WHEREAS agriculture thefts on farms and ranches have been an ongoing issue across rural Saskatchewan;

WHEREAS cases of agriculture theft often go without resolution due to a lack of RCMP resources;

WHEREAS more needs to be done to appropriately respond to these types of thefts;

WHEREAS this is a multi-stakeholder issue;

BE IT RESOLVED that SARM lead a joint lobby effort, along with the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association, the Saskatchewan Cattlemen's Association and Livestock Services of Saskatchewan, to lobby the RCMP to dedicate resources to deal with agricultural related thefts.

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