Livestock

More livestock producers in northern Alberta will be eligible this spring to defer income tax on sales of breeding stock forced by drought. The federal government in December had designated three northern Alberta counties along with 23 rural municipalities (RMs) in southern Saskatchewan and the Peace River Regional District in British Columbia as eligible for […] Read more

A worldwide campaign to promote Canadian lobster as a “unique delicacy” will be backed by over $450,000 in public funds, including over $320,000 in federal ag department funding. “Our government is aware that the lobster industry has been hit hard by the economic downturn but that doesn’t change the fact that Atlantic lobster is high-quality, […] Read more

Cash-strapped cattle and hog producers in Saskatchewan can expect $71 million in per-head payments through a new provincial support program announced Thursday. The province’s cattle producers will be eligible for a $40 per head payment for all beef breeding cows and bred beef heifers owned as of Jan. 1, 2009, Agriculture Minister Bob Bjornerud said […] Read more

The host site for events such as Canadian Western Agribition and the Western Canada Farm Progress Show has a naming sponsor for the multi-purpose arena complex now being built there. Evraz Place, formerly known as Ipsco Place and previously as Regina Exhibition Park, has sold naming rights for the new facility to Regina-based Co-operators Life […] Read more

A “Saturday morning tradition” in downtown Fredericton is to stay put now that the province has bought a well-known farmers’ market and its site from its not-for-profit operators. New Brunswick Supply and Services Minister Ed Doherty announced Thursday that the province has paid $1.1 million to buy the W.W. Boyce Farmers’ Market from York County […] Read more

Students in Ontario elementary and secondary schools are being asked to submit designs for new awards honouring boosters of the province’s Greenbelt. The student art contest, announced Thursday, was the launch for the province’s new “I ♥ Greenbelt” awards, recognizing those who have “contributed significantly to supporting a strong and viable Greenbelt.” The Greenbelt is […] Read more

Cargill’s animal nutrition wing has signed a deal it expects will expand the Prairie market for its SafeChoice horse feed and other Nutrena animal feed products. The deal, announced Thursday by Cargill, will see SafeChoice and other brands on the shelves at Peavey Mart stores across Western Canada. Red Deer, Alta.-based Peavey Industries’ retail chain […] Read more

Beef producers who want to take part in the national Verified Beef Production (VBP) program now have the option of completing their workshops online. “This new online workshop feature is designed to improve VBP workshop access for producers in remote areas and for others who simply prefer the convenience of online training,” national VBP program […] Read more

The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association says it’s seen enough to know that the federal government should move now to revive its trade challenge against the United States’ country-of-origin labelling (COOL) legislation. Canada had announced in mid-January that it would put its December 2008 complaint against COOL to the World Trade Organization “in abeyance,” pending the application […] Read more