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Under the ‘Living Skies’
Photo 9792 — Sarah Leguee
This winter scene of a barn with the late-afternoon sun illuminating the clouds overhead was captured by Sarah Leguee at her Fillmore-area farm, showing the stillness and freshness of a cold winter’s day. Saskatchewan is known for “LIving Skies”, bringing much beauty to the wide-open landscape.
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Beef industry reduces environmental impact Canada’s beef industry continues to improve efficiencies that lessen its environmental impacts, with production of one kilogram of Canadian beef creating 15 per cent fewer greenhouse gas emissions in 2011 compared to 1981, a new study has found. Continual improvements in production and feed efficiencies, crop yields and management strategies, resulting in reduced emissions and resource requirements, were largely responsible for the significant decrease in environmental impact, according to the first results of a comprehensive fiveyear (2013-2018) study examining the Canadian beef industry’s environmental footprint. Conducted by researchers at the University of Manitoba, Agriculture and AgriFood Canada (AAFC) Lethbridge and Environment Canada, the study found that there has been a 15 per cent decrease in methane, a 16 per cent decrease in nitrous dioxide and a 13 per cent decrease in carbon dioxide from beef production in Canada over the recent 30 year period. Comparing the same
time periods, it took 29 per cent fewer cattle in the breeding herd and 24 per cent less land to produce the same amount of beef. This study explored the entire production system – from cow-calf to feedlot. Future phases of the study will assess the impact of Canadian beef production in areas such as water use, biodiversity and provision of ecosystems services. “We’re working to get a more accurate assessment of the Canadian beef industry’s environmental footprint and these results indicate that the footprint per kilogram of beef produced is getting smaller,” said Dr. Tim McAllister, a research scientist at AAFC Lethbridge and one of the study’s principal investigators. “The decreased emissions and reduced resource requirements to produce beef over the past few decades, due in part to enhanced production and feed efficiencies, crop yields and management practices, wouldn’t have happened if it weren’t for investments in research and development, and the industry’s ability to adopt those technologies,” he
explained. Dr. McAllister is a world-renowned scientist. He works with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on the procedures used to develop these estimates, and has served on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. T h e e nv i r o n m e n t a l impact of livestock production has been a contentious topic for some time, and greenhouse gases and resource use have been at the forefront of this environmental debate. For the Canadian beef industry, with over 68,500 beef farms contributing $35 billion worth of goods and sales to the economy, clarity on this topic is important. “Unfortunately, perceived concerns of negative environmental impacts of beef often overshadow the beneficial impacts of the beef industry,” noted Tim Oleksyn, a cow-calf producer from Shellbrook, Sask., and Chair of the Beef Cattle Research Council. “Beef producers are inherently motivated to be more efficient, which most often has social, economic and environ-
mental benefits. Now that we have resource use and GHG emission benchmarks, we can move forward as an industry and more strategically target our efforts to improve.” Canada’s beef industry currently accounts for 3.6 per cent of Canada’s greenhouse gas production and 0.072 per cent of global greenhouse gas production. At the same time, lands that grow grasses and legumes for cattle sequester carbon,
thereby reducing GHGs. The results of this study speak to the industry’s commitment to continuous improvement and sustainability. It will also provide important historical information to the environmental component of the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (CRSB)’s first-ever National Beef Sustainability Assessment. The CRSB sustainability assessment will benchmark the industry’s social, economic
and environmental impact using 2013 as the baseline. The assessment will be revisited, and progress evaluated, every five years. Results from the remaining phases of the industry environmental footprint study, including water use, biodiversity and provision of ecosystems services, are expected in 2018. The study is funded by the Beef Cattle Industry Science Cluster.
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The view from the grain truck
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Photo 9799 — Sarah Leguee
This is the view from a semi grain truck as it approaches an access road for one of Weyburn’s grain terminals, shrouded with fog on a winter morning. Many farmers are cleaning out their bins and making last grain deliveries as they get seeds cleaned and last year’s grain delivered in preparation for seeding this spring.
