“They’re telling us we didn’t have a drought.” – ALLAN DOWNEY Alberta and Saskatchewan producers will get a tax deferral on cattle sales this year. Interlake producers will get one, too, but southwestern Manitoba producers will just have to wait. Producers in the southwestern region have been told they can’t get aid because they don’t
Drought Aid Bypasses Southwestern Manitoba
Let Farmers Pay For Drainage: Kap Resolution
Farmers who find governments slow to fund drainage projects may start paying for the service themselves. Keystone Agricultural Producers last week called for a funding arrangement allowing municipalities needing drainage to levy local improvement fees on farmland to help pay for it. Such projects would still require cost sharing from Ottawa and the province, according
No Obvious Winner In Comparisons
“Buyers will not volunteer payment security.” – SCOTT WOLFE REPORT Any replacement to the current system of bonding western Canadian grain buyers as required by federal law should be mandatory because a voluntary producer payment security system will not work, a new report says. “Buyers will not volunteer payment security,” says the summary of a
Humane Society Protests Rodeo Calf Roping
“We police ourselves quite well, in my mind.” – JIM PIPPOLO, CPRA When the Manitoba Stampede and Exhibition held its 46th annual rodeo in Morris last week, there was one group that wasn’t cheering for the cowboys. The Vancouver Humane Society is campaigning to ban calf roping (also called tie-down roping) from rodeos across Canada.
B.C. humane society protests rodeo calf roping
When the Manitoba Stampede and Exhibition holds its 46th annual rodeo in Morris through this weekend, one group that won’t be cheering for the cowboys is a Vancouver-based animal welfare organization opposed to one of its main events: calf roping. The Vancouver Humane Society is campaigning to ban calf roping (also called tie-down roping) from
Automated System Puts Cows In Charge
The quietest dairy farm you’ve ever visited. David Wiens has the kind of dairy farm where the cows practically run the place. Of course, computers help a lot, too. David and his brother Charles own Skyline Dairy, one of the most cow-friendly milking operations you’ll see in Manitoba. The cows decide when they want to
Ag Ministers Mull Swine Herd Reduction
Canada’s agriculture ministers may consider a massive sow cull program in an effort to help save the nation’s struggling hog industry. The cull is part of a three-point industry transition plan which the Canadian Pork Council proposed recently to the federal government. The proposal calls for Ottawa to pay producers $500 per sow, plus the
Chicken Farmers Go Interactive With Information Blog
“Questions are best responded to visually.” – lisa bishop-spencer, cfc Chickens are not genetically modified to have six wings, nine legs, no feathers and no beaks. KFC was not forced to change its name from Kentucky Fried Chicken because its chickens aren’t real birds. Those are two urban myths which Chicken Farmers of Canada gets
Traceability Announcement Concerns CCA
“We need a national program.” – JOE BOUCHARD, MCPA The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association is concerned about a national livestock traceability program announced last week by the federal government. CCA worries the mandatory program, to be effective by 2011, will saddle financially stressed producers with more regulations and added costs without financial benefits. Ottawa announced $20
MCPA Director Quits Over Drought Assistance
Adispute over drought assistance to southwestern Manitoba cattle producers has created a split on the Manitoba Cattle Producers Association board of directors. Brian Sterling, MCPA’s District 1 director, recently announced his resignation from the board. District 1 includes the extreme southwestern corner of the province where drought has produced a severe livestock feed shortage. Sterling
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