The Saskatchewan Cattlemen's Association held its virtual AGM this week.

CEO Ryder Lee covered a lot of topics in his yearly report including the need for changes to AgriStability.

"Business Risk Management changes have been proposed by the Federal Government. We need to see those accepted and implemented by all of the Fed/Prov/Territorial government partnerships. So we can get cattle producers a little closer to a level playing field versus other types of production."

The proposed changes would see the reference margin limit removed and an increase in the compensation rate to 80 per cent.

In Lee's "Look Ahead" he talked about the group's Strategic Plan.

He says the strategic plan focuses on funding research initiatives, developing plans and programs that will improve the industry resilience as well as working with others
on animal health emergency management programming.

In his report, he says advocacy this year is a lot about turning announcements into action.

"Irrigation and internet and business risk management improvement all saw some positive announcements or proposals in the last year. The aim for the coming year is to see those turned into action. There are also areas of frustration that we will work on. Finalizing the trespass act implementation, improving approval processes for feedlot development and WLPIP modernization are all in the crosshairs."

The SCA's Annual Report for 2021 can be found here.