Livestock

The Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association (SSGA) held its 112th annual general meeting in Moose Jaw from June 8-10.

Final cattle market update of the year shows most prices are down compared to earlier this month due to a seasonal decline.

More seeding was complete this past week prior to the rain arriving in Saskatchewan. The SaskAgToday.com Roundtable discusses the latest Crop Report which has seeding at 72% complete.

The latest weekly cattle market update from Canfax focused more on Alberta cattle prices as there weren't enough head marketed in Saskatchewan to get an accurate report.

Rain came down in varying amounts around Saskatchewan leading up to Friday's edition of the SaskAgToday.com Roundtable. The moisture is welcome and some producers got seeding done prior to the rainfall.

Anthrax was confirmed by laboratory results on Tuesday as the cause of death in cattle in the R.M. of Paynton No. 470, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture confirmed in a news release Wednesday afternoon. Dr.

There were no prices available for the feeder steer and feeder heifer weight categories in the weekly Cattle Market Update for the week ending May 9.

The SaskAgToday.com Roundtable takes a look at seeding progress in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, as it got well underway this past week.

Another set of benchmarks were set for Saskatchewan feeder cattle prices.

Seeding is slowly getting underway in parts of Saskatchewan. The SaskAgToday.com Roundtable shares seeding observations around the province. SaskPower reminds producers as well to be safe around power lines when operating large farm equipment.