By Alice McFarlane

Agriculture Roundup for Monday July 12, 2021

Jul 12, 2021 | 9:41 AM

MELFORT, Sask. – Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) is urging the government to provide drought relief.

ABP said farmers and ranchers who are experiencing significant impacts due to extremely dry, or drought conditions should contact their municipality and urge them to declare a municipal agricultural disaster.

ABP chair Melanie Wowk said concerns over limited feed resources and access to quality water, have some beef producers struggling to maintain their herd sizes.

“ABP is aggressively pursuing solutions in an attempt to maintain our cow herd through this drought situation by working daily with governments and other affected agricultural commodity groups, both on a provincial and a national level,” Wowk said. “We are a resilient industry, but we have reached a critical level where we need to ask for help.”

ABP encouraged the province to submit an immediate request for assessment under the AgriRecovery Framework, which exists to help in disaster relief situations such as extreme drought.

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When initiated it provides financial assistance for costs not incurred under normal circumstances or covered through AgriStability.

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Federated Co-op and Blair’s Family of Companies have received regulatory approval to go ahead with an earlier announced acquisition.

The joint venture includes Saskatchewan agriculture retail locations at Lanigan, Liberty, Lipton, McLean, Nokomis, Rosthern and Watrous that provide crop inputs, agronomic services, and animal nutrition products.

The joint venture must sell its interest in the Lipton location and anhydrous ammonia assets in Lipton and Balcarres.

The joint venture is expected to begin operations at the end of the month.

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A Winnipeg based company will purchase a U.S. durum flour and semolina miller.

Richardson International will buy 100 per cent of the shares in Italgrani USA which includes a mill, elevator, and barge loading facility at St. Louis, three grain elevators in northwest North Dakota and a commodity trading desk in Minneapolis.

The three North Dakota elevators are within a 60-to-90-minute drive from locations in southeastern Saskatchewan and southwest Manitoba.

The plant can process roughly 1,800 tonnes of durum daily.

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