Reading Time: 2 minutes NFU DIRECTOR REGION 8 |SEXSMITH Alberta farmers are facing severe weather circumstances. In southern Alberta, they faced excessive moisture. In the Alberta and B. C. Peace region farmers are feeling the effects of a drought that is not three years in the making as reported, but has actually gone on for close to 12 years. […] Read more
Cattle Producers Need Immediate Aid – for Oct. 11, 2010
Critical CWB Activity May Be Its Most Important – for Oct. 11, 2010
Reading Time: 3 minutes Another Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) director election is upon us and it seems a bit quiet so far. Considering the acrimonious position of the Conservative government on the CWB and its past meddling in its affairs, one almost expects some more political mischief from them sooner or later. On the other hand if they do […] Read more
Fixed Wing Effective For Herbicide Application – for Oct. 11, 2010
Reading Time: < 1 minute This letter is in follow up to an article published in the Alberta Farmer Express, September 13, 2010. In the article titled “Herbicides on pasture work well – if applied well” one of Dow AgroSciences employees made an incorrect comment about application of our products with fixed-wing aircraft. These comments do not reflect Dow AgroSciences […] Read more
Stock Growers Oppose Any Changes To Agreement – for Oct. 11, 2010
Reading Time: 2 minutes president, western stock growers association The Western Stock Growers’ Association (WSGA) wishes to inform Alberta cattle producers that our organization is not in favour of the proposed memorandum of agreement (MOA) between Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) and Alberta Cattle Feeders Association (ACFA) forcing a mandatory levy of one dollar per head marketed on Alberta producers […] Read more
Checkoff Agreement Was Done For The Benefit Of The Cattle Industry – for Oct. 11, 2010
Reading Time: 2 minutes ceo, alberta cattle feeders association Re: Will Verboven’s editorial September 16. Verboven is stuck in the past and continues to foster the idea that a carte blanche return to a mandatory checkoff will cure all the problems in the industry. This back-to-the-future mentality would not bring any fresh thinking or alternative approaches to how we […] Read more
Ohio Livestock Growers Caged By Farm Groups – for Sep. 13, 2010
Reading Time: 2 minutes What was to be a clever, voter-sanctioned effort to fence out the animals-are-people crowd in Ohio last year is, depending on your perspective, either a progressive way for farm and animal rights groups to work together toward humane livestock production or a total sellout of livestock producers by Big Ag to the Humane Society of […] Read more
Traceability Just Another Annoyance In ID Saga – for Sep. 13, 2010
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s getting to be more than 10 years since the cattle and livestock identification (ID) issue has dragged on its long weary course. I say this because even last month at a Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) committee meeting, attendees were grappling with the latest chapter, that being the rush to traceability, instigated by the federal […] Read more
Russian Export Ban Creates Barley Export Opportunities – for Sep. 13, 2010
Reading Time: 3 minutes Extreme volatility in world grain prices has created significant price opportunities for Prairie farmers. Feed barley sales have been a recent source of attention, given a huge price rally and subsequent decline in the overseas price structure. To date, we have marketed more than 250,000 tonnes of export feed barley through our Guaranteed Price Contract […] Read more
R-CALF— Wrong On Canadian Imports, But… – for Sep. 13, 2010
Reading Time: 3 minutes Mentioning R-CALF to a Canadian cattle producer has about the same effect as pulling your fingernails across a chalkboard. The Ranchers and Cattlemen Action Legal Fund was formed in 1998 to fight for the livelihoods of small U. S. ranchers. It first set its sights on rising Canadian cattle imports, which it blamed for lower […] Read more
A Different Perspective For Budget Consultations – for Aug. 30, 2010
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Grain Growers of Canada is making some novel suggestions for what should be in the next federal budget. Like groups from all sectors, they are taking part in the pre-budget consultation. Usually farm groups concentrate their lobby efforts on more money for safety net programs or some ad hoc assistance to meet the particular […] Read more
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