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Study ongoing of use of cattle tags by Canadian Cattle ID Agency Canadian Cattle Identification Agency (CCIA) announced their key preliminary findings resulting from the mature cow portion of the national Tag Retention Project. The project is intended to collect baseline data on cattle tag retention and tag readability, recommend solutions to enhance tag retention and readability as well as provide the foundation for further study. The broad-based approach and survey of the existing situations will provide the foundation for identifying specific tag retention challenges that may require further data collection. The national Tag Retention Project involves animals from various geographical areas across Canada to ensure appropriate representation of farming styles and environ-
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ments. The study has tagged more than 5,000 animals with equal distribution of approved CCIA radio frequency identification (RFID) tag types/brands at each test site. Each farm test site was selected based on appropriate handling facilities to optimize tagger safety, tag application and tag retention. In this study, each tag type is applied according to manufacturer’s directions in terms of tag location, using the corresponding manufacturer’s tag applicators, etc. “The mature cow data collected in 2014 includes cattle of varying ages from those tagged as calves in the spring of 2011 to mature cows tagged in 2011. This period of time represents one-third of the productive life of a beef cow in Canada,” said CCIA Vice Chair and Tag Retention Project Committee Chair Mark Elford. “Tag readability at the first stage of this project was greater than 99 per cent. Recent preliminary findings on tag retention across all of the project herds averaged at 88.9 per cent, with a range of 64.7 to 100 per cent. This means within three years, tag loss ranged from 3.8 to 35.3 per cent, with an average of 11.1 per cent.” “The average mature cow tag retention percentage was 89.7 per cent across the 13 herds where data was gathered in 2014. Since the final calf/yearling tag retention percentage presented in April 2013 was 98.9 per cent, the preliminary mature cow data represents an average decrease in retention of 9.2 per cent,” added CCIA Tag Retention Project Manager Ross MacDonald.
“Although the mature cow data has yet to be analyzed for statistical significance, preliminary tag retention data for the mature cows is lower and more variable than in the calf/yearling group. Within the coming months, we will summarize and analyze the mature cow data for tag retention across all herds, tag loss by herd and tag brand as well as tag readability.” “The project’s 2015 cow scan schedule started with three herds in the spring and summer, 11 this fall and one in the winter. Moving forward, this project will continue to analyze the mature cow scan data, complete the mature cow scans and the project’s final analysis, report and communications strategy next spring. We look forward to sharing this important information with the entire value chain,” CCIA General Manager Anne Brunet-Burgess affirms. As a not-for-profit, industry-initiated organization led by a board of directors made up of representatives from all sectors of the livestock industry, CCIA fully supports the national Tag Retention Project and its findings which will educate producers on cattle RFID tag retention and tag reading performance, and recommend solutions to enhance tag retention and reading performance. Details regarding tag retention and reading performance rates as well as recommendations to reduce tag loss and tag readability problems will be included in with the statistical analysis in the final report, which will be posted online within CCIA’s home page at www.canadaid.ca.
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Cattle roundtable group asks for views The Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (CRSB) is seeking the public’s comments on
the first draft of its sustainability “indicators” for beef operations. The indicators are part of the
verified sustainable beef framework the organization is developing, and reflect what will be
measured in terms of sustainability on individual operations. The public consultation will take place from Feb. 9 to April 10, 2016; the materials and instructions for comment can be found at: http://crsb. ca/public-consultationenglish/. “The CRSB has developed indicators that are relevant for cow-calf, backgrounding, feedlot and dairy beef operations. We encourage people and organizations to review the work we’ve done and give us constructive feedback,” said Cherie Copithorne-Barnes, Chair of the CRSB and a producer west of Calgary, Alberta. “We realize that the sustainability of the Canadian beef industry reaches many stakeholders and we want to ensure all per-
spectives are taken into account.” All comments will be reviewed, and a written response to each comment will be posted on the organization’s website following the consultation. The second draft of the indicators will be released for a 30-day public comment period in mid2016. Page Stuart, a cattle feeder and the Past Chair of the Alberta Cattle Feeders’ Association, and Tim Hardman, Beef Director with the World Wildlife Fund, co-chaired the committee that developed the indicators. “The committee members brought a wide range of perspectives to the table. We had very productive discussions and unanimously reached consensus. Our goal was to identify draft indica-
tors that are robust and outcome-based, which I believe we have done,” explained Hardman. “We wanted to have a balance — something realistic for producers that also meets the needs of retailers, food service providers and consumers. I think we have achieved that. I look forward to the feedback we receive over the next 60 days,” added Stuart. The Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (CRSB) is a multistakeholder initiative developed to advance sustainability efforts within the industry. The CRSB is the go-to forum on sustainable beef in Canada. It has defined “sustainable beef” and is rapidly setting the framework for stakeholders to be able to produce and source verified sustainable beef.
