Reading Time: 2 minutes I am a long-time reader of your paper and appreciate the informative agricultural news and other articles. However, the opinion piece by Matt McIntosh entitled ‘Time to farm with nature,’ has prompted some very serious questions I would love to pose to him, and to you, as you have printed his opinion; vital questions which […] Read more
Letter to the Editor: Don’t surrender on the enviro front
Letter to the editor: AgriRecovery too limited for cattle sector
Reading Time: 3 minutes Thank you for the recent article about feed assistance in Alberta Farmer Express. I would like to add to this. I am a cattle producer in northern Alberta. We did receive some rain in late August, but too late for our first and often only cut of hay. Our area does not qualify for the […] Read more
Protect JBS Feedlot workers
Reading Time: < 1 minute The recent JBS plant tour in Brooks made for high hopes when opposition Liberal MLA Dr. Swann and I took the tour. JBS stated they are better because they do better, they strive and intend to exceed the standards that apply in all aspects of their operations at all times. On that note I asked […] Read more
Supply management message misinterpreted
Reading Time: < 1 minute RE: “Dairy Farmers show some bend in supply management” (AF May 27, 2013, Sylvain Charlebois) Charlebois states that the Canadian Dairy Commission’s introduction of Class 3(d) is a sign that supply management is on the way out, however, he misinterpreted this change. We wouldn’t endorse a change that would foster the movement for the demise […] Read more
WTO actions must be continued
Reading Time: 2 minutes Re: The opinion piece entitled “Please, let’s not win any more trade battle” by John Morriss in the June 24 issue. The viewpoints expressed demonstrate a clear misunderstanding of the nature of the dispute regarding U.S. mandatory Country of Origin Labelling (COOL). The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) supports the concept of voluntary country of origin […] Read more
Luing cattle on the rise
Reading Time: < 1 minute I would like to respond to comments made about Luing cattle in the article “All cattle are not all black yet” in the Feb. 4 edition. I’m not sure where Mr. Fee gained his impression that our breed had disappeared prior to him noticing “some registrations in 2010-11.” Our herd book contains registrations of Luing […] Read more
Letters — for 2012-09-10 00:00:00
Reading Time: < 1 minute I am a reader of your paper and a farmer/rancher in Alberta. I enjoy reading Alberta Farmer and am generally happy and pleased with the quality of the paper and articles. I recently read the May 7 paper and felt that I should send you a comment. (yes, we have been busy farming and are […] Read more
Gun registry is gone, gun owners registry isn’t
Reading Time: 2 minutes A recent letter to the editor of the Manitoba Co-operator from Inky Mark of Dauphin, Manitoba. Mark is a former Conservative member of Parliament for Dauphin-Swan River. Most gun owners in Canada believe that once the long-gun registry is revoked by C-19, everything will return to normal to pre-C-68 days. How wrong it is to […] Read more
Letters — for 2012-06-04 00:00:00
Reading Time: < 1 minute The CGC has been contacted by Mr. Bill Toews who advised that he is concerned about the attribution of a statement in the feature on the CGC’s 100th anniversary printed in the April 9 issue. In the piece entitled “CGC guarantees Canadian grain quality worldwide,” the quote, “You have a disciplined system for putting grain […] Read more
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