Delegates approved a $1.50 increase in January, but organization is now asking provincial government for a 75 cent hike
SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. — The Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association board has decided to limit the increase to the provincial cattle checkoff that was passed at the annual general meeting earlier this year. The board has asked the Saskatchewan Agri-Food Council to approve a 75-cent increase rather than $1.50, starting in April 2025. It also asked for […] Read moreTag Archives Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association
Block Ranch receives stewardship award
When Neil Block won the Saskatchewan environmental stewardship award on June 10 at the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association convention in Swift Current, he talked about his love for his work. Block Ranch is near Abbey, Sask., and consists of approximately 60,000 acres. The family runs cow-calf pairs and yearlings and grazes year-round. Ranching in the […] Read more
Provincial, national groups at odds over proposed conservation initiative
SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. — A Grasslands Conservation Initiative announced last fall has created tension between Saskatchewan cattle producers and the Canadian Cattle Association. The CCA, along with Ducks Unlimited and the Nature Conservancy of Canada, plan to protect grasslands by offering producers conservation agreements and easements ranging from short-term to perpetuity. They will contain no-break, […] Read more
Cattle producers wary of grasslands conservation proposal
Sask. Stock Growers say they need more information before they could support the plan
Glacier FarmMedia – SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. — Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association members want the Canadian Cattle Association to press pause on its Grasslands Conservation Initiative until it can better communicate its plan. Several resolutions about the initiative were debated during the SSGA annual meeting June 11 and while some were defeated members did approve one […] Read more
Feds called on to change disease outbreak policy
Producers think Ottawa should help pay for clean-up and disinfection after a federally reportable disease outbreak
REGINA — Cattle producers say the federal government should offer better compensation to those affected by reportable diseases. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency pays maximums of $4,500 per commercial animal and $10,000 for each registered animal when ordered destroyed, but nothing else. Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association members voted at their semi-annual meeting to lobby Ottawa […] Read more
Livestock producers call for more drought help
Sask. crop insurance doubles low-yield thresholds to allow crops to be used for feed, but farm group says more is needed
The Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association called for an immediate AgriRecovery assessment last week, even as governments moved to make it easier to turn low-yielding crops over for feed. President Garner Deobald said the steps taken so far, such as potential rent reductions on crown pasture, are helpful but don’t go far enough. Implementing AgriRecovery could […] Read more
Spread grows between producer, retail prices
Data shows the cattle producer’s share of the retail beef dollar has dropped from 64 percent in 1970 to 41 percent in 2022
The overarching goals of the ongoing project are to trace beef pricing throughout the supply chain, increase transparency for ranchers’ benefit, provide data to boost advocacy and “ensure that the proportion of the beef dollar that ranchers receive increases from year to year and does not shrink.”
Cattle market continues its upward trajectory
Soaring feed costs are offsetting the recent record-setting prices and cutting into livestock producers’ profitability
Canfax executive director Brenna Grant said markets continue on their 2023 tear with a late-May record fed cattle price of $242 per hundredweight. However, feed prices remain high and that affects all proteins.
Fair value needed for easement payments: report
Saskatchewan stock grower groups suggest income, not fair market value is a better way to determine value
Fair market value may not be the best way to determine how conservation easement payments are made, says a study commissioned by the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association and Saskatchewan Stock Growers Foundation. The study by Jared Carlberg, agricultural economist at the University of Manitoba, looked at the differences in returns from crops and cow-calf operations […] Read more
Beef cattle processing brings with it many challenges
ASSINIBOIA, Sask. — Adding capacity to Saskatchewan’s beef processing sector can be done but with competitive challenges, according to study results. Consultants Willie Van Solkema, former president of XL Foods, and Kevin Grier, long-time industry analyst, conducted the study for the Saskatchewan government and Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association. The government has a goal to double […] Read more