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Farmers should report incidents with rabies Farmers are reminded to ensure to be on the watch for any animals infected with rabies, and to report an incident if one of their pets or if a person comes in contact with a suspected case of rabies. According to the Saskatchewan Provincial Rabies Response Program, there were two cases of rabies reported to the Minister of Agriculture. Both cases were skunks. To protect the health and safety of the Saskatchewan human and domestic animal populations, a provincial rabies response program has been developed. Private veterinarians across the province will collect samples from suspect animals and submit these for rabies testing under direction from the program’s Rabies Risk Assessment Veterinarian (RRAV). Test results will be reported back to the submitting
veterinarian and to the RRAV, who will ensure that test results are further distributed to all relevant parties. The RRAV will also coordinate any response and follow-up activities necessary in the event of a positive rabies test result. Rabies is a disease caused by a virus that attacks the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord). It is primarily a disease of animals, but it can spread from an infected animal to a person. Humans can contract rabies from wildlife or from domestic animals. The most common anima ls in C anada proven rabid are wild terrestrial carnivores (foxes, skunks, and raccoons), bats, cattle, dogs and cats. If a wild animal is suspected of carrying rabies, the incident should be reported to your local conservation officer.
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Filling a Super-B train for delivery to the terminal
Photo 9800 — Sarah Leguee
A grain auger removes the grain stored in a grain bag, filling up a Super-B train semi truck for delivery to a local grain terminal in this scene captured at sunset on the Leguee family farm near Fillmore. Many farmers are preparing for a new growing season in 2016 by getting seeds cleaned, and grain delivered to make room for a new crop to be planted in the next few months.
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Sask Wheat, SeCan to invest in durum program The development of durum varieties through the University of Saskatchewan’s Crop Development Centre (CDC) will take a major step forward thanks to a commitment to invest up to $3.5 million over 10 years by the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission (Sask Wheat) and SeCan. The funding will allow the CDC to enhance and expand on the research and variety development it is conducting through its world-leading program for Canada Western Amber Durum (CWAD). This commitment to the CDC’s durum program will help develop varieties that are resistant to fusarium head blight, produce higher yields and contain traits desirable by mills and pasta processors. “This is a tremendous
opportunity for Saskatchewan wheat producers to invest in research that will benefit producers, processors, breeders and several others along the value chain,” said Regina-area producer and Sask Wheat Chair Bill Gehl. “The research being conducted by the CDC’s durum program has the potential to open new markets and strengthen Saskatchewan’s position as a world-leader in the production of quality, high-grade durum. Farmers have been investing in the CDC for several years through the Western Canadian Deduction and WGRF. The additional investment by Sask Wheat and SeCan will allow the CDC to expand the durum program and address issues critical to producers and end users.” “As the leading supplier
of cereal seed to Canadian farmers, SeCan has an extensive track record of successful public-private partnerships, several of which involve the Crop Development Centre,” says SeCan General Manager Jeff Reid. “Clearly the durum wheat breeding program at the CDC is poised for tremendous success in the next decade, and we are thrilled to be a partner in delivering this innovation to Canadian durum growers. We believe engaging producer groups like the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission, alongside our private investment, will create a long-term winning formula for agriculture in Canada.” “The CDC has a long history of working collaboratively with industry partners in developing
crop varieties,” says CDC Managing Director Kofi Agblor. “This investment further strengthens our relationship with the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission and SeCan for durum wheat development and the end result will be durum varieties that provide value to both our growers and end use customers.” With a mandate to improve the economic returns for farmers and the agricultural industry of Western Canada, the CDC conducts research and development to improve existing crops,
create new uses for traditional crops, and develop new crops. Created in 1971, the CDC has released over 440 commercial crop varieties and is recognized nationally and internationally for basic and applied crop research and development and successful field crop breeding. SeCan is a consortium of over 700 independent Canadian seed businesses engaged in seed production, processing and marketing. As “Canada’s Seed Partner”, SeCan actively seeks partnerships that promote success in Can-
