Insights and Stories on Livestock

WTO case over hormones in beef drags on

Dec. 23, 2008 at 9:45 pm CST

Observers of the years-long trade dispute between Canada, the U.S. and the European Union, over the EU’s block on the two other countries’ beef, now wonder if the World Trade Organization can ever make it all stop. The EU on Monday announced yet another request for “consultations” at the WTO […]

Alta. caps fees on farm assessment complaints

Dec. 23, 2008 at 4:38 am CST

B.C.’s incentive boosts age verification

Dec. 23, 2008 at 2:40 am CST

Livestock tax deferrals rolled out for 2008

Dec. 22, 2008 at 5:42 pm CST

Global pork opportunities touted

Dec. 17, 2008 at 2:40 pm CST

Canadian livestock producers urged to plan now for foreign animal disease

Dec. 17, 2008 at 11:14 am CST

A veteran of two foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreaks in the UK says Canada will face a similar outbreak eventually and that creating the plan to deal with it now is the key to preventing disaster. At a presentation at the Annual General Meeting of Alberta Pork, Dr. Charles Milne, […]

B.C. stock trails to bypass endangered grasslands

Dec. 15, 2008 at 8:23 pm CST

British Columbia’s provincial government plans to put up funds to help build stock trails in the 100 Mile House area and steer cattle clear of nearby endangered grasslands. The province on Monday pledged $120,500 for the Canoe Creek Band to build trails for moving cattle in and around Alberta Lake, […]

Alta. Beef Producers name new brass

Dec. 15, 2008 at 6:35 pm CST

Cattle producer Rick Burton of Claresholm, Alta., has been elected as the new chairman of the board of Alberta Beef Producers. Burton replaces Erik Butters of Cochrane, who remains on the producer group’s 18-member board of directors. Kevin Boon of Tomahawk was named vice-chairman and Doug Swayer of Pine Lake […]

Alta. simplifies Crown land access for bison

Dec. 13, 2008 at 3:17 am CST

Bison producers wanting access to Alberta public land for their animals to graze will no longer need to draft a management plan in advance. The provincial sustainable resource development (SRD) department, in a bulletin Friday, said bison producers may now get approval by way of a letter from an SRD […]

Safety shorted in CFIA spending freeze: union

Dec. 13, 2008 at 3:00 am CST

The union representing federal food safety inspectors warns that a planned spending freeze will compromise food safety, “making a dangerous situation worse.” The Agriculture Union-PSAC on Friday released the text of what it says is a memo from Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) senior management outlining cost-saving measures, such as: […]

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