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Keep Heat On COOL, Livestock Groups Say

By Alex Binkley April 16, 2009

Livestock groups and the processing sector must record any example of Canadian shipments to the United States being hampered by the latest iteration of America’s COOL program, say farm leaders and Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. “The industry has to document any case that violates our trade agreements with the Uni ted States ,” John Masswohl,

Hogs, Livestock

Market Access Secretariat Still Being Developed

By Alex Binkley April 16, 2009

Livestock groups have welcomed a federal offer to create a specialized unit within Agriculture Canada to help overcome overseas barriers to Canadian farm and food products. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz has repeatedly mentioned the Agriculture Market Access Secretariat ever since it was first announced on Jan. 9 but Agriculture Canada says it’s far from being

Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Hogs, Livestock

New Label Law Shakes Up U. S. Meat Industry

By Bob Burgdorfer April 16, 2009

Bryan Karwal raises and sells 18,000 Canadianborn hogs a year on his Iowa farm, but a new food-labelling law designed to help consumers threatens that business because it has shut off key markets for the hogs. The law has also angered Canada and Mexico because they say it will hurt demand for their cattle and

Hogs, News

Pork Producers Mull Ethanol And COOL Offset Subsidies

By Ron Friesen April 9, 2009

The Canadian Pork Council may ask Ottawa to reimburse hog producers for financial hurt caused by U. S. ethanol subsidies and country-of-origin labelling. The idea emerged from a CPC brainstorming session on how to help the country’s beleaguered producers. The CPC is looking for short-and long-term strategies to help hog farmers through their worst financial

Country Crossroads, Hogs, Other livestock, Poultry

Core Buyers Are Loyal To Their Preferred Meats

By Jim Romahn April 9, 2009

Martin Gooch of the George Morris Centre has posted detailed reports on consumer surveys for chicken, lamb, veal and pork. It’s the most complete set of data available and was collected with funding from the federal Agriculture Department’s National Advancing Canadian Agricultural and Agri-Food Program. For chicken, the research found that the average Canadian household

Hogs, Livestock

Industry Vies For Federal Money

By Alana Vannahme March 19, 2009

The Canadian livestock and meat industries are wishfully thinking as they wait for details on how the $50 million promised for Canadian slaughterhouses in the federal budget will be distributed. Jim Laws, executive director of the Canadian Meat Council in Ottawa, said he was surprised by talk that the money could be used to expand

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, News

Red Meat Industry Trying To Survive

By Alex Binkley March 12, 2009

Governments need to show more concern for the survival of the red meat industry and worry less about countervailing action because some provinces are willing to support livestock producers, pork and beef groups have told the House of Commons’ agriculture committee. Jurgen Preugschas, president of the Canadian Pork Council, told the MPs March 5, “It’s

Hogs, News

Credit Crunch Hits The Pork Industry

By Ron Friesen February 19, 2009

“Every pig farmer’s risk rating is worse now than it was 18 months ago.” – STEPHEN MOFFETT, CPC Canada’s pork producers are worried the current financial crisis, coupled with continuing tough times in the industry, is causing them a serious credit crunch. The Canadian Pork Council is asking Ottawa to further loosen an already-extended repayment

Hogs, Other

Canadian Pork Council restructures board

January 29, 2009

The Canadian Pork Council will pare back its board from 18 to 11 members under a new structure to take effect this month. The council last week also announced a new corporate logo and its move to a new office on Laurier Avenue West, about five blocks south of Parliament Hill. The CPC said it

Beef cattle, Cereals, Hogs, Livestock, News, Oilseeds

Ritz says expanding trade key priority

By Alex Binkley January 29, 2009

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz wants to focus on finding more customers for Canadian farm and food products and less on the future of Prairie barley marketing. Speaking to reporters in mid-January after official visits to India and Hong Kong, the minister said he’s looking forward to trips to the Middle East, Russia, Mexico and China

Daily Network News

Pea, lentil outlooks have some positive signals – Penner

Grain Growers of Canada calls for clarity, transparency on AAFC research cuts

Large Prairie crops lead to increased December stocks

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