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A healthy beef industry supports grasslands Study shows a strong interdependence of livestock operations and health of grasslands The use of grasslands by the beef industry is one of the best and most efficient ways this resource can be used, says a study on ranching and the beef industry in Canada, the United States and Mexico. Grasslands are the only shared contiguous terrestrial ecoregion shared by all three countries in North America, providing forage for cattle and a critical habitat for native species. The agricultural use of the grasslands, such as for ranching, have significantly transformed native grasslands, and today they are considered the continent’s most threatened ecosystems, with less than three per cent formally protected. In Canada, it is estimated that less than 20 per cent of the original 61.5 million hectares of prairie remain today, with nearly 50 million hectares lost between 1870 and 1930 to crop production. Among the environmental benefits of grasslands are that they provide cover for the soil, preventing soil erosion. Grasslands also trap sediments before they reach the water system, reducing sediment, nutrient and pesticide loads in water sources. They also provide fodder for livestock, and habitat for grassland species, including pollinators, which perform a vital service for agriculture. One of the signs of health of grasslands is the bird population. In Canada, there has been a steep decline in their numbers, about 40 per cent on average since 1970, when monitoring of bird populations began. Intensive agriculture operations and oil and gas development are among the threats to remaining grassland habitat for these birds on the Canadian prairies. Solutions are being developed by the ranching community along with conservation organizations, with partnerships geared towards conserving and restoring grasslands, enhancing ranch profitability and placing more grasslands under formal protection. Ranchers who own and manage the land have a pivotal role in its conservation and sustainable use. Currently, about 79 per cent of prairie, parkland and major water areas in the prairie region are privately owned. There is a strong relationship between the health of grasslands and ranch economics. In 2011, there were 80,839 beef cattle operations in Canada, an 18 per cent decrease from 2004. The current average beef herd size is 63 head in Canada. The total number of cattle in Canada is around 10.2 million head, which is down from a peak of 12.7 million in 2005. There are around 106 million beef cattle in North America in total, which is about 12 per cent of the world’s inventory of cattle.
The trade of beef cattle in North America is highly integrated, with both live cattle and beef products moving between the three countries. Canada and Mexico are the only significant suppliers of beef into the U.S., with both countries exporting a yearly average of just over two million live cattle to the U.S. during the period of 2005-2014, with 1,026,898 head from Canada. Cattle exports from Canada to the U.S. represent nine per cent of Canada’s total beef production. In reverse, the U.S. exported 173,030 metric tonnes of beef products to Canada. A significantly smaller number of cattle flow directly between Canada and Mexico. In 2014, only 366 live cattle and 18,510 metric tonnes of beef products were exported to Mexico, compared to 1.2 million head of live cattle into the United States. There is a high level of domestic consumption of beef in North America, with an average of 34.6 kg consumed by every
person in North America, compared to the global average of 9.5 kg per person. The U.S. and Canada ranks seventh and ninth respectively for the greatest per capita consumption of beef products. Meantime, a factor in the beef industry is the average age of ranchers in North America is over 55 years and is rising. According to Statistics Canada, in 1991 the average age of Canadian farm and ranch operators was 47.5 years, and by 2011 that had risen to 54 years. On average, each Canadian ranch supplies beef to 479 consumers, while each U.S. ranch supplies about 444 consumers, and each Mexican ranch supplies 287 consumers. Farm cash receipts in Canada from beef production was valued at $6.8 billion in 2013, up from $6.27 billion in 2011. On average, about 60 per cent of Canadian farmers and ranchers had off-farm sources of income during the period from 2001-2006, but in 2011, that number rose to 75.6 per cent of farmers and ranchers.
Filling a grain truck for delivery
Photo 9794 — Sarah Leguee
A grain auger fills up the back of a semi grain truck on the Leguee family farm near Fillmore, as the sun sets on a winter’s day on the horizon. Producers stay busy in the winter transporting their grain to the terminals, cleaning up their yards and bins in preparation for a new growing season in 2016. Many farmers are also firming up their plans for seeding and the crop rotations they will use in the springtime.
