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Briefs continued – for Nov. 5, 2009

New members: The Manitoba Cattle Enhancement Council (MCEC) has appointed three new members to its council. Barry Todd, deputy minister of Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives is the new chair. Other newcomers include, Charles Gall, of Moosehorn and David Wiens of Grunthal. They join current members Gaylene Dutchyshen, of Gilbert Plains, Albert Todosichuk, of
Livestock

Federal Slaughter Funding Cheers, Disheartens Cattle Enhancement Council

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“They understand that there is a need for regional placement of these funds.” – KATHLEEN BUTLER, MCEC Athree-year $50 million federal program to expand beef slaughter capacity in Canada is getting mixed reviews from the Manitoba Cattle Enhancement Council. The MCEC says it’s heartened by a reference in a recent federal news release to “addressing
Livestock

Support For New Processor Questioned

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The addition of Keystone Processors Ltd. to the small Manitoba beef market has ruffled the feathers of some of the province’s existing processors. Keystone Processors Ltd. opened March 10 at the old Maple Leaf facility on Marion Street in Winnipeg. It is currently processing beef for Manitoba retailers such as De Luca’s Specialty Foods, Winnipeg
Beef cattle, Livestock

MCEC’s New Chairman Named

The levy-funded agency tasked with building cattle slaughter and beef-processing capacity in the province has named a new chairman. Neil Van Ryssel, a dairyman and grain grower from Oakbank, has been named by Agriculture Minister Rosann Wowchuk to replace outgoing chairman Bill Uruski on the Manitoba Cattle Enhancement Council (MCEC). Uruski, a former agriculture minister
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
Hogs, Livestock

Industry Vies For Federal Money

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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, Livestock, News

Look Beyond Alberta, MCEC Urges

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“Had the industry not been so concentrated in Alberta, it is possible that we never would have developed an overcapacity.” – Manitoba Cattle Enhancement Council Report A new report from the council charged with building Manitoba’s cattle slaughter capacity sees grave risk in flowing federal support to the “already overdeveloped” beef sectors in Alberta and
Beef cattle, Livestock, Opinion

MCEC working to find new opportunities

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Keystone Processors is a step in the right direction, but it will be only a mid-size plant. It’s been another tough year in a series of tough years for the Manitoba cattle industry. There’s no way around that fact. Before the unseasonably high rainfalls hit this summer, producers were already having trouble coping with rising
Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Winnipeg beef plant gets new corporate structure

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“If they can make it work, great. We’re in favour of it.” – Martin Unrau, MCPA Manitoba’s newest beef processing project has a new name and a new corporate structure. Natural Prairie Beef Inc. and the Manitoba Cattle Enhancement Council are joining hands to form Keystone Processors Ltd., which will kill cattle and process beef

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