Bison

The Western Producer

Police seek help in bison investigation

CALGARY – The RCMP are asking for public assistance after receiving a complaint of a bison bull that had been shot, killed and mutilated in northern Saskatchewan. The animal was found in a pasture in the Rural Municipality of Medstead, which is northeast of North Battleford, said a statement by the RCMP. The complaint was...

November 24, 2023

AGCanada

At Agribition: Northern community integrates tech, education into market garden

Riverside Market Garden, operated by Flying Dust First Nation, started in 2009 with two people and an old alfalfa field. Today it employs about 20 people, plus summer students; provides food for the community and some wholesalers; and gives youth a chance to learn about agriculture. Over the years the First Nation, just north of...

November 23, 2023

The Western Producer

Sask. farmer tracks down bison rubbing stones

A Saskatchewan-based farmer and agricultural researcher is embarking on an initiative to document bison rubbing stones and share the special place they have on the Prairies. Rubbing stones are traditionally large boulders found on the Prairies, which were left following the retreat of the ice sheets that once covered the plains. They subsequently were polished...

November 9, 2023

Canadian Cattlemen

Living Lab integrates Indigenous perspective into ag research

Anthony Johnston dreams of Indigenous people returning to agriculture on Indigenous lands. He remembers a time when family farms were a part of Indigenous communities. He reflects on how the buffalo were key to of a way of life for his ancestors on the Prairies. Standing at the front of the room at the International...

November 8, 2023

Farmtario

Bison gain ground as a lean protein alternative

Brian Arnold has a life-long passion for agriculture but his foray into regenerative farming and bison conservation began in 2015. “Before we bought this place (Thunder Ridge Bison Company), we bought our first bull, and I had nowhere to put him,” said Arnold during a Farm and Food Care Ontario tour earlier this month. Why...

October 27, 2023

The Western Producer

Germany’s free-roaming bison may be culled

ESSEN, Germany (Reuters) — Mediators in a long-standing dispute over Germany’s only free-roaming herd of European bison have recommended reducing the size of the herd. The dispute over the bison, also known as wisents, has pitted the forestry industry against environmentalists and conservationists. The herd roams in the Westphalia region of central Germany. A round...

October 12, 2023