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Seeding right around the corner in the southeast
Review Photo 9772 — Greg Nikkel
While snow still covers some fields in the southeast area, this will soon be a common scene on area fields as they will be worked and prepared for spring seeding, some for grain or oilseeds, and some for hay and greenfeed, which may be in big demand if this coming year is dry and warm like the winter has been. Farmers are also being challenged to consider what crop varieties they should be planting for 2016, with new varieties becoming available.
WGRF invests $5.2M for wheat breeding The Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF) and the University of Saskatchewan Crop Development Centre (CDC) announced that they have renewed their long-standing partnership in wheat breeding. WGRF will invest $5.2 million into the wheat breeding program at the Crop Development Centre over the next five years. WGRF and the CDC have had a collaborative agreement for long-term breeding of barley and wheat since 1995. Since then, the CDC has released and commercialized over 30 varieties of wheat and durum with improved agronomic performance and end-use qualities. “Farmers have been well served by this partnership with the CDC,” said Dave Sefton, WGRF Board Chair. “Farmer funding through the wheat check-offs
has helped facilitate the development of dozens of well-known wheat and durum varieties, including CDC Verona, and CDC Utmost VB that offers wheat midge tolerance, to name just a few.” “This funding builds on 20 years of collaborative research with western Canadian farmers through WGRF,” said Kofi Agblor, Managing Director of the Crop Development Centre. “Renewed funding expands our research program in wheat to include the deployment of molecular tools to improve breeding efficiency as well incorporating agronomic and quality traits that are vital to making wheat a competitive crop for our producers”. “WGRF is very excited about the productive pipeline of wheat varieties at the CDC,” said Garth Pat-
terson, WGRF Executive Director. “WGRF renewing these long-term agreements helps create stability for the wheat breeding program, and allows the CDC to leverage additional dollars from different levels of government as well as other industry partners.” WGRF is a farmer funded and directed non-profit organization investing in agricultural research that benefits western Canadian producers. WGRF is the largest producer funder of variety development and field crop research in Canada. For 35 years the WGRF Board has given producers a voice in agricultural research funding decisions. WGRF manages an Endowment Fund and the wheat and barley variety development check-off funds, investing over $19 million in research in 2015.
Grains research group marks 35th anniversary In 1981, a group of farmers got together to form the Western Grains R e s e a r c h Fo u n d a t i o n (WGRF). These farmers were united by a single purpose, to invest in field crop research that would benefit western Canadian farmers. Thirty-five years later, with annual an investment of more than $19 million in 2015, WGRF has become the
largest producer funder of variety development and field crop research in Canada. As a tribute to the 35th anniversary of WGRF, a magazine was created to celebrate the many current and past accomplishments of the organization. A copy of the magazine is being mailed out to producers this week and can be found on the WGRF
website. “I would like to thank those farmers who came together in 1981 and had the vision to create WGRF and make all of this possible,” says WGRF Board Chair Dave Sefton of Broadview, Saskatchewan. “As producers we should be very proud of the tremendous investments we have made in our industry. Over $125 million has been invested into variety development and field crop research since 1981, and farmers’ bottom lines have benefited. As you read through the magazine, take note that these projects were made possible, in part, because of producer funding.” “WGRF has experienced a lot of growth lately, three-fold actually in research investments the last five years,” says, Garth Patterson, WGRF Executive Director. “Our ability to reach out to and work with other research funders and grower groups is a key part of WGRF’s future. Farmers can look forward to stable funding out of the Endowment Fund. We can be at the table now to fund longer-term research that could have enormous benefits for them.”
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Taking off the crops
Review Photo 9769 — Greg Nikkel
Two combines are silhouetted by the setting sun combined with the swirling dust from combining crops on a Weyburn-area farm last fall. With the crops in the bin, marketing of the crops is ongoing through the winter, with choice seeds from the harvest being prepared for seeding this spring in the southeast.
