(Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)

By Alice McFarlane

Agriculture Roundup

Agriculture Roundup for Thursday June 20, 2019

Jun 20, 2019 | 10:32 AM

Dry conditions are forcing livestock producers to make some tough decisions on how to manage their forage and pastures.

Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister David Marit announced additional program measures to help livestock producers.

Features include extension for seeding for greenfeed. Crop insurance customers can use their annual crop acres for livestock grazing or for feed, for producers that purchased the Western Livestock Price Insurance this spring, the 60-day continuous criteria will be waived for the 2019 grazing season.

Producers still have time to enroll in AgriStability for the 2019 Program Year. That deadline has been extended to July 2.

There are exceptions for Crown land lessees with excess grazing or hay.

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A drone spraying company is one of the top three winners of an Innovation Award at the Farm Progress Show.

Daniel McCann with Precision A.I. from Regina said precision drone spraying for weed control has been received very well by farmers.

He hopes to be in full scale commercial operation in 2020.

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An Ituna area rancher was recognized for his efforts in forage research.

Aaron Ivy was presented with the Forage Industry Innovation Award by the Saskatchewan Forage Council.

The presentation was made at the Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence field day south of Clavet.

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China is targeting another Canadian pork producer by temporarily halting imports allegedly over food safety issues.

The decision follows the reported discovery of ractopamine, a food additive banned in China, in a shipment of frozen pork tongues shipped from Quebec-based Frigo Royal.

Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says Ottawa has no scientific confirmation the substance was found on the product.

Last month, China also temporarily suspended export permits for pork producers Olymel and Drummond Export, apparently due to a labelling problem.

China also decided in March to suspend export permits for Canadian canola producers by claiming their product was contaminated.

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