Insights and Stories on Livestock

Dec. 2, 2008 at 12:10 pm CST

Livestock producers’ groups are hailing Ottawa’s decision to take the U.S. government into World Trade Organization talks over Washington’s mandatory country-of-origin labelling (COOL) laws on imports of meat and other foods. The Canadian government said Monday it will seek formal consultations with the U.S. on COOL under the WTO dispute […]

Dec. 2, 2008 at 12:09 pm CST

The Newfoundland and Labrador government will back a new mink farm at Notre Dame Bay with $750,000 in start-up costs. Comfort Cove Farms will get $500,000 from the provincial Agriculture and Agrifoods Development Fund to cover up to 50 per cent of eligible costs for establishing the farm. The provincial […]

Dec. 1, 2008 at 5:33 pm CST

Canada’s former chief NAFTA negotiator and the operations manager for a well-known Calgary-area ranch are the newest board members for the Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency. Agriculture Minister George Groeneveld named John Weekes and Cherie Copithorne-Barnes to ALMA’s board on Monday. “Their combined experience in international trade and beef production […]

Dec. 1, 2008 at 3:50 pm CST

Bank of Montreal may soon jump the queue of secured creditors for financially battered U.S. poultry processor Pilgrim’s Pride. The Texas company, which operates 46 chicken processing and prepared-foods plants, mostly in the southeastern U.S. and Mexico, went voluntarily into Chapter 11 protection Monday in a U.S. Bankruptcy Court in […]

Nov. 29, 2008 at 1:17 am CST

Canada’s producers of goats and sheep are being asked for their feedback on the national scrapie surveillance program. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Friday asked those producers to take part in an online survey on the program. Under the surveillance program, CFIA asks that producers report all sheep and […]