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Weyburn – Estevan’s Grant Fagerheim, of Whitecape Resources Inc., was inducted into the Saskatchewan Oil Patch Hall of Fame on June 7.

The Assiniboia Livestock Auction held its regular cull cow and bull sale on June 21 with 587 head sold. Heiferettes sold between $1.20 per lb. to $1.45 per lb., dipping slightly from the previous sale. D1 and D2 cows held steady to sell between $1.

Weyburn – Grant Fagerheim, originally from Estevan, is now the president, CEO and chair of Whitecap Resources Ltd., was one of the people inducted into the Saskatchewan Oil Patch Hall of Fame on June 7 at the Saskatchewan Oil and Gas Show.

Calgary – Husky Energy saw strong performance from its Lloydminster thermal project in the first quarter of 2017, according to their quarterly report released May 5.

With crops in the ground, producers headed to the Farm Progress Show.

No-till farmers Derek and Tannis Axten of Minton, Sask., were named the 2017 Outstanding Young Farmers (OYF) for the Saskatchewan Region at the annual awards event held in conjunction with Canada’s Farm Progress Show on June 22.

The Weyburn Wor-Kin Shop had a strong and positive year in 2016, in spite of some challenges posed by the downturn in the local economy over the past year.

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The Nature Conservancy of Canada will hold the first BioBlitz starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 24 at Wideview, the new conservation property that it purchased next to Grasslands National Park.

Seeding has essentially wrapped up in the province, Saskatchewan Agriculture reported for the week of June 12.