Sask Stockgrowers February/March meetings

The Saskatchewan Stockgrowers Association has four more zone annual meetings planned for mid-February through to mid-March.

This week, Thursday Feb. 17, the Zone 7 annual meeting will be held at the Beechy Community Hall. The annual meeting gets underway at 4 p.m. followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m. Cost is $20.

Speakers on the program include, Brian Weedon, past SSGA president and Donald Duncan of Millennium Land Ltd. talking about Oil and Gas – A Producer’s Perspective.

There will also be a benefit auction. Call Ed Bothner at 306-859-4602 or Brian Braun at 306-859-4820 for details.

Then, Friday, Feb. 18, the Zones 3 and 12 annual meeting will be held at the Glentworth Hall in Glentworth. The meeting gets underway at 1:30 p.m., with refreshments at 5 p.m. and a beef dinner at 6 p.m. There will also be a dance.

Guest speaker at the meeting is Grant Zalinko, market analyst with Saskatchewan Agriculture.

Cost is $15 per person, $25 per couple and $10 for the dance only.  SSGA members are reminded to bring items for the silent auction.

March 4, 2011, the Zone 5 annual meeting will be held at the Prince William Hotel in Melville, Sask. The meeting runs from 2 to 5 p.m. with Andrew Scheer, member of parliament for Regina – Qu’Appelle as a guest. Guest speakers include Kathy Larson, of the Western Beef Development Centre talking about cost of production, and Grant Zalinko, with a cattle market outlook.

For more information on the Zone 5 event contact Bill Huber at 306-336-2684 or Chad MacPherson at 306-757-8523.

And finally the Zone 1 annual meeting will be held in Carlyle, Sask. March 12, 2011. For details on this event contact Lloyd at 306-482-3743.

(If you missed it, the Zone 4 annual meeting was held Feb. 11 in Eastend.)

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