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Saskatchean Farmers Could See Reduced Fees From Canadian Grain Commission

 
The Canadian Grain Commission is planning on a consultation process with farmers and grain companies on a new fee schedule which could include lower rates.
 
The Western Canadian Wheat Growers says the federal agency has a 100 million dollar surplus from excessive charges for grain inspection and weighing over the past few years.
 
The farm group is calling for a producer refund and lower charges.
Grain Commission spokesman Remi Gosselin says the agency will consult with farm groups and grain handling companies on a new fee schedule.
 
Source : CKRM

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Cleaning Sheep Barns & Setting Up Chutes

Video: Cleaning Sheep Barns & Setting Up Chutes

Indoor sheep farming in winter at pre-lambing time requires that, at Ewetopia Farms, we need to clean out the barns and manure in order to keep the sheep pens clean, dry and fresh for the pregnant ewes to stay healthy while indoors in confinement. In today’s vlog, we put fresh bedding into all of the barns and we remove manure from the first groups of ewes due to lamb so that they are all ready for lambs being born in the next few days. Also, in preparation for lambing, we moved one of the sorting chutes to the Coveralls with the replacement ewe lambs. This allows us to do sorting and vaccines more easily with them while the barnyard is snow covered and hard to move sheep safely around in. Additionally, it frees up space for the second groups of pregnant ewes where the chute was initially.