Livestock

The federal government has designated its first list of municipalities where breeding livestock producers will be eligible to defer some tax on 2007 income from drought-induced sales. The tax deferral program, announced Friday, will apply to breeding livestock producers in areas of northwestern, southern and eastern Ontario and southern Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. Designation […] Read more

Manitoba will direct cash from a federal community development plan to upgrades on municipal wastewater treatment plants that will allow expansions at two major pork processing facilities. The province announced Friday that it will flow part of the federal government’s pledged $41.9 million Community Development Trust funding package into upgrades of industrial wastewater treatment facilities […] Read more

Manitoba’s cattle producers will be eligible for direct payments from a $14.7 million fund to help support them through high feed costs, low cattle prices and the high Canadian dollar. The province announced Friday it will put $7.35 million toward the payments, while the other half will come from the federal government’s $41.9 million Community […] Read more

Mediated talks between Quebec’s hog producers and processors, aimed at a revival of the beleaguered industry, have failed, according to farm newspaper La terre de chez nous. The newspaper, on its web site Friday, quoted provincial Agriculture Minister Laurent Lessard as saying producers and processors have missed a fine opportunity by instead opting for arbitration […] Read more

Aid to livestock producers, investment in hog processing capacity and a strategy to deal with U.S. country-of-origin labeling (COOL) will take part of Manitoba’s share of federal Community Development Trust funding. Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty came to Winnipeg Thursday to announce the province will get $41.9 million from the program, which splits up $1 […] Read more

British Columbia has introduced amendments to its animal cruelty legislation to boost the powers available for animal protection agents. The amendments, announced Thursday, will boost penalties for offences and give agents of the B.C. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals greater leeway to step in on suspicion of cruelty or of people causing […] Read more

New joint research by scientists in Manitoba and Australia will seek out proteins in dairy for their impact in preventing and managing chronic diseases. The initiative, led by the Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals in Winnipeg, will involve scientists at University of South Australia’s Nutritional Physiology Research Centre, the Centre for Agri-Health in […] Read more

Quebec’s provincial government will put up $150,000 to support the development of la Laiterie de l’Outaouais, a $2.76 million project planned for Gatineau’s agri-food industrial park. The new co-operative dairy, scheduled to open this summer, is expected to produce milk, organic milk, chocolate milk, maple-flavoured milk and cream and plans to add ice cream, cheese […] Read more

Horses All, a monthly newspaper for the Alberta and western Canadian horse industries, has a new owner in Winnipeg publishing house Farm Business Communications. Horses All was published and edited respectively by Steve and Cindy Mark of Calgary. The paper has operated since 1977 and covers news and events across the equine sector. Its fields […] Read more

The provincial government’s move Monday to halt any further development of the hog sector in much of eastern Manitoba doesn’t go far enough, according to a coalition of groups advocating smaller-scale farming. In a press conference Wednesday in Winnipeg, representatives of groups including HogWatch Manitoba and Beyond Factory Farming called for the provincial government to […] Read more