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No TB quarantines lifted over holidays

None of the 50 ranch properties still under federal quarantine for bovine tuberculosis in southeastern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan have been released in the past two weeks, officials reported Thursday. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Thursday resumed regular updates on its ongoing investigation into cases of bovine TB in the area. As of Thursday,

Crops

Alberta sacks AFSC board over top brass’ expenses

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 13, 2016

Alberta’s government has dismissed the board of its farm financing and crop insurance agency following an internal probe into “expense and procurement practices” for senior executives. Three unnamed senior executives at Agriculture Financial Services Corp. (AFSC) have also been “relieved from active duty,” the province said in a release Monday. The province on Monday named

Crops, Weather

Alberta to launch malt barley insurance

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 21, 2016

Alberta is set to launch Canada’s first crop insurance product for malt barley this year. The province’s Agriculture Financial Services Corp. (AFSC) last week said it will now provide insurance coverage for a malting end-use for growers with malt barley contracts. The coverage is subject to a contract from a licensed buyer, with a minimum

Rancher’s Risk and Return will be an important tool as producers consider new ways to manage downside risks and upside potential. file photo

Livestock

New calculator assesses financial risk for cattle operations

By Alberta Agriculture November 27, 2013

Can show how sensitive an operation is to different selling prices  and cattle price insurance coverage levels

A new decision support tool to assist cattle producers in calculating their cost of production and risk exposure has been posted to Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development’s website. Rancher’s Risk and Return is an Excel spreadsheet calculator that takes an innovative approach to assessing the market price risk that cow-calf and feedlot producers continually face.

Daily Network News

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No TB quarantines lifted over holidays

Alberta sacks AFSC board over top brass’ expenses

Alberta to launch malt barley insurance

New calculator assesses financial risk for cattle operations

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