Livestock
Farmscape with Bruce Cochrane is reporting that an on-line petition calling on the federal government to recognize the extreme crisis faced by the Canadian Pork industry is gaining momentum. Canadian hog producers are reeling from a combination of high feed costs, a stronger Canadian dollar, reduced U.S. market access due to Country-of-Origin Labelling, reduced access […] Read more
On-line petition for hog farmers gains momentum
Mixed Messages From Consumers
Reading Time: 3 minutes Once again, consumer trends seem to be rather confusing. Countless studies have shown that folks certainly think they know what they want, really cannot afford it and then go buy something altogether different. In a recently released study focusing on food needs for the year 2020, consumers clearly wanted someone else to be responsible for […] Read more
Bluetongue To Be Downgraded To “Notifiable”
Reading Time: < 1 minute Regulations requiring suspected cases of bluetongue in livestock to be reported to federal veterinary inspectors, even though Canada has lifted its bluetongue control measures on U. S. imports, are set to change by as early as next month. Amendments to the federal Health of Animals Regulations will downgrade the five common U.S. serotypes of bluetongue […] Read more
Onefour Remains An Ideal Location For Great Plains Research
Reading Time: 3 minutes “The Reason Why We Lowered The Numbers Was To Be Able To Operate More Like A Ranch.” Research at Agriculture Canada’s Onefour Substation is entering a new era. With the end of the longtime cattle cross-breeding program in the late 1980s and the transfer of the cattle genomics program to the University of Alberta in […] Read more
Korean Beef Ban Goes Back To WTO
Reading Time: < 1 minute Technical talks aimed at avoiding a formal trade dispute between Canada and South Korea over the latter’s ban on Canadian beef haven’t done the trick. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and International Trade Minister Stockwell Day announced July 9 that Canada has officially asked the World Trade Organization (WTO) to set up a formal dispute settlement […] Read more
Long-Term Battle Is To Win Consumer Trust
Reading Time: 4 minutes The industry must look beyond the current crisis to assure its future Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Western Hog Journal. The Canadian pork industry’s battle for survival is well documented within the pages of the agricultural press and increasingly in the mainstream media. Having endured […] Read more
New Angus Beef Logo And Program Announced
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canadian Angus Association (CAA) launched its new “Canadian Angus – Rancher Endorsed” branded beef program at the recent World Angus Forum in Calgary. The program is being offered to producers based on the Green Angus cattle tag program which guarantees at least 50 per cent Red or Black Angus genetics. This program is aimed […] Read more
Applications Available For Two Livestock Programs
Reading Time: < 1 minute Applications are now being accepted for two agribusiness programs designed to stimulate business and market development, advance efficiency, and expand investment and capital. The programs, totalling $10.27 million, are part of the province’s new Growing Forward commitment. The livestock components will be delivered by the Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency Ltd. (ALMA). Alberta’s Growing Forward […] Read more
Que. cattle producers urge Colbex review
A new group of Quebec cattle producers is urging the province to investigate the finances of the producer-owned Levinoff-Colbex beef packing plant, Quebec media report. Colbex, the largest cull-cattle slaughter plant in Canada’s East, changed hands in 2006 when Quebec’s cattle producers put up $50 million to buy an 80 per cent stake, which they […] Read more
Farms form 3.5 per cent of B.C. GHG baseline
Within the benchmark for annual greenhouse gas emissions by which British Columbia will measure its success in cutting GHG output, farming activities form just 3.5 per cent. The province on Thursday released its greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory for 2007, which it will use as the baseline for its plans to cut emissions further. B.C. residents […] Read more
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