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Cows will be doing their part for beef research and marketing — those sold after April 1 will be subject to an extra $1.50 checkoff to fund those areas.
Beef cattle, Livestock

National cattle checkoff on its way up this spring

The national levy used to fund marketing and research is going up by $1.50 — the first increase since 2002

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Come spring, more than the grass will be rising — the national cattle levy is going up $1.50 per head on April 1. “The impetus for us was the national beef strategy,” said Rich Smith, executive director of Alberta Beef Producers. “The national beef strategy is a plan for us for the next five years
The Manitoba government will work with the Keystone Agricultural Producers to introduce a more efficient system for collecting its annual membership fees, Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler announced at Ag Days Jan. 17. The National Farmers Union wants in on stable funding too.
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Province to discuss new stable funding formula for KAP

KAP welcomes the initiative and the National Farmers Union says it wants in too

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The Manitoba government has promised less red tape — including how the Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) collects membership fees. “The current funding structure creates needless and excessive administration costs for farmers and KAP and purchasers of agricultural products,” Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler said while speaking at Ag Days Jan. 17. “A review of the system
Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Report Recommends Consolidating Beef Agencies

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Amajor restructuring lies ahead for Canada’s cattle industry, following a working group’s recommendation to amalgamate three national beef agencies into one independent marketing organization. The move would see the Beef Information Centre, the Canada Beef Export Federation and the Canadian Beef Cattle Research, Market Development and Promotion Agency rolled into one super agency called Canada
Beef cattle, Livestock

New Book On Managing Prairie Rangeland

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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has released an updated publication calledManagement of Canadian Prairie Rangeland.The book was written by Arthur Bailey, professor emeritus at the University of Alberta, Duane McCartney former forage and beef systems specialist at AAFC’s Lacombe Research Centre, and Michael Schellenberg, forage and range plant ecologist at AAFC’s Semiarid Agricultural Research Centre in
Beef cattle, Livestock, Opinion

Alberta Decision Has National Repercussions

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It would seem that the Minister in his quest to rein in the ABP may have opened a whole new can of problems. Arecent decision by Alberta Minister of Agriculture George Groeneveld to introduce a refundable cattle checkoff is going to affect the cattle and beef industry both nationally and even internationally. The decision, which
Livestock, Opinion

What’s The Alternative?

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“Never forget this – it’s a pennies business,” Keystone Processors president Kelly Penner said last week following the new beef-packing company’s official opening in the former Schneider’s pork plant on Marion St. in Winnipeg. It’s also a business in which new players need to watch their backs. As one industry participant put it recently, the
News, Oilseeds

U. S. soy checkoff probed:

A USDA inspector will review a soybean checkoff program that’s been criticized as mismanaged and wasting money. U. S. Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer said this investigation will take at least a year. The checkoff collected about US$140 million in 2008 from farmers who contribute 0.5 per cent of market price from each bushel of soybeans.

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