Sask. livestock industry applauds provincial aid package, calls on Ottawa for more

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With the Saskatchewan government providing up to $70 million in aid for drought-stricken livestock producers, one industry leader said he hopes the federal government will offer support as well.

“It’s a good start, but more help is going to be needed if we’re going to be looking at maintaining the number of livestock we have here in Saskatchewan,” Grant McLellan, chief executive officer of the Saskatchewan Cattlemen's Association, told BNN Bloomberg in a television interview.$70 million in aid to livestock producers to offset the added costs they face due to drought in the region.

shows the majority of the province at least “abnormally dry” as of July 31, with some parts of the southwest under “extreme drought.” “We’re looking for the federal government to partner with the province and our producers to bring that support to bear just like they did in 2021,” he said.

 

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