Alex Binkley

Reading Time: 2 minutes After weeks of hearing farm groups complain about high input costs, members of the Commons agriculture committee weren’t sympathetic to statements that fertilizer manufacturers face the same supply and demand pressure as farmers. Alberta Conservative Blake Richards told representatives of the Canadian Fertilizer Institute that fertilizer prices are an issue government and opposition MPs have […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes AF contributor The livestock industry across Canada is reeling from months of gloomy news, but despair was in scarce supply at the annual meeting of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association as delegates took a long-term view of the industry’s prospects. President Brad Wildeman said in an interview there’s plenty of concern among producers about regaining the […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes AF contributor OTTAWA Delegates to the annual meeting of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture in late February could be excused for thinking a general election was under way. Not only did they get the customary speech from Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, they also received a pitch from Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff, who is trying to […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes “We can’t always be doom and gloom.” AF contributor OTTAWA Laurent Pellerin is the new president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, succeeding Bob Friesen who stepped down last year to run unsuccessfully for the Liberals in the general election. Pellerin, who had been CFA first vice-president for several years, defeated Ron Bonnett, CFA second […] Read more

Reading Time: 3 minutes “We cannot continue to market our beef the way we have for the last 50 years.” AF contributor OTTAWA Governments need to show more concern for the survival of the red meat industry and worry less about countervailing action because some provinces are willing to support livestock producers, pork and beef groups have told the […] Read more