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Livestock Summit looks for ways to support the industry

Participants at yesterday’s Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) Livestock Summit shared their concerns about the future the industry.

Cattle, bison, and sheep producers expressed common concerns from accessing capital, business risk management programs to getting financial credit for maintaining pastures that serve as carbon sinks for the environment.

After a day of discussions, a representative from each sector made a closing comment.

Willowbrook cattle producer Levi Hall is concerned for the future. He said with each cattle producers that exits the business there is an increase in grain and oilseed acres.

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Delivering a lamb from start to finish at Ewetopia Farms today. We will show you a Suffolk ewe as we tube feed her first lamb, dip it's naval with iodine, all while the mom licks off her lamb and works on delivering her second lamb. We demonstrate how to gently lie a sheep down to make assisting her give birth easier. We show how to deliver the lamb without hurting either the lamb or ewe. We end off with the birth of a big beautiful Suffolk lamb to join it's twin