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…

June 20, 2023 (Regina, SK) – The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) is asking the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to weigh in on contract protections after the recent $60 million dollar loss Saskatchewan farmers are absorbing due to the unilateral contract cancellation of a buyer. “This is the second massive financial loss for Saskatchewan farmers…

May 29, 2023 (Regina, SK) – The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) supports extended interswitching provisions included in Federal Bill C-47 to increase rail competition and lower costs for hauling farm commodities. In a recent letter to the federal Minister of Transport, Omar Alghabra, and Chair of the Standing Committee on Finance, Peter Fonseca, APAS highlighted…

March 22, 2023 (Regina, SK) – The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) supports Saskatchewan's provincial Budget. The provincial Budget acknowledges the importance of agriculture to the provincial economy, as agriculture accounted for $18.4 billion worth of exports last year, despite it being the third consecutive year of drought."It's no secret that…

February 24, 2023 (Regina, SK) – The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) is calling on Transport Canada to implement the National Supply-Chain Task Force’s recommendation to expand railway interswitching zones in May 2023. The request was made in a letter to the Federal Transport Minister last week expressing support for the National Supply-Chain Task…