Communications
Farmscape Daily Radio Program
The daily radio/on-line program hosted by Bruce Cochrane contineus to provide news and current events on the pork industry. Features are expanded into print articles which are available to weekly newspapers in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Farmscape can be heard daily on CJWW Radio in Saskatoon; CKSW in Swift Current and CISE in Wolesely, Saskatchewan or go to http://www.farmscape.ca/f1Scripts.aspx for transcripts and audio.
Farming for Tomorrow Magazine - Saskatchewan
Sask Pork is a member of the editorial board for the Saskatchewan edition of Farming for Tormorrow magazine which is published twice a year in spring and fall. The publication is targeted towards farming and ranching operations with articles that focus on sustainable agriculture. It is mailed free of charge to all farm addresses in Saskatchewan. To view the current issue go to: www.farmingfortomorrow.ca
Sask Pork articles published in Farming for Tomorrow:
- Pigs, Trees and Greenhouse Gases - Cedric McLeod July 2007
- Community Development Vital to Intensive Livestock Development - Don Walters/Kim Browne July 2007
- Solid Manure Injection Proves Technically Feasible - Bruce Cochrane April 2008
- Manure Application to Cropland - Cedric MacLeod & Mark Ferguson - December 2008
Memberships
The Saskatchewan pork industry is part of a larger network of agriculture stakeholders and groups whose focus is on expanding the province's agriculture sector. Sask Pork is member of the following organizations:
- Agriculture Council of Saskatchewan (Formerly SCCD)
- Agriculture in the Classroom
- Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance (CAFTA)
- Canadian Association of Science Centres
- Canadian Western Agribition
- Farm Animal Council of Saskatchewan
- Feeds Innovation Institute
- Saskatchewan Meat Processors Association
- Saskatchewan Food Processors Association
- Saskatchewan Institute of Agrologists
- Saskatoon and District Chamber of Commerce
- SIAST Retail Meat Cutting Advisory Committee