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Beef Cattle Research Council science director:
Fears of beef hormones are unfounded By Alexis Kienlen Alberta Farmer Express Fears about hormones in beef production are completely unwarranted, says the science director of the Beef Cattle Research Council. “There are no health risks associated with growth promotants, but producers spend a lot of time answering the public’s questions to explain the facts and dispel some of the myths,” Reynold Bergen said during a recent Beef Cattle Research Council webinar. Hormonal implants in cattle have been around for about 60 years and contain natural and synthetic hormones, he said. They have been rigorously tested for efficacy and are safe for humans and animals, he said. Common hormones include progesterone, estrogen, and testosterone; and are administered in a small pellet implanted between the skin of the ear and the cartilage. The implants dissolve very slowly over time, releasing a small amount of hormones that boost growth rates. They do not end up in the food chain following slaughter, said Bergen.
“If there were any residual hormones in there, it wouldn’t find its way into meat,” he said. According to a recent survey done by the Western Beef Development Centre, about a third of cow-calf producers use implants on a regular basis. A set of ear implants that would commonly be used in a feedlot situation contains 200 milligrams of trenbolone (a steroid used in beef cattle to increase muscle growth and appetite) and 20 milligrams of estradiol (estrogen). That implant would last a feedlot steer for 120 days and would have no effect on a human, who produce more hormones in a single day than they could possibly absorb from beef, said Bergen. “A prepubertal boy produces so much estrogen on his own that he would have to eat eight entire cows’ worth of beef every single day to get as much hormone as he is already producing. An adult female would have to eat 95 cows’ worth a day to replace what she is already producing,” he said. Many plant and animal foods naturally contain
hormones and estrogens with hormonal activities. “Those are called phytoestrogens and so you hear the comment that the bun has more hormones than the burger and that’s true,” he said. Some foods may con-
rather than ingested orally, he said. “If you eat hormones, only a tiny fraction of it ever reaches the tissue,” said Bergen. “The other 90 to 95 per cent gets broken down and inactivated in the digestive
— who have digestive systems, anatomy and physiology similar to humans, — were given four different diets. The control group was given a diet of corn and canola meal. One group was given 200 grams of tofu burger every
tain more hormones than beef, but there is no cause to worry about those, because of a concept called ‘oral bioavailability,’ which means that it is easier to absorb hormones when they are injected
tract and liver, and it never reaches your tissues. That’s why bodybuilders inject themselves with this stuff rather than eating implants.” The fear that beef hormones can cause early puberty has been dispelled by a number of studies, he added. In one study, pigs
day, while the third group was given a quarter-pound burger from an implanted steer, and the fourth a quarter-pound burger from an unimplanted steer. The piglets were fed this diet until they reached puberty, when their blood was monitored for hormone levels. They were then slaugh-
tered and their reproductive tracts were measured. The scientists found no difference between the control and the pigs that had been given the unimplanted beef burger. The pigs that had received the implanted beef burger had low levels of estrogen activity, while the tofu burger diet had the highest level of estrogen activity, due to the phytoestrogens in tofu. (Phytoestrogens are much weaker than human estrogen, and do not pose a health risk to humans.) “Even when there was a different level of estrogen in the diet, there was no difference as to when those pigs came into puberty,” said Bergen. “That goes back to bioavailability. When you eat hormones, 95 per cent of them get broken down before they reach the body.” Nor were there any differences in the weight of the pigs, muscling, fatness, and serum progesterone and serum estrogen levels. “Their conclusion was that these pigs could eat a quarter-pounder every single day and they’re not going to hit puberty any faster. And pigs are very similar to people and so this same thing is true for girls as well.”
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shredded onto the ground. If fed on snow, the fine material shorter than ¾ inch or 1.7cm cannot be picked out of the snow and creates 75 per cent of the wasted feed. Generally this is the fine leaf material that is high in nutrients, especially energy and protein. Processing forages and roughages allows for mixing. Good quality hay can be mixed with poor quality forages (slough hay, cereal straw and weathered hay) to provide a more balanced diet. Over- and under-feeding can be avoided. Grain and supplements can be added to the mix. Processing reduces the ration bulk. Grinding forage
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Dates set for district 4-H groups Many district council meetings will be held for 4-H clubs around the province. The following are dates and times for meetings in the southeast district. District 5 will meet on Tuesday, March 8 at the Wawota Curling Rink at 7:30 p.m. District 7 will meet in the Weyburn Agricultural Society on Tuesday, March 8 at 7:30 p.m. District 13 will meet at the Neudorf Community Hall on Sunday, March 6 5 p.m. District 41 will be held at Carnduff on Wednesday, March 2 at 7:15 p.m. The location will be announced closer to the date. The district 4-H council meetings are held to create opportunities for members and leaders to interact and participate in events with other 4-H members. It is also a chance to give 4-H clubs to provide input into 4-H policies and bylaws.
