The Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association held its semi-annual meeting last Friday at the Dakota Dunes resort, south of Saskatoon.
Members debated 15 resolutions from the floor with a little more than half dealing with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).
Nearly all of the resolutions passed including one asking the Stock Growers Association to lobby the CFIA and Canadian Cattle Identification Agency to put a hard stop to any increase in traceability requirements.
"Resolutions are the business of the organization. It's how the membership communicates to the board what they want us to focus on for the next six months. The CFIA has been a hot topic everywhere. It was nice to see that there was unanimous support for the direction that the board is heading, in terms of dealing with the CFIA, and I thank our members for their support today." said Yorga.
Another passed resolutions directed the Stock Growers Board to ask the CFIA and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to explore options to use the existing animal inspection system for animal traceability.
The meeting also had a pair of presentations – one from Chief Commercialization Officer of SDC Farms Ednali Fertuck-Zehavi about the meat processing facility near Perdue, Saskatchewan currently under construction, and the other from Dr. Steven Webb from the Global Institute for Food Security at the University of Saskatchewan called ""Beef Cattle Life Cycle Analysis".
A Young Rancher Seminar was held Friday morning prior to the main meeting.
(with files from Neil Billinger, CJWW)
