What’s up – for Nov. 27, 2008

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] call 204-944-5762 Dec. 1-2 – Grain Growers of Canada annual general meeting, Westin Hotel, 11 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa. Joint conference to follow Dec. 2-4 with CropLife Canada, same location. For more info visit www.ggc-pgc.ca. Dec. 1-3 – Manitoba Conservation Districts Association convention, Keystone Centre, Brandon. Theme: “A

Federal action urged to reopen beef markets

Canada’s livestock producers, fed up with international trade barriers, want the federal government to do much more to open up foreign markets for their products. A new industry report recommends 25 steps for Ottawa to take in gaining greater access for Canada’s agricultural exports, especially beef. That includes creating a separate bureaucracy for negotiating international


Wildlife cull an option

The federal government may reduce the number of elk and deer in Riding Mountain National Park to control tuberculosis in the wildlife population. Parks Canada is considering a wildlife cull in the western end of the park because of a persistently high rate of TB there. The move, if it happens, would be a major

Crown lands reclassification case raises concerns

“We’re treating it as the canary in the coal mine. “ – SHANE SADORSKI, MCPA A cattle farmer in northwestern Manitoba is discovering that it can be cheaper to rent land than not to have it at all. The farmer in the Rural Municipality of Mossey River north of Dauphin may have to spend thousands


U. S. plants start rejecting Canadian cattle

“It’s a very significant disruption. – John Masswohl, CCA Canada’s cattle shipments to the United States are plummeting as the new country-of-origin labelling (COOL) rule takes effect. Some U. S. packers are taking a hands-off approach to Canadian cattle as uncertainty reigns over how to handle slaughter animals from another country. The impact became noticeable