewan library and returned to any Saskatchewan library. Library cards are free for everyone. They also have e-book service free of charge. Our library offers lots of choices for every age. They have a great selection of large print books for those who have some visual impairment. They also have computer services available for public use. The hours are:
Cupar Library Hours:
Wednesday:
10:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Friday:
10:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Southey Library Hours:
Tuesday:
10:00 – 14:30
Wednesday:
10:00 – 14:30
Thursday:
10:00 – 17:00
Here are 10 Reasons Why You Should Read More Books:
1. To Develop Your Verbal Abilities
Although it doesn’t always make you a better communicator, those who read tend to have a more varied range of words to express how they feel and to get their point across. This increases exponentially with the more volumes you consume, giving you a higher level of vocabulary to use in everyday life. Why read
2. Improves Your Focus and Concentration
Unlike blog posts and news articles, sitting down with a book takes long periods of focus and concentration, which at first is hard to do. Being fully engaged in a book involves closing off the outside world and immersing yourself into the text, which over time will strengthen your attention span. Why to
3. Readers Enjoy The Arts and Improve The World
A study done by the NEA explains that people who read for pleasure are many times more likely than those who do not to visit museums and attend concerts, and almost three times as likely to perform volunteer and charity work. Readers are active participants in the world around them, and that engagement is critical to individual and social well-being.
4. It Improves Your Imagination
You are only limited by what you can imagine, and the worlds described in books, as well as other peoples views and opinions, will help you expand your understanding of what is possible. By reading a written description of an event or a place, your mind is responsible for creating that image in your head, instead of having the image placed in front of you when you watch television. Why read
5. Reading Makes You Smarter
Books offer an outstanding wealth of learning and at a much cheaper price than taking a course. Reading gives you a chance to consume huge amount of research in a relatively short amount of time. Anne E. Cunningham and Keith E. Stanovich’s “What Reading Does for the Mind” also noted that heavy readers tend to display greater knowledge of how things work and who or what people were. Books at home have been strongly linked to academic acheivement. If you are looking for a list of great books to read, check out 10 Easy To Read Books That Make You Smarter.
6. It Makes You Interesting And Attractive
This goes hand in hand with reading to become smarter. Having a library of information that you have picked up from non-fiction reading will come in handy in any academic or scholarly conversation. You will be able to hold your own and add to the conversation instead of having to make your excuses and leave. You will be able to engage a wider variety of people in conversation and in turn improve your knowledge and conversation skills. Why to read
7. It Reduces Stress
A study by consultancy firm Mindlab International at the University of Sussex showed that reading reduces stress. Subjects only needed to read, silently, for six minutes to slow down the heart rate and ease tension in the muscles. In fact it got subjects to stress levels lower than before they started. For more information, check out the Telegraph article here. Why read
8. It Improves Your Memory
In their book Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain, Maryanne Wolf explains that “Typically, when you read, you have more time to think. Reading gives you a unique pause button for comprehension and insight. By and large, with oral language—when you watch a film or listen to a tape—you don’t press pause.” The benefits of this increased activity keeps your memory sharp and your learning capacity nimble. Why read
9. To Discover and Create Yourself
In his book How to Read and Why, Harold Bloom says that we should read slowly, with love, openness, and with our inner ear cocked. He explains we should read to increase our wit and imagination, our sense of intimacy–in short, our entire consciousness–and also to heal our pain. “Until you become yourself, what benefit can you be to others.” With the endless amount of perspectives and lives we can read about, books can give us an opportunity to have experiences that we haven’t had the opportunity to, and still allow us to learn the life skills they entail. Books are a fast rack to creating yourself. Why read
10. For Entertainment
All the benefits of reading mentioned so far are a bonus result of the most important benefit of reading; Its entertainment value. If it were not for the entertainment value, reading would be a chore but it needn’t be. Reading is not only fun, but it has all the added benefits that we have discussed so far. Much more enthralling than watching a movie or a TV show (although they have their many benefits as well), a good book can keep us amused while developing our life skills.
Why read
Yancoal Potash Southey Project Info Nights
Yancoal Canada Resources Company Limited
Southey Project
A Greenfield Potash Solution Mine
Yancoal Canada Resources Co. Ltd. would like to invite you to attend one of the following meetings to learn more about the proposed Southey Project.
Earl Grey | July 23, 2015 | 7:00 pm Hosted by the RM of Longlaketon and Yancoal | Earl Grey Community Hall
Southey | July 29, 2015 | Open House from 6:00–8:30 pm Brief Presentation at 7:00 pm | Southey Town Hall
Strasbourg | July 30, 2015 | Open House from 6:00–8:30 pm Brief Presentation at 7:00 pm | Strasbourg Lower Hall
For more information, please contact: Asad Naqvi Phone: 306-668-5558, Ext: 6011 | Email: a.naqvi@yancoal.ca
www.yancoal.ca
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