cow herds?

[15444]

Can't keep a good man down.

[wauchope]

Grain farming in Saskatchewan ,Well one thing Grain farming is a lot easier than working cattle and I would do it in a minute if I could afford to keep on losing money

[wauchope]

with only 60% of this years crop off and a lot of what did come of isn't in the best of shape, and given the calf prices this fall, the work involved with cattle may not seem quite as difficult.
For those that do sell in AB at this time and buy land in Sask., there is a lot of gain to be made if grain prices ever get where they need to be. Saskatchewan is benefitting from the activity in the oil industry and once they get the highway completed from Fort Mac to Saskatchewan I am betting land values in some parts of Sask. take a sharp upward turn.

[cswilson]

Emerald where the Fort Mac highway is going in Sask. is so far from anywhere it's not funny-it's going to be 100 miles north of any agricultural land-all it's going to do is take away all of the northern business away from Saskatchewan.

[cswilson]

what urban communities are near the proposed highway cwilson ? It will be unfortunate if it is built to the detriment of any existing city in Sask.

[cswilson]

The closest major sized community is Meadow Lake and it's going to lose alot of northern business to Fort MacMurray.

[cowman]

Or maybe Meadow Lake might just boom? The distance to Fort Mac from Meadow lake is close to the distance from Fort Mac to Edmonton? If you've ever been on the road to Fort Mac from Edmonton you know what a nightmare it is!
I don't see why Meadow Lake would lose business to Fort Mac? Everything in Fort Mac is super high priced, from housing to food to services? I would think Meadow Lake would be a good place to expand and boom?
Emerald: I think in the last couple of days a whole lot of grain has come off? The locals are at it fast and furious, especially canola. Another few days and this crop is in the bin?

[cowman]

I know your area is a lot further ahead than this area, fields are still fairly wet here. We got snow on Wednesday evening !

I tend to agree with Meadow Lake and area perhaps getting benefits of the new highway vs Fort Mac. Living costs are through the roof in Fort Mac.

[grefer]

Does anyone else think this road has more to do with oil sands located in Saskatchewan than anything else?I don't buy the jobs for northeners and tourism stuff.

[cswilson]

Where is all this extra business going to come from-you think Albertans are going to drive to Saskatchewan to pay sales tax-tooo funny. Meadow Lake is already doing pretty good compared to most towns in Sask. as long as the mills don't close.