Insights and Stories on Livestock

Mar. 24, 2009 at 1:18 am CDT

The Canadian arm of agri-food giant Cargill has pledged $30,000 per year for the next three years to support the National 4-H Citizenship Seminar. The seminar, held annually in Ottawa since 1972, gives senior 4-H delegates the opportunity to travel to the capitol and learn about “governance, political procedures, and […]

Mar. 23, 2009 at 6:25 pm CDT

A nationwide research network on animal embryos, the first of its kind in the world, is officially funded and connected with a goal of better understanding how assisted reproductive technologies and maternal features affect cattle and swine embryos. The research network, budgeted for $9 million for the first five years, […]

Mar. 23, 2009 at 2:49 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Canadian beef and veal exports are forecast to rise above 400,000 tonnes in 2009, with increased sales expected to Canada’s three largest destinations, according to the Canadian Beef Export Federation’s (CBEF) biannual Environmental Scan released March 11. Canadian beef and veal exports this year are forecast […]

By Alana Vannahme

Mar. 23, 2009 at 4:29 am CDT

Directives ordering Ontario Pork to change itself starting next month from a mandatory to optional hog marketing agency are now on hold, pending appeals from a number of hog producers in the province. The Ontario government’s Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Appeal Tribunal has slapped a continuing stay on last […]

Mar. 23, 2009 at 2:42 am CDT

Three major environmental groups say the Alberta government’s planned new process for putting together land for roads or utility corridors essentially gives the province “unfettered powers to take land.” The Council of Canadians, Greenpeace and the Sierra Club say the province’s Land Assembly Project Area Act, which was introduced in […]