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Manitoba hemp growers could see new markets, including non-human food markets like cattle feed, develop in the coming years.
Crops, News

Hearings planned for hemp agency

Farm Products Council is seeking feedback on a proposed hemp promotion and research group

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The Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC) is seeking input on a proposal for a hemp group. The Canadian Industrial Hemp Promotion and Research Agency (PRA) would be funded by levies applied to domestically produced and imported hemp products. The first step for FPCC is to collect views from interested persons or groups on the
Little piglet in piggery with innocent eye
Hogs, Livestock

Pork industry awaiting decision on promotion agency

The move is part of a growing push for producer-funded promotion 
and research agencies throughout the ag sector

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The Canadian pork industry is eagerly awaiting pending approval for a farmer-funded promotion and research agency. It would be close in design to the existing Canada Beef agency for the cattle business, and is part of a push from a variety of sectors, including strawberry and raspberry producers, to create similar agencies. The Canadian Pork
Pork agency hearings set for 2016
Hogs, News

Pork agency hearings set for 2016

The proposed promotion and research agency would be funded by farmer levies

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The Farm Products Council of Canada has scheduled public hearings for Calgary and Montreal in 2016 on the proposed national pork promotion and research agency. The sessions will be in Calgary Jan. 19 and Montreal Feb. 16. The council has been collecting written submissions for the last few months on the proposal for an agency
FPCC to hold hearings on pork agency
Hogs, News

FPCC to hold hearings on pork agency

A new levy would also be collected from imported pork and pork products

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The Farm Products Council of Canada will hold public hearings on a proposed national pork promotion and research agency funded by farmer levies. It would replace provincial bodies across the country and impose levies on imported pork and pork products. The council is currently collecting comments on the agency developed by the Canadian Pork Council.
white-feathered chicken
Livestock, Poultry

Processors’ concerns threaten to unravel national chicken allocation agreement

Provincial regulators asked to review the deal

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A late appeal by western Canadian processors could jeopardize a landmark agreement aimed at settling a long-standing dispute among provinces over allocating broiler chicken quota. Chicken processors in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and British Columbia are appealing a memorandum of understanding signed last summer by provincial chicken-marketing boards and Chicken Farmers of Canada for the allocation agreement.
de-feathered chickens on a food-processing line
Livestock, Poultry

Chicken industry reaches long-delayed allocation agreement

The provinces had to either find consensus or risk losing supply management

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Canada’s broiler chicken industry has reached a new quota allocation agreement, avoiding a potential showdown with a federal regulator that could have thrown the system into chaos. The Farm Products Council of Canada had threatened not to approve Chicken Farmers of Canada’s allocation requests unless it came up with an agreement reflecting provinces’ comparative advantages
Hens in a cage
Livestock, Poultry

Pullet farmers seek answers after marketing agency denied

The government turned their application down, but hasn’t given a reason

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Canadian pullet producers are trying to find out why their application for a national marketing board was denied by Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. “We are awaiting the official written response from the minister’s office in that regard and in the meantime we are considering our options,” said Andy DeWeerd, chairman of the Pullet Growers of
News

Canada lagging in ag research

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Canadian agriculture is being shortchanged by governments when it comes to basic research compared to other countries, according to John Cranfield of the University of Guelph. “We are standing still while other countries are getting ahead of us,” said Cranfield, citing statistics from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. The professor, an agricultural economist,
Livestock

Volunteers Needed

Manitoba Ag in the Classroom says it is in “dire need” of more volunteers for its Amazing Agriculture Adventure in Winnipeg Sept. 13 to 15. More than 1,000 Grade 4 and 5 students are registered for the event to be held at the Bruce D. Campbell Research Centre at Glenlea Farm and the nearby Kelburn
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Pullet Growers Seek Separate National Agency

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Canada’s supply management industry could have a new member if efforts by pullet growers to form a national marketing agency succeed. Pullet farmers are asking the Farm Products Council of Canada to grant them Part 2 Agency status under the Farm Products Agencies Act. The move, if granted, would recognize pullets as a separate sector

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