The RM of Tecumseh No.65 is a member of Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan, this means that you as a ratepayer are a member of APAS.
The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan - or APAS - has been the voice of Saskatchewan’s farmers and ranchers since 2000.
APAS is Saskatchewan's only democratically elected, producer-run, non-partisan, grassroots, general farm organization.
They work on behalf of its members to address the most important issues facing the province's agriculture sector, including rail transportation, carbon taxation, business risk management, seed royalties, and water policy, to name a few.
APAS represents Saskatchewan as a member of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture and advocates on behalf of Saskatchewan agricultural producers to all levels of government.
The RM of Tecumseh No.65 is in Division 1 and our Representative is Tom Breault
Membership cards Are Mailed Out With Tax Notices. They Can Also Be Picked Up At The RM Office. Members receive rewards such as special pricing and savings on vehicles, insurance, shop equipment, clothing and more
Insurance: Co-operators, EDGE Disability Insurance, EDGE Health and Dental Insurance
Vehicles: Chrysler/Dodge Fleet Program Chrysler Canada offers special fleet pricing for APAS members on new Chrysler and Dodge vehicles.
Retail: Receive a 10% discount at Mark's Work Warehouse upon Presentation of an APAS membership card.
Services: Farm Credit Canada (FCC) is offering APAS members a free year of FCC’s AgExpert Premium (Accounting Online, Field, or Bundle), which can save you $499. Visit www.AgExpert.ca to sign up or sign in, select “Update Plan,” and then use discount code APAS23 to get this offer. If you have any questions, just call FCC’s AgExpert team at 1-800-667-7893.
Internet: The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) has partnered with Starlink to get discounted Starlink hardware and internet service for CFA members. Since APAS is a member of CFA, that means you can get the deal too. The Starlink hardware is only $199 through this offer (it’s usually $759), plus you’ll get a month of free Residential, Business, or Roam service worth $140-$320.
Hotels: APAS members receive hotel discounts. Whether you are traveling for business, heading to a hockey tournament, or taking a well-deserved family break, your APAS membership provides access to exclusive hotel discounts across Saskatchewan and Canada.
With travel costs on the rise, we encourage you to check these rates before booking your next stay.
Featured hotels:
- The Atlas (Regina): A popular choice that includes free breakfast with your stay plus a wonderful waterpark.
- D3H Hotels: Great rates at various locations across Saskatchewan and Alberta. (Many include breakfast)
- The Saskatoon Inn and Conference Center
- Choice Hotels & More: Nationwide discounts to keep your travel budget on track.
Pro Tip: Always carry your APAS Membership Card. Many hotels require you to present it at check-in to honour the discounted rate.
How to Book:
View all participating hotels and access the booking links/codes here: 👉 apas.ca/membership-and-benefits/my-rewards/hotel-deals
Farm Learning Resources: CAHRC Agri HR Toolkit, Canadian Farm Learning Centre
The Farmer's Voice is a quarterly magazine published by APAS about agriculture in the province. View those issues here: Farmer's Voice
APAS also hosts many Webinars that benefit our Farmer's and their ag production. See the links below for past Webinars and videos:
For more information contact APAS:
email: info@apas.ca Phone: 306-789-7774
HELP International Shelterbelt - Weyburn, SK
The Humanitarian Environmental Leadership Projects (HELP) International Shelterbelt Centre is dedicated to enhancing the environment through shelterbelt planting. They offer services such as tree planting, plastic mulch installation, grass seeding, and drip irrigation across Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Alberta.
HELP International Shelterbelt Centre
Tree Production, Research and Training
423 Souris Avenue, Weyburn, SK S4H 0C9
Tel: (306) 861-0814 Email: helpint@sasktel.net
2026 Subsidized Shelterbelt Program Launch
HELP International remains committed to its long-standing promise to provide the lowest-cost highest quality trees in Canada—supporting landowners, municipalities, and communities in establishing sustainable shelterbelts and woodlots.
