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JUNE 2018 | VOLUME 14 | ISSUE 3 Celebrate the role of Native Prairie PAGE 9 Clubroot surveillance in 2018 | PAGE 5 Summer management strategies for livestock | PAGE 12 Building public trust in agriculture | PAGE 15 Minister’s Message Lyle Stewart Welcome to the June Edition of Agriview. The 2018-19 Provincial Budget was introduced in the Saskatchewan Legislature in April by the Honourable Donna Harpauer, Minister of Finance. The budget is focused on keeping our province on track with our plan to meet fiscal challenges while continuing to invest in the services, programs and infrastructure that Saskatchewan people value. The Ministry of Agriculture’s budget is $378.6 million, including $258.2 million to fully fund the business risk management programs of Crop Insurance, AgriStability, AgriInvest and Western Livestock Price Insurance. These programs give producers confidence to make investments in their operation that improve the overall profitability and long-term sustainability of our industry. Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation worked with industry to bring forward enhancements to this year’s Crop Insurance program, including adding fire insurance as a coverage feature for pasture land. These programs give producers The savings in this year’s budget are a result of lower forecast AgriStability costs and decreased Crown land sale incentive costs, due to the conclusion of confidence to make investments the 2015 program that provided a purchasing opportunity for farmers and in their operation that improve the ranchers leasing the land. overall profitability and sustainability. The 2018-19 agriculture budget includes $71.2 million for strategic initiatives under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership (CAP), the same amount provided in the previous federal-provincial agreement, Growing Forward 2. This year’s budget includes $31.8 million for agricultural research, an increase of $5 million from last year, to support research institutions, project funding through the Agriculture Development Fund and to increase our focus on demonstration and technology transfer. The budget also contains $3 million to support rehabilitation of irrigation assets in five irrigation districts and irrigation asset transfer, $4.4 million in industry grants to support events and organizations such as Canada’s Farm Progress Show and Agriculture in the Classroom, and $800,000 in annual funding to Animal Protection Services of Saskatchewan to support that organization’s work in enforcing The Animal Protection Act. I am confident this budget will support the continued success of our industry. Table of Contents 8 14 15 JUNE 2018 | VOLUME 14 | ISSUE 3 CROPS Keep it Clean benefits your bottom line and Canada’s brand . 4 Consider in-crop fertilizer when weather and crop conditions change ................................... 4 Beneficial insects: do you scout before you spray? . 5 Clubroot surveillance in 2018......................................................................... 5 International irrigation conference coming to Saskatchewan . 6 Post-application checks on herbicide performance for herbicide-resistance management ................. 6 RESEARCH Can group-housing lead to lower energy costs due to reduced barn temperatures? . 7 Celebrate the role of Native Prairie PAGE 9 PROGRAMS & SERVICES Beef producers improve facilities and help the environment ............................................ 8 Clubroot surveillance in 2018 | PAGE 5 Summer management strategies for livestock | PAGE 12 Building public trust in agriculture | PAGE 15 Celebrate the role of native prairie in sustainable growth . 9 Cover: Native Prairie Appreciation Week is LIVESTOCK June 17-23. It’s a time to celebrate the values Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef ........................................................... 10 of native prairie – discover how on page 9. Updated livestock and forage strategy unveiled . 10 Bovine tuberculosis investigation over but the industry can’t be complacent ............................ 11 Take steps to avoid blue-green algae in your dugouts . 11 Summer management strategies for livestock producers to consider.................................... 12 Pasture management will result in more uniform grazing . 12 AGRIVIEW is published by the Communications Branch of Saskatchewan Agriculture for Saskatchewan farmers, ranchers and farm and food organizations. PROGRAMS & SERVICES For more information, call 306-787-5160 or email Seeding isn’t complete until you’ve filed the seeded acreage report .................................... 13 [email protected]. To view this publication online, Illegally dumping waste hurts the environment and can result in fines . 