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Pork Woes First On Agriculture Committee Menu

By Alex Binkley March 25, 2010

The first hearing of the Commons agriculture committee in the new session of Parliament was on a familiar topic – the financial hemorrhaging in the pork industry. For Jurgen Preugschas, president of the Canadian Pork Council and Jim Laws, executive director of the Canadian Meat Council, it was another opportunity to reiterate the problems facing

Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Livestock, Other livestock

Federal Beef-Packing Assistance Welcomed

By Alex Binkley March 18, 2010

“These measures address a real threat to the long-term profitability of the Canadian cattle industry.” – BRAD WILDEMAN Packers and cattle groups say assistance announced in the federal budget will make their sector more competitive. The budget allocated an extra $10 million for the Slaughter Improvement Program, $25 million for packing plants that handle animals

Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

Innovation, Trade Dominate Dairy Meeting

By Alex Binkley February 11, 2010

One surefire way to make dairy farmers squirm is suggest they consider exporting dairy products again. Sure they’re happy to sell breeding and cull cows outside the country but they don’t want to go anywhere near the international market for dairy products. Gilles Gauthier, Canada’s chief agriculture negotiator at the WTO, suggests that even with

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

SRM Subsidy Critical To Survival, Packers Say

By Ron Friesen November 26, 2009

“There’s a very real possibility that there would not be a cow killer east of Brooks.” – BRAD WILDEMAN, CCA Canada risks losing its entire processing sector for older cattle unless the federal government subsidizes the cost of removing specified risk materials (SRMs) from beef carcasses, the industry warns. New, less stringent regulations for SRM

Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Livestock

Packers Need Government Support For Processing Old Cows

By Alex Binkley November 12, 2009

The packing plants processing cows over 30 months of age need a federal support payment of $31.70 a head urgently to offset the high cost of Canada’s SRM rules, the industry told the Commons agriculture committee Nov. 2. In a rare show of unanimity, the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, the Canadian Federation of Agriculture and packer

Hogs, Livestock

Pork Council Looks For An Action Plan

By Alex Binkley October 29, 2009

“It’s a short period of time (to get organized), but there was a clear message from the summit that we need to follow up on the ideas.” The Canadian Pork Council will establish a steering group to develop a strategy for acting on all the ideas for bettering the sector that were advanced at the

Country Crossroads

Does Canada Need A National Food Standard?

By Alex Binkley July 9, 2009

One re commenda -tion flowing from a Commons subcommittee report that resonates with the food industry is the need for a national food inspection standard. Michael McCain, president and CEO of Maple Leaf Foods and the face of food safety these days, says, “All food for sale in Canada, whether it is produced in federally

Daily Network News

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Canada-China roundup: Producer groups applaud tariff relief; pork left out; mix of criticism and praise from Trump administration

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Pork Woes First On Agriculture Committee Menu

Federal Beef-Packing Assistance Welcomed

Innovation, Trade Dominate Dairy Meeting

SRM Subsidy Critical To Survival, Packers Say

Packers Need Government Support For Processing Old Cows

Pork Council Looks For An Action Plan

Does Canada Need A National Food Standard?

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