The western producer july 27, 2017

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THURSDAY, JULY 27, 2017

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Provinces balk at late participation in AgriStability BY KAREN BRIERE REGINA BUREAU

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ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Saskatchewan won’t give farmers the option to enrol in AgriStability after yearly deadlines, and Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart says other provinces will likely follow suit. The provision was one of the changes announced in the new five-year policy framework, now known as the Canadian Agricultural Partnership, after last week’s federal-provincial-territorial ministers’ meeting in St. John’s. The CAP will take effect April 1, 2018, and remains at $3 billion. Stewart said ministers agreed on many aspects of the policy, but this was one he couldn’t support. “It’s a piece that the feds were committed to; I don’t understand it,” he told reporters after the meeting. “I respect (federal Agriculture) Minister (Lawrence) MacAulay for his stated goal of trying to increase participation in AgriStability,

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Harder-hit farmers are baling their crops for livestock feed as hot temperatures hammer yields BY BRIAN CROSS SASKATOON NEWSROOM

It’s shaping up to be a dry and early harvest across much of Western Canada this year, particularly in the southern grain belt. High temperatures, extremely dry field conditions and lack of rainfall have caused crops to mature quickly and will result in

lower-than-average yields in many areas, particularly south of the Trans-Canada Highway. Crop development across much of the southern Prairies is a week to two weeks ahead of normal with combining of pea and lentil crops already underway in some areas. “It’s definitely dry and definitely early,” said Mike Carefoot, a grower from Swift Current, Sask.

“There will be some yield loss for sure, but I guess we should be thankful for what we have out there, considering the very low rainfall that we’ve had this year.” Carefoot said he was hoping to start harvesting early seeded field pea crops July 24-25. That’s an early start, but not the first time that Carefoot has taken off

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pulse crops in late July. “We’ve had to combine this early before when it’s this dry, but it seems to (be) about a week ahead of normal,” he said. C a r e f o o t ’s f a r m , a b o u t 1 5 kilometres west of Swift Current, has had about 50 millimetres of rain over the past eight to 10 weeks. SEE DRY SUMMER, PAGE 4

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JULY 27, 2017 Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: Box 2500, Stn. Main, Saskatoon, SK. S7K 2C4 The Western Producer is published in Saskatoon by Western Producer Publications, which is owned by GVIC Communications Corp. Publisher: Shaun Jessome Publications Mail Agreement No. 40069240

Dry summer, early harvest


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