Livestock

The Manitoba government’s plans to retain ownership of carbon credits from on-farm projects it funds under new programs will be limited to the same scope as its funding contributions. That’s according to the province’s general farm group, Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP), which asked for clarification after it was noted that the terms of the province’s […] Read more

Southwestern Saskatchewan ranchers and farmers working on water infrastructure projects under a 2008 program have been granted an extra year to finish the work. The federal and Saskatchewan governments on Monday extended the deadline to complete projects approved under the 2008 Saskatchewan Farm and Ranch Water Infrastructure Program (FRWIP), from Nov. 1, 2009 to Nov. […] Read more

Quebec meat packer Olymel and New Brunswick poultry producer Groupe Westco have signed a deal toward labour peace for a joint-venture poultry plant that’s yet to be built. The two companies, now working under the name “Sunnymel,” on Friday announced the signing of a preliminary “recognition agreement” with the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW […] Read more

Quebec meat packer Olymel and New Brunswick poultry producer Groupe Westco have signed a deal toward labour peace for a joint-venture poultry plant that’s yet to be built. The two companies, now working under the name "Sunnymel," on Friday announced the signing of a preliminary "recognition agreement" with the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW […] Read more

A new “action plan” to improve the competitiveness of Quebec’s pork sector includes protocols for environmental certification on the province’s hog farms. The Federation des producteurs de porcs du Quebec (FFPQ) rolled out its new business plan Wednesday, outlining the terms of its new marketing agreement with the province’s pork processors, which took effect on […] Read more

A measure to expand the income deferrals available to ranchers forced to sell off breeding livestock is up for implementation in Parliament. Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty on Wednesday tabled a notice of ways and means motion to implement the measure, among others such as the government’s much-publicized home renovation tax credit. The government in […] Read more

An eastern Ontario company making soft goat cheese for the Canadian and U.S. markets is in market expansion mode with over $172,000 in provincial support. Mariposa Dairy Ltd., based at Lindsay, about 40 km west of Peterborough, will get $172,600 from the province’s Eastern Ontario Development Fund, with which the company expects to create 11 […] Read more

Work has officially begun on the Quebec agriculture ministry’s new veterinary diagnostic and disease surveillance complex at St-Hyacinthe. The project, backed by a $51.6 million provincial investment, is expected to be complete by June 2011, the province said in a release Wednesday. The new centre is a joint project with the Universite de Montreal’s faculty […] Read more

A southern Alberta cattle rancher and Tory MLA who took back his riding from the Wildrose Alliance has been named as parliamentary assistant to provincial Agriculture Minister George Groeneveld. Broyce Jacobs, the MLA for Cardston-Taber-Warner, was named to the post Wednesday by Premier Ed Stelmach. In the agriculture and rural development portfolio, Jacobs replaces Battle […] Read more