Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada’s national cattle producers’ group plans to test run a nationwide mentorship initiative for young producers with a pilot program in Alberta starting in July. The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association has rolled out its new Cattlemen’s Young Leaders (CYL) Development Program, expected to provide industry-specific training and mentorship opportunities to producers between the ages of 18 […] Read more
Training The Next Generation Of Cattle Producers
Premier Recognizes Healthy Foods
Reading Time: 2 minutes The provincial government has announced winners of the first Alberta Food for Health Awards. “We applaud these producers and researchers for their commitment to providing top-quality, healthy food choices,” Premier Ed Stelmach said in a release. This new awards program will help Albertans learn more about some of the great food products that are available […] Read more
Concerned About Payment? Get it immediately
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) tries to ensure grain companies have enough security posted to cover farmers against payment defaults, but sometimes the security falls short. That’s why the CGC urges farmer to get paid right away. Farmers can make a claim against a company’s security if they are not paid within 90 days from […] Read more
CWB Initials Up But Final Outlook Down
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canadian Wheat Board has announced that 2009-10 initial payments for wheat will increase by between $5 and $44.65 per tonne, depending on grade, class and protein level, effective June 3, 2010. Farmers who delivered grain between August 1, 2009 and June 2, 2010 will receive an adjustment payment. Payment will be issued to producers […] Read more
Bar-Coded Cattle ID Tags De-Listed July 1
Reading Time: < 1 minute Any bar-coded dangle tags still hanging from Canadian cattle’s ears will officially become plastic jewelry effective July 1. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency, which was previously expected to de-list bar code tags as of Jan. 1, 2010, said May 28 that the bar code tags will be de-listed July 1 in favour of radio frequency […] Read more
Equipment purchase intentions stable
Reading Time: < 1 minute A survey by Farm Credit Canada (FCC) shows that 42 per cent of respondents will spend more on equipment, 45 per cent are not planning any change and 14 per cent stated they will spend less. Quebec producers (21 per cent) are significantly more likely to state that they plan to decrease spending on equipment […] Read more
Province announces $15 million for ID
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Alberta government has announced $15 million for a new three-year age-verification incentive program. The incentive will be available in the form of a discount towards subsequent purchases of radio frequency identification tags. “Our government is committed to working with industry to build a stronger beef sector and age-verification is a crucial piece of that,” […] Read more
Equine Ranching Industry Has Almost Disappeared
Reading Time: < 1 minute Another round of cutbacks may see the number of equine ranches in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and North Dakota slashed to around 25, down from 64 last year. The decline in the local industry that produces pregnant mares’ urine (PMU) for use by drug manufacturing giant Wyeth in a range of medications since the turn of the […] Read more
Fewer and less severe droughts in corn belt
Reading Time: < 1 minute Severe droughts in Indiana and Illinois seem to becoming few and far between, according to a Purdue University study. Keith Cherkauer, an assistant professor of agricultural and biological engineering, and Vimal Mishra, Cherkauer’s graduate student, used historical data from the U.S. National Climate Data Center to model the likelihood of future droughts in the two […] Read more
Bluetongue Disease Status Oficially Downgraded
Reading Time: 2 minutes Five types of bluetongue, a disease affecting cattle and other ruminants, have been officially been downgraded in Canada to “immediately notifiable” from “federally reportable.” The Canadian Food Inspection Agency, which said last summer it planned to loosen the rules in Canada’s Reportable Diseases Regulations and Health of Animals Regulations dealing with the five common U.S. […] Read more
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