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Certified Livestock Transport Training To Go National – for Aug. 26, 2010

By Daniel Winters August 26, 2010

Efforts are underway to gain industry funding and support for a national program to certify livestock transporters. Currently, existing Certified Livestock Transport training programs first developed in Alberta are being run all the way from British Columbia to Quebec, according to Lorna Baird, executive director of the Alber ta Farm Animal Care (AFAC), an organization

Beef cattle, News

R-CALF Sets Sights On Packer Consolidation – for Aug. 19, 2010

By Daniel Winters August 19, 2010

Activist ranch lobby group R-CALF USA’s call for tougher enforcement of the 1920s-era Packer and Stockyards Act south of the border came under fire at the recent Canadian Cattlemen’s Association semiannual meeting last week. CCA director of international relations John Masswohl said that even though the discussion around the issue known as GIPSA – the

Beef cattle, Livestock

Ottawa Offers $6 Million For Beef Research

By Alex Binkley April 1, 2010

“The politics of market access often demand ministerial intervention to get over the hurdles presented.” The federal government is making $6 million available to boost research on beef cattle nutrition and productivity, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz told the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association March 22. The research will encourage “Canadian breakthroughs that make the farm gate more

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

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

Livestock

Ottawa Won’t Budge On Traceability Deadline

By Ron Friesen August 27, 2009

The Canadian government will not change its 2011 target date for mandatory cattle traceability, even though producers say it’s not achievable. “If we don’t have a target, it’ll never happen,” Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz told the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association national convention here. “The date is there. It is solid. We’re firm on it. We’re looking

Beef cattle, Livestock

Out-Of-Court Settlement Possible In Canada-Korea Beef Dispute

By Ron Friesen August 27, 2009

Canada may be able to settle a beef trade dispute with Korea privately, even as the case heads toward a World Trade Organization dispute panel. Korea knows it will probably lose the case and is looking for a way out, the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association heard last week. “It seems to me that there is some

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Alberta Checkoff Change Could Affect CCA’s Finances

By Ron Friesen August 13, 2009

Canada’s national beef lobby group could experience a major financial setback following Alberta’s elimination of a non-refundable provincial checkoff on cattle sales. The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association is asking its provincial members for possible ideas on reducing programs because of a potential revenue shortfall stemming from the Alberta checkoff change. The Alberta government earlier this year

Crops, Livestock

Traceability Announcement Concerns CCA

By Ron Friesen July 16, 2009

“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

Livestock

Own-Use Task Force Accused Of Foot-Dragging

By Ron Friesen April 23, 2009

“I don’t think there’s any way around this one.” – DR. CATHERINE DEWEY, ONTARIO VETERINARY COLLEGE A federal task force has been criticized for not asking Ottawa to close a legal loophole allowing livestock producers to import unapproved veterinary drugs virtually unrestricted. Instead, the task force calls for a three-year pilot project into the feasibility

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Russia’s top agriculture official blames low global grain prices for export slowdown

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