March 30, 2023 (Regina, SK) – The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) is looking forward to further information about several agricultural items included in Tuesday's budget. "The federal budget broadly addresses some important agricultural topics that APAS raised during the months leading up to yesterday's announcement," APAS President Ian Boxall…

December 6, 2022 (Ottawa, ON) – The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) continued its support for farmers and their right to repair farm machinery on Monday. APAS President Ian Boxall spoke before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry and Technology reiterating the importance of the right to repair our farm machinery. “Saskatchewan has the largest…

June 6, 2022 (Regina, SK) – The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) is calling on the federal government to trigger a Livestock Tax Deferral Program for 2022 as soon as possible. The measure would allow cattle farmers who sell part of their breeding herd due to drought in prescribed areas to defer the tax on the sale proceeds to the following year. “Many areas of…

March 23, 2022 (Regina, SK) – The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) is supportive of the provincial government’s 2022-23 budget for the Ministry of Agriculture. “While the province continues to manage the debt after COVID-19, APAS remains appreciative of the government programs geared towards helping agriculture thrive in Saskatchewan,” APAS…

Todd Lewis, President of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) has met with Cong Peiwu, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Canada. The two met at the Chinese Embassy in Ottawa on Monday, February 24, during Mr. Lewis’s trip to the Capital to participate in the Canadian Federation of Agriculture’s Annual Meeting. “Saskatchewan and Canada…

REGINA, SK       APAS Raises Alarm Over Rail Network Shutdown Affecting Saskatchewan’s Grain Industry. The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) is expressing serious concern over the recent rail network disruptions that pose a severe threat to the province's grain producers. The disruption not only cast a profound shadow of uncertainty over…

Oct. 26, 2023 (Regina, SK) - The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) urgently appeals to the Honourable Senators of Canada to rectify the recent amendment to Bill C-234, "An Act to amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act." This call comes in the wake of the Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture and Forestry's review, which took place on October…

Dear Saskatchewan Senators: I am writing to you as the President of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan and a dedicated farmer from Tisdale, Saskatchewan. As the Canadian Senate considers the merits of Bill C-234, An Act to amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, I want to encourage each of you to support this Bill, given its implications for Saskatchewan’s…