Horse industry listings
The Saskatchewan Horse Federation is compiling a new directory. The 2006 edition of the SHF directory is a comprehensive list of horse operations and industry-related businesses located in Saskatchewan.
The previous edition was circulated through international trade fairs and equine shows in Germany, France and Spain.
The directory has also been distributed in Australia and the United States, and at the Canadian Western Agribition and Farm Progress shows in
Regina.
The SHF is increasing the number of copies of the directory published this year.
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It will be distributed to all federation members, and will also be available at tack stores and feed suppliers.
The directory, provided as a service to SHF members and the horse industry, is free to anybody interested.
Anyone wanting to participate in the directory has until the end of August to submit content to the SHF. Interested parties should call 306-780-9244 or e-mail SHFDirector@sasktel.net.
Stock growers executive
Broderick rancher Dennis Fuglerud is the new president of the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association.
Fuglerud was elected at the organization’s annual conference in Estevan earlier this month. He replaces Brian Ross of Estevan, who served two years as president.
Elected to two-year terms on the board of directors were: Fuglerud; Jack Hextall of Grenfell; Michael Burgess, Big Beaver; Orin Balas, Ponteix; Mark Elford, McCord; Rick Toney, Gull Lake and Ray McDougald, Maple Creek. Kim Hextall of Grenfell was elected to a one-year term.
Cecil Mantei of Estevan and Allen Patkau of Hanley did not seek re-election. Balas is first vice-president and Jack Hextall will serve as second vice-president.
Pig deal with China
Regina-based pig genetics company Hypor has signed a pair of joint venture agreements with two of China’s largest agribusiness companies.
The agreements with Sichuan South Hope Co. Ltd. (New Hope) and Shandong Liuhe Group Co., Ltd. (Liuhe) are for the production and distribution of breeding pigs in China.
Under the agreement, Hypor will supply 600 pigs to each of the Chinese companies. Stock will come from Hypor’s three barns in Saskatchewan.
As part of the $2 million deal, some of Hypor’s employees will travel to China to deliver technical service.
Manitoba funds projects
The Agri-Food Research and Development Initiative, or ARDI, has approved funding for 18 research and development projects in Manitoba for a total of $902,070.
Research areas covered in these projects include cereal crops, oilseeds, forages, food processing and development, functional foods and nutraceuticals, soil sustainability, manure management and livestock.
ARDI-funded projects include:
- A study to assess the antioxidant properties of strawberries, raspberries, chokecherries, saskatoon berries, wild blueberries and sea buckthorn.
- A project aimed at strengthening the position of Canadian oats in the food industry by establishing and marketing new food and industrial uses beyond oatmeal, granola bars and bakery applications.
- Research ways to separate liquids and solids in hog waste to improve manure management.
- Research that examines longevity in sow herds.
For a complete list of projects funded by ARDI, visit the website at www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/research/ardi.
ARDI is a research and development granting program of Agriculture Canada and Manitoba Agriculture.