While many retailers charge $13 per seedling for 4–8 inch yearling lilac and caragana, HELP continues to offer all varieties at the following subsidized rates:
· 1-year seedlings: $2.50 each
· 2-year seedlings: $3.50 each
· 3-year seedlings (double root ball): $5.00 each
(Prices based on orders of 50 or more per variety)
Order now to receive up to 22% additional savings through combined early-bird discounts and tree bonuses for Spring, Summer, and Fall 2026 plantings.
Available Products for 2026
Tree Seedlings • Potted Saplings • Plastic Mulch Film • Drip Irrigation Expanded Tree Inventory (2,000,000 Seedlings)
Hybrid Poplars: Tristis, Okanese, Prairie Sky, Sundance, Hill, Walker, Assiniboine, Northwest
Willows: Golden, Silverleaf, Laurel Leaf, Shrub Willow, Bebbs, Pussy, Sandbar
Deciduous Trees: Manitoba Maple, American Elm, Green Ash
Shrubs: Velosa Lilac, Common Lilac, Dogwood, Shrub Willow
Conifers: White Spruce, Blue Spruce, Scots Pine Seedlings are available in 1-, 2-, and 3-year-old stock. Potted Saplings (50,000 available, 1–3L pots)
· Golden Willow: 6–10 ft
· Silverleaf Willow: 3–6 ft
· Laurel Leaf Willow: 3–4 ft
· Okanese & Tristis Poplar: 4–7 ft
· White & Blue Spruce, Scots Pine: 24–30 in
Large orders (e.g., 3,000+ potted saplings) can be supplied without limitation.
Mulch and Irrigation Systems
Plastic Mulch Film:
HELP pioneered industry-leading 3 mil mulch and now offers an even thicker 3.2 mil option—featuring HELP’s innovative 3–5 gallon rain funnel design at each seedling. Consult our website for funnel making instruction.
Contract Installation Services
HELP provides professional installation of trees, mulch, and drip irrigation systems during spring, summer, and fall. Contact us for a customized quote, or schedule a 2–4 hour on-site assessment and planning session with our team.
Please contact Rodney Sidloski with any questions. To place your 2026 order go to: www.help-shelterbelts.com
Agricultural Health and Safety Network
In 1988, the Canadian Centre for Rural and Agricultural Health (CCRAH) partnered with the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) and six rural municipalities to found the Agricultural Health and Safety Network. Over the last 30 years, the AHSN has steadily increased to 205 RMs including over 24,000 Saskatchewan farm families.
What is the Network?
Mission Statement:
To improve health and safety on the farm through education, service and evaluation research. The ultimate goal is to reduce injury and illness related to the farm environment through co-operative efforts with our partners.The Story of the Agricultural Health and Safety Network
In 1988, the Agricultural Health & Safety Network (The Network) began as a joint venture between the Centre for Agricultural Medicine, Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) and six Saskatchewan Rural Municipalities.
Since then, the Centre for Agricultural Medicine became the Institute of Agricultural Rural and Environmental Health; the Canadian Centre for Health in Agriculture and eventually to what is now known as the Canadian Centre for Rural and Agricultural Health (CCRHA). The Network functions as part of CCRAH’s rural extension division and grew to 213 RMs in 2018. From the Network’s location at the University of Saskatchewan, occupational health and safety information and programs are delivered to over 27,000 Saskatchewan farm families - more than half of all the farm families in Saskatchewan.
Rural Municipalities pay an annual fee of $4.60 per active farm family plus a $400 base membership fee to benefit from Network resources and services. Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture funds are combined with membership fees to develop and deliver farm health and safety educational materials and services to the Network RMs. The professionally trained staff include experts in health education, occupational health and safety, nursing and support staff who have a farming background. The Network staff recruit funds though granting agencies to augment Rural Municipality fees and Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture funds.
Services Overview
Respiratory Health Program for Farmers
Respiratory screening and health education are provided free of charge to rural residents in the Network RMs. Professionally trained staff work with farmers and their families in their local community to increase awareness of health and safety risks associated with respiratory hazards on the farm, develop methods to reduce their exposure and show how they and their family physician can monitor the effects such hazards have on their respiratory health. Respiratory Health Program Clinics for Farmers includes demonstration of personal protective equipment; blood pressure assessment, lung function screening; counselling and referral to an occupatiopnal medicine physician when needed.