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Red barn on a cool winter’s eve
Photo 9795 — Sarah Leguee
An old red barn sits surrounded by snow in blue shadows with soft pastel colours in the sky and a mostly-full moon above, in this scene photographed by Fillmore-area farmer Sarah Leguee. Winter covers the land with a white blanket, but some of that blanket has been melting with mild weather recently. Farmers are making their seeding plans for the spring, and are hoping there will be some runoff that will provide moisture for planting new crops and growing new hay.
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Farmers preparing for spring seeding
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Farmers are planning out their seeding operations for the coming spring when outfits like this 88-foot Seed Master seeder will be out in the fields throughout southeast Saskatchewan. Producers are being challenged to look at possible new seed varieties as they determine what their crop rotation will be for 2016.
Cattle industry gets good news on two fronts Saskatchewan’s cattle industry received good news from two different fronts, the United States and South Korea, which will help bolster cattle producers who wish to sell into either market. From south of the border came the news that the U.S. repealed mandatory country-of-origin labelling (COOL). The U.S. Senate passed an omnibus bill that included an amendment to repeal COOL, which was signed shortly after by President Barack Obama. The news was greeted positively by producers, and by the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM), as well as by the federal government. SARM shared the government’s view that COOL discriminated against Canadian livestock. The legislation had required producers, processors, distributors and retailers in the U.S. to segregate Canadian animals from American animals, incurring more costs throughout the meat supply chain. The government estimated that COOL cost Canada’s livestock industry more than $3 billion annually. The World Trade Organization (WTO) had also found COOL to be discriminatory, ruling four times that the rule discriminated against Canadian livestock and violated the United States trade obligations. In their most recent ruling, the WTO ruled that Canada could impose retaliatory tariffs on $1.052 billion of American exports to Canada. “Repealing COOL is
BSE found it was likely caused by old contaminated feed and was considered an isolated incident. The news came on the one-year anniversary of the Canada-Korea free trade agreement. South Korea was Canada’s sixth-largest market for beef in 2014, with exports worth $26 million. South Korea is projected to import more than 400,000 tonnes of beef and veal this year. Canadian Cattlemen’s Association president Dave Solverson pointed out that South Korea is a valuable customer as they buy cuts and offal that are less popular in North America, increasing the overall value of the animals for producers.
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Beef industry undertaking studies
Photo 9773 — Border Line Feeders
A study on the use of cattle identification tags is underway, which will affect feedlot operations like Border Line Feeders at Ceylon, shown above from an aerial view, in addition to a beef industry round table consultation process that is also now underway. There are changes underway in the industry, plus there are challenges from the environmental side as the industry is being encouraged to reduce their impact on the environment.
