Saskatchewan Stock Growers are hoping Ottawa will make exemptions on new trucking transportation rules for livestock.
Stock Growers president Garner Deobald says there is a conflict between livestock health rules and trucker hours of service.
He says the U.S. exempts the rules if a trucker is within 150 miles of the destination and he wants Canada to do the same.
New electronic logging requires a truck driver to take an 8 hour break after a maximum of 16 hours, while livestock are limited to 36 hours in transport.
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