Hearing Screening Service for Farmers
The Hearing Screening Service for Farmers is provided in a format similar to the Respiratory Health Program for Farmers. Professionally trained staff work with farmers and their families in their local community to increase awareness of noise hazards on the farm, develop methods to reduce their exposure to harmful noise and show how they and their physician can monitor the effects of hazardous noise on their hearing. Hearing screening includes demonstration of hearing protection and counselling and referral, based on participants’ questionnaires and screening results.
Network News
A newsletter produced and delivered twice a year to all farm families in the Network that focuses on health and safety issues in rural Saskatchewan, research updates and Network activities.
Fact Sheets and other Resources
Fact sheets, booklets and DVDs covering a wide range of farm occupational health and safety topics are available online or by request from the Network office. “Hantavirus”, “Respiratory Hazards: Molds and Fungi” and “How to Wash Clothing Used While Spraying Agrochemicals” are examples.
SARM 90th Anniversary Scholarship
The Network awards 2 @ $1500 scholarship for the best farm safety essay by a rural student pursuing post-secondary education. Application forms are available at all RM offices as well online (link below).
Speakers and Displays
Speakers and displays on agricultural health and safety topics are available for council meetings, annual ratepayers’ meetings, fairs, trade shows and other events in your municipality.
Workshops
Network staff offer a variety of workshops to suit the needs of the Rural Municipality and the community. Please contact agriculture health and safety for a list of available workshops.
Interested? Questions?
Call the RM office to request a program in your area.
To request materials or have agriculture health and safety questions answered call (306) 966-6644 or email aghealthandsafety@usask.ca.
Student Scholarship in Agricultural Safety and Rural Health
Scholarship Deadline: January 15, 2027
To book an In-person or Virtual Discovery Day, please phone: 306-966-6644 or e-mail: shs954@mail.usask.ca
Agriculture continues to be a hazardous occupation. The farm is usually the home and the workplace. Raising awareness among Saskatchewan farm children of hazards on the farm and how to recognize and avoid risks is the goal of the Network Agricultural Safety Discovery Days.
Discovery Days Delivery by Numbers (2016-September 2024)
Agriculture in the Classroom-SK is a nonprofit charitable organization dedicated to agricultural education. Every year, it inspires more than 70,000 youth in Saskatchewan to gain a deeper understanding of and develop a stronger connection to the food production system, while also fostering their aspirations to potentially join the industry in the future.
What They Do
Encouraging teachers to embed agriculture into their classrooms, AITC-SK cultivates an understanding and appreciation of the food and fiber system we rely on daily. Curriculum-based initiatives explore a wide array of concepts, such as where food comes from, food waste, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math), career exploration, and more, with the theme of sustainability woven throughout. Drive change, by youth having multiple positive agriculture learning experiences throughout their education journey. Every student should go on a farm tour, grow a garden, learn how to read a food label, talk to a producer, sit in a tractor, feed an animal, and learn about career opportunities in agriculture. The agriculture industry is made stronger by the trust, support, and involvement of well-informed consumers. Continuing to improve the food system is imperative to a sustainable future, and want to motivate and inspire the next generation to be changemakers and innovators in agriculture and connect kids and agriculture through innovative, experiential, and curriculum-based programs and resources.
Agriculture Affects us All, Every Single Day
Since 1994, Agriculture in the Classroom Sask Inc. (AITC-SK) has played a role in educating youth about agriculture through hands-on activities, engaging programs and inquiry-based educational resources. The AITC-SK team is passionate about inspiring the next generation to care about food, and is governed by a board of directors who are committed to supporting the organization's goals.
Serving All of Saskatchewan
Curriculum-linked initiatives are available for Kindergarten to Grade 12 teachers and students across Saskatchewan at no cost. Teachers can easily incorporate agriculture in their classrooms with our over 100 resources, including storybooks, learning kits, websites, downloadable lesson plans, and more. Our programs offer students in- and out-of-school opportunities to experience agriculture up-close and hands-on. These meaningful experiences include farm tours, classroom presentations, agriculture events, school gardens, food farms, and more.