Reading Time: 2 minutes New JBS Canada storage and distribution centre to feature more automation, storage, beef patty manufacture.
JBS Canada breaks more ground at Brooks
New storage and distribution centre to feature more automation, storage, beef patty manufacture
Feds announce early livestock tax deferral
Livestock producers in drought-affected areas are getting and early livestock tax deferral (LTD) for the 2024 season. The federal government said the situation has become more challenging for producers due to climate change, when announcing a list of regions eligible for the deferral on June 14. The LTD allows producers in designated areas, who were […] Read more
Calgary Cargill Case Ready workers overwhelmingly endorse strike
Unanimous strike vote almost unheard of at large bargaining units, union says
Reading Time: 3 minutes Workers at Cargill’s Case Ready Plant in Calgary have unanimously voted in favour of strike action.
Safety key for working with calves on pasture
Tips and tricks for working with calves in the open
Reading Time: 3 minutes Glacier FarmMedia — Calving is done, but producers should keep certain things in mind if they have to work with calves in the pasture and in the presence of a nervous mother cow. Why it matters: Working on calves on open pasture can be tricky with a thousand pounds of anxious cow in your face. […] Read more
Cargill Calgary strike hits holding pattern
Strike vote ballots sealed pending labour board meeting: union
The chance of a possible strike at Cargill’s Case Ready Plant in Calgary is looming large, but it’s not yet clear if workers are headed to the picket lines.
Cargill Calgary strike hits holding pattern
Strike vote ballots sealed pending labour board meeting: union
Reading Time: 2 minutes Workers at Cargill’s Case Ready Plant in Calgary are one step closer to labour action after June 5-6 vote.
Charges laid in improper meat dealing case
Four have been charged in November 2023 case
Reading Time: 2 minutes RCMP say animals were purchased at market before being unlawfully slaughtered. Some meat was delivered to stores and residences in Calgary while other meat was intercepted before delivery.
Strike possibility looms at Calgary Cargill plant
June vote will determine if Calgary Cargill workers will echo Cargill Guelph work stoppage
Nearly 1,000 workers at Cargill’s beef processing plant in Guelph were on strike at the end of May, and there’s a possibility that workers at the Cargill Case Ready plant in Calgary could also hit the picket lines.
Student-led farm tests hydroponic cow chow
Altario school farm looks to student leadership, and the latest project is indoor-grown cattle fodder
Reading Time: 3 minutes Students at one small-town school near the Alberta-Saskatchewan border are testing how hydroponic vertical farming technology could be used to feed cattle.
Beekeepers take stock of surviving hives
Alberta has the largest amount of overwintering loss, Canadian Honey Council says
Reading Time: 3 minutes Alberta honeybee losses over winter have yet to be tallied as beekeepers continue to collect data. Rod Scarlett, executive director of the Canadian Honey Council, says full numbers will be known by late June. “We’ve had some locations and operations that have been very good and overwintered losses of 10 per cent or less, and […] Read more
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