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Dry conditions mean lower crop yields and less buying power for farmers

So, we've arrived at that gate once again for another year. This will be the last issue - and column - for a few weeks as we here at The Outlook are taking our annual summer vacation.

Last week, largely because Sept. 24 through Oct. 24, will be Culture Days in Yorkton the column looked at how board games have some cultural relevance depending on the game and the country it was developed, or at least it became popular.

Leave it to old Isaiah to stab the bull’s eye with his arrow of truth. The Hebrew prophet lived thousands of years ago. He spent his life passing God’s messages to a chosen, but disobedient, people.

For the first time in more than a dozen years a Canadian claimed the bronze trophy in barrel racing at the Calgary Stampede. The combination to accomplish the feat was rider Bertina Olafson and her horse Duke from Hudson Bay, SK.

Welcome to the fifth and final edition of ‘Fishing Parkland Shorelines’ for 2021. Like most of us I remain very much a novice fisherman, loving to fish, but far from an expert.

Well, I think that we can honestly record in our garden journals that 2021 was a very stressful year for our gardens.

Agriculture is a diverse field covering everything from potatoes to cattle to apples to salmon. Included of course would be horses, although admittedly they tend to be seen as pets by most.

You think there's not a lot going on? Look closer, baby, you're so wrong.

The first weekend in July was supposed to be fence staining days at our house but the extreme heat put an end to those plans. Instead, we dove into a storage area and sorted through tubs of belongings.