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The Saskatchewan Sheep Development Board (SSDB) with its office in Saskatoon, has the provincial mandate for industry development and is considered the voice of the industry. With five board members elected from five regions across the province, the SSDB administers an industry checkoff with funds supporting market development and promotion which includes extension and producer seminars. The board operates under the regulatory structure of the Saskatchewan Agri-Food Council. Orders and annual reports from the council can be located at the Agri-Food Council website. Other activity includes liaison with government departments, prioritizing research needs, a leafy spurge grazing project, and other public relation activities. 

The Sheep Board offers twice monthly sheep and goat marketing, free consultation/referral services and sells livestock supplies. 

Mission Statement

To provide for the effective development of the Saskatchewan sheep industry and the promotion, regulation and marketing of sheep and sheep products.

Specific aims are:

• To coordinate and inform the industry on matters relating to the production and marketing of sheep and sheep products.

• To promote harmony and communication within the industry.
  To develop the potential of the industry through extension, development of the market and the promotion of sheep products.

• To ensure the provision of services required for the profitable marketing of sheep products.

Vision Statement

A sheep industry that is competitive and viable within sustainable agriculture, growing and responding to the global marketplace, and offering alternative opportunities for production, processing, and access to diverse markets with producer and consumer support.

• 1,000 flocks registered with the SSDB as well there are some unregistered flocks 
• We estimate a provincial flock of 60,000 breeding ewes 
• Average flock size if you include all flocks --- 60 ewes 
• Average flock size excluding flocks under 20 ewes --- 77 ewes 

• Adequate funding for our industry to carry out the work that is expected of us. 
• Developing the value-added component of our industry. With no federal slaughter plant in the province that will slaughter lambs, many of our lambs leave the province to be slaughtered. 
• Long term predation control, we need a program that all producers can count on for help for years to come. 
• Check-off the system as it is now is not providing the funding needed for the SSDB to do the work that is needed by the industry.