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The Sprout: COVID-19 vaccine tops Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities agenda By Kelsey Johnson. Published on Mar 9, 2021 11:29am This vial of Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine (Photo: Nova Scotia Museum)
Here’s today’s agriculture news.
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The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities, (SARM) will kick off its annual convention today. As Global News reports, the association is holding its two-day meeting virtually this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, where discussion about access to the COVID-19 vaccine is expected to take centre stage.
SARM President Ray Orb said he wants improved vaccine communication in rural areas. “We want make sure everyone who lives out in rural areas knows about the vaccine,” he said.
The annual Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) convention is taking place online on March 9 to 10. When the convention debates resolutions on Tuesday afternoon there is one from the RM of South Qu Appelle regarding the name change of the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association, which represents the province’s cities, towns and villages, to Municipalities of Saskatchewan. The resolution asks SARM to lobby the province to put an immediate stop to this “misuse of the term Municipalities of Saskatchewan as their legal identity.” “The intended outcome is for the immediate stop to this misuse of the term “Municipalities of Saskatchewan” as their legal entity.
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A COVID-19 outbreak at a Red Deer slaughterhouse is causing a backlog of hogs across western Canada.
Saskatchewan Pork Development Board (SPDB) general manager Mark Ferguson said the temporary closure and staggered reopening of the Olymel pork plant in Red Deer means tens of thousands of pigs in the province have grown fatter in their pens instead of heading to the abattoir.
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“There are only about five federally inspected plants that do hogs,” Ferguson said. “So Red Deer takes about half of Saskatchewan’s hog production. So farms in Saskatchewan have been greatly impacted by the closure.”
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Record-setting crop insurance program enhancements are expected this year, according to the provincial and federal governments.
Through a partnership between the two levels of government, coverage will reach a record level of $273 per acre due to higher commodity prices and increased yield coverage, up from $224 in 2020 a 22 per cent increase in coverage, the province announced on Tuesday.
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The changes “will continue to build on previous program announcements,” Saskatchewan deputy premier and finance minister Donna Harpauer said during a virtual media conference.