14 visit www.saskatchewan.ca/agriview. Volunteers needed to survey wildlife ................................................................ 14 Expanding value-added processing in Saskatchewan. 15 Building public trust with Blair’s family of companies ................................................. 15 EVENTS CALENDAR Calendar . 16 PROGRAMS & SERVICES Be FireSmart on the farm: fire pits, burn barrels and windrows.......................................... 16 IF YOU’RE EXPERIENCING ANY SYMPTOMS OF STRESS, THE FARM STRESS LINE IS THERE FOR YOU 24/7 AT 1-800-667-4442. Saskatchewan.ca CROPS Keep it Clean benefits your bottom line and Canada’s brand mycotoxin. DON levels are strictly regulated around the world, so Brenna Mahoney protecting your crop from fusarium and DON will not only improve your Director of Communications and Stakeholder Relations bottom line but improve the marketability of the rest of Canadian exports. Cereals Canada Some of the things that farmers can do today to limit the potential for fusarium damage are: As an individual farmer, you can’t control everything that goes into Canada’s • Scout fields regularly for disease reputation of providing quality, consistent symptoms to determine the effectiveness and clean grain. You do, however, have of your management plan; control over some of the most important • Apply fungicide when there is an elevated factors. Adherence to the guidelines in the risk of FHB (e.g. wet conditions during Keep it Clean program is an excellent way to flowering and head emergence); and ensure you are reducing risk on your farm, • Control grassy weeds and straw residue as well as protecting the Canadian brand. that may harbour FHB between cereal Importers are increasingly on the lookout crop years. for unwanted material in grain shipments. The industry must work as a single They always test arriving vessels to ensure Unacceptable residues can sink value-chain in order to protect and that contract specifications are being met, a shipment – know the 2018 products of concern before application. enhance Canada’s reputation for quality and testing levels are becoming and safety. This is why the Canola increasingly minute, often calculated in Council of Canada, Cereals Canada, the parts per billion or even parts per trillion Barley Council of Canada, the Prairie Oat (a part per trillion is the equivalent of one Growers Association and Pulse Canada second in 32,000 years). are making the Keep it Clean program 2018 PRODUCTS OF CONCERN Shipments that contain things like pesticide residues above the importer’s directly related to enhancing your crop CANOLA: Be Informed – Treated crop could createprotection marketing concerns: management plan. Following the Keep it Clean guidelines will maximum residue limits or mycotoxins such as ochratoxin (OTA) and Quinclorac (e.g. Accord, Clever, Facet and Masterline Quinclorac) – consult grain buyer before using. Metconazole (e.g. Quash) – consultenhance grain buyer before using. your business by reducing risk, while also helping the entire deoxynivalenol (DON) can derail exports and damage Canada’s reputation.CEREALS: Special Considerations: Wheat: Glyphosate (e.g. Roundup) industry– only use pre-harvest if greenestdeliver part of the crop on is <30% its moisture. commitments. Countries can turn shipments away if we don’t meet their regulations, Oats: Glyphosate – may not be accepted by grain buyers if treated pre-harvest. Malt Barley: Glyphosate, Saufenacil (e.g. Kixor) – will not be accepted by grain buyers if treated pre-harvest. causing millions of dollars in losses and placing future business atPULSES: risk. Up-to-date information is now available at keepingitclean.ca. A focus for farmers this time of year is fusarium. Every farmer knows the FOR Visit www.keepingitclean.ca; or potential yield and quality losses that come from fusariumThree important steps todamage, avoid unacceptable residues but and protect Canada’s reputationMORE as a quality supplier: Call Cereals Canada at 204-942-2166. Use only registered products. Always follow the label for rate, ConrmINFO market requirements losses in the field are not the only issue. The fungus produces thetiming DON and pre-harvest interval. with your grain buyer. For more information on how your application decisions can impact market access for all, visit keepingitclean.ca AD_KeepItClean_ProductsofConcern_April2018_7.125x9.875_REVISED_FOR_CEREALS_April26.indd 1 2018-04-26 10:10:27 AM Consider in-crop fertilizer when weather and crop conditions change can also be added to fertilizer to stabilize nutrients for a short time if rain Daphne Cruise, PAg is not in the immediate forecast. In-crop sulphur application can happen Crops Extension Specialist a little later in crop development and still be beneficial. Agriculture Knowledge Centre Leaf burn could be an issue when doing an in-crop