Sask. Ag Minister Not Considering Support - At This Point

Oct 03, 2019

Farmers are catching up on some paperwork as they wait to get back in the field.

Harvest has been a real challenge for many producers across the Prairies with rain and now snow.

In Manitoba about 67 % of the crop is in the bin.

Manitoba’s Premier Brian Pallister has said there may be a need for the government to find ways to assist farmers this year.

Meantime, Agriculture Minister David Marit says that’s not something he’s considering at this point.

“You know I’m very confident in the programs we have in place, with crop insurance. I know there’s some challenges around AgStability, and you know we’re looking at proposals in changing that. I think with crop insurance and those type of things that we have in place. I’m comfortable there, that people have access to the opportunity, and I mean we've got to wait and see."

Marit says he's hopeful we could get a nice month of weather here yet.

“We could have a phenomenal nice October and November. It wasn’t long ago, it wasn’t many years ago – three or four years ago - where we finished in November and took it all off dry.”

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Video: Evolution of Beef Cattle Farming

The Clear Conversations podcast took to the road for a special episode recorded in Nashville during CattleCon, bringing listeners straight into the heart of the cattle industry. Host Tracy Sellers welcomed rancher Steve Wooten of Beatty Canyon Ranch in Colorado for a wide-ranging discussion that blended family history and sustainability, particularly as it relates to the future of beef production.

Sustainability emerged as a central theme of the conversation, a word that Wooten acknowledges can mean very different things depending on who you ask. For him, sustainability starts with the soil. Healthy soil produces healthy grass, which supports efficient cattle capable of producing year after year with minimal external inputs. It’s an approach that equally considers vegetation, animal efficiency, and long-term profitability.

That philosophy aligned naturally with Wooten’s involvement in the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, where he served as a representative for the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association. The roundtable brings together the entire beef supply chain—from producers to retailers—along with universities, NGOs, and allied industries. Its goal is not regulation, Wooten emphasized, but collaboration, shared learning, and continuous improvement.