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Sask. RMs pleased with homegrown climate change strategy
The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) is on board with a homegrown strategy to combat climate change. SARM President Ray Orb said the association has been trying to work with the...
Dec 05, 2017 SARM President Ray Orb. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
New trade centre bolsters action at 2017 Agribition: CEO
The cattle trailers and trucks have rolled out of Regina as the Canadian Western Agribition wrapped up for the 47th year. With about 120,000 visitors through the doors of the new International Trade C...
Nov 27, 2017 Hereford heifers, Miss West(left) and Eye Candy from the Hereford GRLZ show off their pink and black halter. (Jessika Guse/980 CJME)
Calving simulator draws a crowd at Agribition
Agnes the cow is a huge hit at Agribition this year. The two-year-old Hereford heifer is a realistic birthing simulator to show people how a calf is born. "We've had a full house every time we've done...
Nov 24, 2017 980 CJME Reporter Jessika Guse tries out Agnes the cow, a birthing simulator at Agribition Nov. 24, 2017.
‘The scale is so much bigger:’ Finnish couple visit Agribition
Agribition brings people in the agriculture industry together, even from across the world. Jaana Auer and her husband Tuomo came to the Queen City all the way from Finland. "We are with a group of Fin...
Nov 24, 2017 Tuomo(left) and Janna Auer traveled from Finland to see Agribition on Nov. 24, 2017. (Jessika Guse/980 CJME)
Agribition: How to be an Auctioneer
Nothing shouts Agribition like the best of the best effortlessly reciting numbers quickly to sell Simmental cattle. Canada's biggest livestock show 'wrangled up' the top auctioneers Monday night with ...
Nov 21, 2017 Indian Head's Ken McDonald, 64, is one of the three competitors who face off at Agribition's Winners Circle Auctioneer Competition on Nov. 20, 2017. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
47th Agribition opens at new International Trade Centre
Cows and crowds are once again taking over Evraz Place as Canada's largest livestock show gets underway. The Canadian Western Agribition kicked off Monday for the 47th year. Work to get the show setup...
Nov 20, 2017 Traditional burning of the brand kicks off 47th Canadian Western Agribition at the International Trade Centre Nov. 20, 2017. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
Fund collects hay, money for ranchers affected by wildfire
The Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association (SSGA) continues to raise funds and collect a wide variety of items to help farmers affected by recent wildfires in the province's southwest. A wildfire near...
Oct 30, 2017 Wildfire still smouldering near the Village of Empress Oct. 18, 2017. (Jenny Hagan/Twitter)
Relief fund aims to help ranchers impacted by wildfires
The Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association (SSGA) has launched a Wildfire Relief Fund to help farmers and ranchers affected by devastating wildfires this fall. The most recent fires near Burstall, Lea...
Oct 26, 2017 Aerial view of a farmyard north of the Village of Empress damaged in the wildfire Oct. 18 2017. (Jenny Hagan/Twitter)
Fires may have devastating impact on beef producers
The impact of two wildfires that burned across southwestern Saskatchewan this week could end up hitting the province's beef industry hard according to the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association (SSGA)...
Oct 20, 2017 Cattle killed in wildfires that swept across southeastern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan Oct.
18, 2017. (Submitted via Facebook)
131 km/h wind gusts leave trail of damage in Moose Jaw
The wind was so strong Tuesday in Moose Jaw, meteorologists called it the windiest city on Earth. Wednesday saw repairs underway after hurricane-strength gusts reaching 131 kilometres per hour hit the...
Oct 18, 2017 Kelly and Shelley Anaka's farmyard, a mile north of Moose Jaw, had large steel grain bins lifted up and moved by the windstorm on Oct 17, 2017. (Jessika Guse/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: Cross-country running is a reminder of my school days
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, Sept. 25
On Friday's show, Evan talks to John Watson from Bell about the AI data centre near Regina. Plus, the rising cost of gro...