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Trent Wotherspoon, shown here speaking in Regina in 2012, is the provincial NDP’s new critic for agriculture and Saskatchewan Crop Insurance. (TrentWotherspoon.com)

Saskatchewan gets new ag critic, returning ag minister

David Marit, Trent Wotherspoon to handle farm file

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Saskatchewan’s New Democrats will have a new critic to debate the incumbent minister over the agriculture file. Provincial opposition leader Ryan Meili on Tuesday announced Trent Wotherspoon, the MLA for Regina Rosemont since 2007, as the NDP’s critic for agriculture as well as finance, SaskTel, Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corp. (SCIC) and the province’s Crown Investments
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Saskatchewan agriculture minister cruises to election win

NDP's ag critic trailing, with mail-in votes still to come

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Another incumbent agriculture minister easily held his seat as Saskatchewan’s governing Saskatchewan Party scored another decisive majority in Monday’s provincial election. David Marit, MLA for the southwestern riding of Wood River since 2016, held his seat by a spread of 5,177 votes over the New Democrats’ challenger, teacher Roger Morgan, with 459 mail-in ballots remaining
Alanna Koch appears with her family on a new website for her candidacy as Saskatchewan Party leader. (Alannaforleader.ca)
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Koch to seek Saskatchewan Party leadership

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A long-time Prairie agriculture policy player who last year became Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall’s seniormost bureaucrat has joined the race to replace him. Alanna Koch, who farms with her husband at Edenwold, Sask., about 40 km northeast of Regina, announced her candidacy Monday for the leadership of the province’s governing Saskatchewan Party. Koch was the
Cereals, Opinion

Government bailouts bypass livestock producers

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Cattle and hog producers watching the growing list of industries slated for infusions of cash by the Canadian government must be wondering what they have to do to convince politicians their industry’s worth. In addition to promising aid to the Canadian auto and aerospace industries, Canada’s free enterprise government is now talking about assistance for
Hogs, News

Plans to open Saskatchewan slaughter plant in 2009 still in place

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“COOL just makes our plant that much more attractive.” – Jim Ramsay The chairman of the Saskatchewan Slaughter Plant Initiative says the group continues to move ahead with plans to construct a one-million-head-per-year hog slaughter plant to open by next fall. “We know that the best time to start production is the fall, to open
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Good and bad in Saskatchewan farm

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Quick: who is Saskatchewan’s agriculture minister? Chances are that even people who know the answer will have trouble correctly spelling Bob Bjornerud. In a province noted for the high profile of its agriculture industry and its agriculture minister, Bjornerud has not had much time in the spotlight during the Saskatchewan Party’s first year in office.

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