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By Angie Rolheiser

Agriculture roundup

Agriculture Roundup for Thursday August 1, 2019

Aug 1, 2019 | 11:38 AM

Storms that brought hail over the past month have led to a lot of crop damage and hail claims.

Canadian Crop Hail Association President Rick Omelchenko said around 2,000 claims have been made in Saskatchewan right now.

Claims range from Eston, Abbey, Dinsmore, Outlook, Lumsden, Indian Head, Esterhazy, Kerrobert, Luseland, Biggar, Radisson, Hepburn, Rosetown, Cudworth, Humboldt, Kelvington, Redverse, Torquay, Valmarie, almost everywhere,” Omelchenko said.

Between Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, over 3,200 claims have been made.

Claims are near the five-year-average as of the middle of July.

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A local grocery store thinking outside the box to help the environment.

Earlier this year Save on Foods had set a six year goal of reducing the amount of organic food waste that gets tossed out by 50 per cent. The store in Prince Albert has already reduced its output by 100 per cent.

Store Manager Warren McGlone said 80 per cent goes to community groups like the food bank, and the rest gets picked up by farmers.

“That helps the farmers take in the cost of what animal feed would be, and anything that is not edible by animals, actually goes into compost by the farmers,” he said.

McGlone said along with the store’s other recycling programs, the ony trash that gets thrown out now is literally the stuff that gets swept up off the floor.

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A longtime vet wants beef producers to reconsider their need to brand cattle.

Roy Lewis said that it’s painful for cattle, not to mention labour-intensive.

“Producers are usually good at looking at ways to increase efficiency but this is one thing that takes a lot work to do properly,” Lewis said.

Lewis said most herds aren’t mixed anymore and there are new ways to identify cattle, like R-F-I-D tags.