By Alice McFarlane

Agriculture Roundup for Tuesday March 2, 2021

Mar 2, 2021 | 4:24 PM

MELFORT, Sask. – Farm organizations from across the country have joined forces to create the Agriculture Carbon Alliance (ACA).

ACA will advocate on carbon pricing, offsets, retrofit funding, and related environmental policies to ensure farming practices are recognized.

The alliance will provide information to the federal government and Environment and Climate Change Canada.

ACA is comprised of Canadian Canola Growers Association, Canadian Federation of Agriculture, Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, Grain Growers of Canada, Canadian Pork Council, Egg Farmers of Canada, Chicken Farmers of Canada, Turkey Farmers of Canada, Canadian Horticultural Council, and Canadian Hatching Egg Producers.

The group is co-chaired by Canadian Canola Growers Association government and industry relations vice president Dave Carey and Scott Ross, assistant executive director of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture.

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The warmer weather had livestock producers hauling more animals to market.

Canfax reported just over 24,000 head of cattle were sold compared to 8,600 during the previous week.

Feeder cattle sales ranged from $2.00 per hundredweight higher and $4.00 per hundredweight lower.

The biggest price increase was in the 300-to-400-pound steer category which had a provincial average price of $273.25 per hundredweight. The biggest decline was in the 800 to 900 steer weight category with an average of $177.92 per hundredweight.

The price of D2 slaughter cows in Alberta increased $5.46 to average $86.86 per hundredweight. The D3 slaughter cow price was up $6.56 per hundredweight.

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The Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF) will be providing funding to an organization at Indian Head, Sask. for research equipment.

The money will be used by the Indian Head Agricultural Research Foundation (IHARF) to purchase processing and analytical equipment, field equipment, a tractor, a drone, multiple weather stations, a plot-combine, and a drying shed.

Executive manager Danny Petty said the roughly $727,000 will allow IHARF to not only increase small-plot research program but expand work on-farm with growers.

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alice.mcfarlane@jpbg.ca

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