Livestock

Cattle producers taking part in a Verified Beef Production (VBP) workshop now have until Dec. 31 to apply for funding to purchase equipment via the Canadian Food Safety and Quality Program. The federal agriculture department has extended the deadline to allow more producers to take advantage of the funding available, according to a release Monday […] Read more

Quebec’s cheese industry, fighting an uphill marketing battle against a recent listeria crisis of its own, will get $8.4 million in provincial support over the next three years for development. The cash will go to fund the province’s five-point plan for development and economic growth in the province’s fine cheese sector, Agriculture Minister Laurent Lessard […] Read more

Alberta’s provincial Livestock and Meat Agency (ALMA), has opened up its new website for information on programs coming up as part of the province’s livestock and meat strategy. The site features updates on livestock and meat sector competitiveness initiatives and information about the Alberta Livestock and Meat Strategy (ALMS) and ALMA as well as the […] Read more

The Manitoba government has announced a three-year extension of its program to help cover ranchers’ costs to gather animals for bovine tuberculosis (TB). The provincial ag department said Thursday it will put up $468,000 over three years to support the tuberculosis mustering fee program, which has been in place for the 2006-07 and 2007-08 testing […] Read more

Manitoba’s government has pledged over $1 million for research to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the province’s farming sector. The first funding block of $150,000 from that pledge was earmarked Wednesday for five projects at the National Centre for Livestock and the Environment, a University of Manitoba research centre south of Winnipeg. The new research […] Read more

The Yukon government plans to shift its land planning branch to its energy, mines and resources (EMR) department to “improve the disposition of land” to territory residents. That branch, now part of the community services department, will move to EMR effective April 1, 2009, the government said in a release Monday. EMR’s sustainable resources division […] Read more

Natural Valley Farms, one of several bids in the wake of BSE to boost beef slaughter capacity on the eastern Prairies, has gone into receivership, according to Saskatchewan media reports last week. CBC Saskatchewan on Thursday quoted company director Henry Skjerven as saying investors lost control of the company after it defaulted on a loan […] Read more

Alberta’s provincial government has named three more prominent ag industry figures to its new Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency (ALMA). “Hisakazu Hayakawa, Jeff Kroll and Kim McConnell all have diverse areas of expertise and are recognized as leaders in fields that are crucial to the success of ALMA,” Agriculture Minister George Groeneveld said in a […] Read more

The University of Saskatchewan’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) will soon get an extra $1.7 million per year from the provincial government for study of infectious diseases and development of vaccines for animals and people. The commitment brings the Saskatchewan government’s annual funding for VIDO up to $3.5 million, the province said in a […] Read more