Insights and Stories on Livestock

Feb. 28, 2009 at 4:35 am CST

Cleaning and disinfection work on an Abbotsford, B.C. turkey farm has been completed to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s approval after the farm’s stock was culled for avian flu. About 60,000 birds were gassed and composted in the farm’s barns after some birds in the flock were confirmed Jan. 24 […]

Feb. 28, 2009 at 3:26 am CST

More livestock producers in northern Alberta will be eligible this spring to defer income tax on sales of breeding stock forced by drought. The federal government in December had designated three northern Alberta counties along with 23 rural municipalities (RMs) in southern Saskatchewan and the Peace River Regional District in […]

Feb. 28, 2009 at 1:49 am CST

A worldwide campaign to promote Canadian lobster as a “unique delicacy” will be backed by over $450,000 in public funds, including over $320,000 in federal ag department funding. “Our government is aware that the lobster industry has been hit hard by the economic downturn but that doesn’t change the fact […]

Feb. 27, 2009 at 3:34 am CST

Cash-strapped cattle and hog producers in Saskatchewan can expect $71 million in per-head payments through a new provincial support program announced Thursday. The province’s cattle producers will be eligible for a $40 per head payment for all beef breeding cows and bred beef heifers owned as of Jan. 1, 2009, […]

Feb. 27, 2009 at 1:21 am CST

The host site for events such as Canadian Western Agribition and the Western Canada Farm Progress Show has a naming sponsor for the multi-purpose arena complex now being built there. Evraz Place, formerly known as Ipsco Place and previously as Regina Exhibition Park, has sold naming rights for the new […]