Saskatchewan Pulse Crop Development Board

Roles and Responsibilities of Saskatchewan Pulse Crop Development Board

Sask Pulse collects a mandatory 1% levy charged on all pulses sold. From this revenue collected, the organization does research that will make pulse production more efficient and profitable for Saskatchewan producers. The organization also acts as a voice for this industry at the provincial and national levels.

Membership

Membership in Sask Pulse is mandatory for anyone in Saskatchewan that grows pulses. As a member of Sask Pulse, there are benefits, including continued research and having a strong industry voice on issues important to pulse producers.

Important Issues

Board Members

How The agency works

Sask Pulse is funded by a mandatory 1% levy charged on all pulses marketed. A producer elected board of directors leads the organization. All directors must be Saskatchewan pulse producers. This group of peers determines the direction for Saskatchewan pulse industry and continues to fund research and development activities aimed at increasing productivity and profitability for producers.

Publications:

Industry facts

Approximately 22,000 producers
Saskatchewan produces approximately 4.6 million acres of pulses
Saskatchewan industry sales: approximately $437 M
Approximately 138 special crop producers in Saskatchewan

How to Contact Us

Sask Pulse
104 - 411 Downey Road
Sasktoon, SK
S7N 4L8

Phone: (306) 668-5556
Fax: (306) 668-5557

E-Mail: pulse@saskpulse.com
Web Site: http://www.saskpulse.com/

Regulations

Orders


To the Top 1. Board Members The board of directors currently consists of:

John Bennett, Director Box 703 Biggar, SK S0K 0M0 (306) 948-2852 Email: ennettjs@sasktel.net	Murray Purcell, Director Pike Lake, SK (306) 975-9666 mgpurcell@sasktel.net

Maurice Berry, Vice-Chair Carievale, SK S0C 0P0 (306) 449-2241 email: m.c.berry@sasktel.net	Lloyd Affleck, Director PO Box 10, Beechy, SK S0L 0C0 (306) 858-2251 email:argail.ent@sasktel.net

Jim Moen, Chair Box 357 Cabri, SK S0N 0J0 (306) 587-2214 email: jim.moen@sasktel.net	David Nobbs, Director 31 Frere St, Kindersley SK, S0L 1S1 (306) 463-3277 d.nobbs@sasktel.net

Barbara Podhorodeski, Director Shipman, SK (306) 426-2350 email: ebpod@sasktel.net

Board members are responsible to producers. If you are a producer and have concerns about the current operations or have ideas about what issues the organization should be following, please call any of them.

To the Top

Orders

Order #	Name (PDF files)	Date Implemented (Year/Month/Day)
12/05	Check-off Collection	August 1, 2005
09/02	Exemptions	June 12, 2002
08/02	Buyer Registration	June 12, 2002
07/02	Producer Registration	June 12, 2002

For information on this or any other information relating to the Sask Pulse, please contact them directly by phone at (306) 668-5556 or by e-mail at pulse@saskpulse.com.