New president
Milton Braaten of Abbey is the new president of the Saskatchewan Cattle Feeders Association.
Braaten, a longtime SCFA director, and his wife, Diane, have a grain and feed production farm along with a 6,000-head capacity feedlot.
Braaten’s goal while president is to improve the SCFA’s role as a responsible voice for the cattle feeding industry in Saskatchewan.
Alvin Downie of Perdue is the vice-president.
Party at Pool elevator
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool’s new $2.6 million full-service facility will open Aug. 6 in Yorkton, Sask., with ceremonies, a barbecue and a social.
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The upgraded elevator has 8,510 tonnes of storage capacity and two 9,000 bushel-per-hour legs for quicker grain handling.
The facility also has a 18 by 60 metre farm-supply warehouse to meet Crop Protection Institute standards. There is also a bulk fertilizer blending plant at the site.
Lifetime brands available
Starting in the new year, Alberta brand owners will be able to buy their brands for life and not have to renew them every four years.
Beginning Jan. 1, 1995 the 55,000 cattle and horse brand owners who renew their brands will be able to purchase lifetime brands for $220. The same applies to brands up for renewal at the beginning of 1996, 1997 and 1998.
Every year the provincial brand office in Stettler receives numerous calls from cattle and horse owners who forgot to renew their brands. As a result, they lost the rights to their brands and sometimes these brands were reissued to other producers.
This will help eliminate the problem and allow brand owners to pass brand ownership to other family members.
The lifetime brands will also reduce the provincial brand inspection program’s operating costs. Another amendment releases many brands not previously available including single-character brands such as symbols.
