A farmer from Lampman has been fined 72 hundred dollars and ordered to pay a surcharge of 28 hundred dollars after pleading guilty to causing animals to be in distress. Animal Protection Services of Saskatchewan seized 131 distressed cattle and found 16 dead animals on a farm north of Lampman in February, 2019. Chad Mokelky […]
The Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association is pushing the Moe government to accept a proposal from Ottawa to improve Agri-Stability. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie Claude Bibeau proposed to increase the compensation rate under AgriStability from the current 70 percent, up to 80 percent. As well, the reference margin would be removed. The problem for smaller population provinces […]
Saskatchewan feeder cattle prices were moving up again for the third week in a row. Acting provincial cattle specialist Natasha Wilkie says the largest price hike for feeder steers was 9 dollars 70 per hundredweight for the 300-400 pound weight category. The weekly average steer price was $209.86 per hundredweight. For heifers, the largest increase […]
Canadian Western Agribition in Regina has launched a search for the 50 most influential people in Canadian agriculture. The public campaign is part of Agribition’s digital program launched after the annual livestock show was cancelled this month due to the coronavirus. The 5 categories are titled upstarts, mentors, innovators, deal makers and designated hitters […]
The Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association has launched its annual beef drive for Food Banks across this province. General Manager Chad MacPherson says this years goal is to donate 10,000 pounds of ground beef to the 32 food banks in Saskatchewan. MacPherson says producers launched the initiative to give back to those in need of nutritious, […]
COVID-19 has created some challenges for the annual meeting of the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association. Manager Chad McPherson says the meeting will be held Wednesday afternoon over the internet. The meeting usually is held for a couple days but this year its a one-day virtual meeting with about 100 registrants. He says there will be […]
Canadian Western Agribition has announced a wide range of on-line programs following the shut-down of the November Regina livestock show due to the coronavirus. Agribition CEO Chris Lane says a virtual purebred beef show will feature 11 beef breeds, with the video entry deadline of October 22nd. He says the video material will be available […]
Entries open Tuesday for Canadian Western Agribition’s virtual purebred beef show. The show will be held in a video on-line format this year because of COVID-19. CEO Chris Lane says the virtual show will include 11 breed shows, ending with the naming of a supreme championship in late November. Lane says the deadline for entries […]
Cattle producers say they are not benefiting from sharp increases in beef prices at the grocery store during the COVID-19 pandemic. Statistics Canada released an update on Wednesday showing a kilogram of beef strip loin went from $18.60 a kilogram in February to $30.83 in June. “I hope consumers realize it’s not the producer or […]
Saskatchewan Stock Growers are worried about a threat to cattle exports to the U.S. This week U.S. president Donald Trump suggested help for U.S. ranchers by limiting cattle imports. Saskatchewan Stock Growers manager Chad MacPherson says the North American cattle industry is fully integrated and a limit to shipments to the U.S. would be very […]