Assessed value not always reflective of farmland quality By Cory Jacob Regional Crops Specialist Ministry of Agriculture Farmland is an important part of any farm operation and the quality of that farmland is equally important. One common mistake is that producers take into account the assessed value of the farmland to get an idea of the quality of the land. Unfortunately, there is more to land quality than that. Farmland quality is like an iceberg, the assessed value is only approximately 10 to 20 per cent of what you see. A lot about soil quality and its properties lies below the topsoil. The assessed value of farmland is not always a good indicator of land quality as this method takes into account many factors including: a climate rate, organic matter rate, soil texture rate, soil profile rate, soil profile adjustment factor, A-depth factor (depth of topsoil), physical factors such as flooding or salinity, economic factors such as topography, stones, slough, bush, distance to nearest elevator, a provincial factor, and is based on the number of land units. I want to use an example of farmland that my father farmed; these two quarters are kitty corner to each other. One quarter has an assessed value of $67,500 and the other $67,700, based solely on the land assessments; these quarters seem to be very similar. However, a deeper look at these quarters reveals large differences. I am going to give a quick rundown of each Saskatchewan Assessment Management Agency (SAMA) report for each quarter of land to show how they differ. One thing to note is that the soil reports on the SAMA website are free and simple to access to anyone. The quarter of land with the $67,500 assessed value, based on the SAMA report has 135 acres of the Weyburn soil association with a loam soil texture. The primary soil profile is an Orthic Chernozem with the C horizon or par-
ent material 9 to 12 inches below the soil surface. The secondary soil profile is a Calcareous Chernozem, meaning a fair amount of carbonates in the underlying parent material, with the C horizon seven to nine inches below the soil surface. The topsoil depth shows ER10, meaning that 10-25 per cent of the area of the upper slopes (hill tops) are moderately eroded, which makes sense as my father liked to summerfallow. The topography of those 135 acres is rated at a 3, meaning moderate slopes of 6-9 per cent and a stone rating of 2, meaning slight amounts of stone that would have an annual removal of 0.1-0.15 cubic yards/acre. There is also a 2-per-cent yield reduction to being very slightly saline. The final soil rating is 47.19. There are also 10 acres of waste slough, bush and some cultivated slough. There are 15 remaining acres, which are given a 35-per-cent yield reduction for very strong salinity, which will limit crops grown in that area or severely hurt yield and drops the final soil rating to 35.51. The quarter with the $67,700 assessed value, based on the SAMA report has 100 acres of a primary Weyburn soil association with a loam to clay loam soil texture. The soil profile is a calcareous Chernozem with the parent material seven to nine inches below the soil surface. The secondary soil association is an Oxbow soil association with a loam to clay loam soil texture. The soil profile is an orthic Chernozem, with the C horizon 12 inches or more below the soil surface. The topsoil has an ER10 designation and is four to six inches deep in certain areas. The topography is a 2, meaning gentle slopes of 3-5 per cent and a stone rating of 3 meaning, moderate stones with 0.2-0.25 cubic yards/acre of annual stone removal. The final soil rating is 53.36. There are 23 acres with the same soil association, texture, profile and stone rating as the 100 acres, but have only the ER 10 designation for erosion and are rated a 3 for
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The ripe heads of a barley crop grow with a pumpjack in the vicinity in a field located south of Weyburn, a common sight as the agriculture and oil industries coexist side-by-side throughout the region. While the oil industry is in a slow-down, the agricultural industry is doing well and producers are preparing for spring when seeding will take place, along with spring sales of cattle at the local auction mart.
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Filling grain bags out in the field
Photo 9793 — Sarah Leguee
A tractor is paused partway through an operation of storing grain in a long grain bag in this field near Fillmore on the Leguee family farm. Many farmers have found this is a handy method of storing grain without buying more steel grain bins, and there are efforts underway to recycle the plastic used for the grain storage.
SSGA awarded funding to conserve habitat areas The Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association (SSGA) announced they have received $2.58 million from Environment and Climate Change Canada to lead a voluntary, producerdriven project to conserve habitat for species at risk in Saskatchewan. The Species at Risk Partnership on Agricultural Lands (SARPAL) fund supports projects that engage the agricultural sector in preserving key wildlife habitat. Potential initiatives through this project are designed to fit landowners unique circumstances, and will include new and inventive conservation strategies that meet the needs of producers and habitat. The work will take place over five years in southern Saskatchewan, in areas covered by the South of the Divide Conservation Action Program (SODCAP Inc.), who will also be in-
volved in the delivery of the pilots. “Agricultural producers are key partners in our ongoing efforts to protect and recover species at risk,” said Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada. “With this fund, we’re supporting the many Canadian ranchers and farmers using land stewardship practices that benefit wildlife. We also look forward to continuing our work, with all stakeholders, on innovative solutions that conserve species at risk across Canada.” “We’re glad to take the lead on this,” said SSGA president Doug Gillespie. “Most of Saskatchewan’s remaining native grass prairie is on privately-managed ranchland. Stewardship is a core value of the SSGA and our members are in the best position to
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