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SaskFlax Director Elections To Be Held This Fall

 
The Saskatchewan Flax Development Commission will hold elections this fall to fill three director positions.
 
Elections will take place from November 4th to 30th.
 
There are four candidates, including Nancy Johns of Zelma, Patricia Lung from Humboldt, Shane Stokke from Watrous, and Greg Sundquist from Watrous.
 
Registered flax producers will receive an election package the first week of November, and will have the option to vote online or by paper ballot.
 
The deadline to vote is noon November 30th.
 
Source : CKRM

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Evolution of Beef Cattle Farming

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The Clear Conversations podcast took to the road for a special episode recorded in Nashville during CattleCon, bringing listeners straight into the heart of the cattle industry. Host Tracy Sellers welcomed rancher Steve Wooten of Beatty Canyon Ranch in Colorado for a wide-ranging discussion that blended family history and sustainability, particularly as it relates to the future of beef production.

Sustainability emerged as a central theme of the conversation, a word that Wooten acknowledges can mean very different things depending on who you ask. For him, sustainability starts with the soil. Healthy soil produces healthy grass, which supports efficient cattle capable of producing year after year with minimal external inputs. It’s an approach that equally considers vegetation, animal efficiency, and long-term profitability.

That philosophy aligned naturally with Wooten’s involvement in the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, where he served as a representative for the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association. The roundtable brings together the entire beef supply chain—from producers to retailers—along with universities, NGOs, and allied industries. Its goal is not regulation, Wooten emphasized, but collaboration, shared learning, and continuous improvement.