Insights and Stories on Livestock

Nov. 2, 2008 at 4:32 am CST

Prince Edward Island’s agriculture industry is caught in an unsustainable “vicious circle” leading to ever-diminishing returns, not just in terms of farm profits but in innovation and investment. That’s the assessment of a draft report by the Commission on the Future of Agriculture and Agri-food on Prince Edward Island, released […]

Nov. 2, 2008 at 3:40 am CST

Kathy Dunderdale, the minister for Newfoundland and Labrador’s Forestry and Agrifoods Agency, is the province’s new deputy premier. Dunderdale, who’s also the minister responsible for natural resources, was named to the deputy’s post Friday in a cabinet shuffle by Premier Danny Williams. She has also been appointed as minister for […]

Oct. 31, 2008 at 5:16 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Sales of live cattle and hogs from Canada to the U.S. under the U.S. government’s new country-of-origin labelling (COOL) laws have suffered since the rule’s implementation, industry sources report. As for Canadian pork and beef product sales, however, the jury remains undecided. “On the live hog […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Oct. 30, 2008 at 3:25 pm CDT

A cattle feedlot owner at Pasco, Wash., is suing his own government over the arrival of country-of-origin labelling (COOL), the Canadian Press reported this week. The Toronto-based national news agency reported Wednesday that Cody Easterday filed suit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture in a U.S. District Court last month. […]

By Dave Bedard

Oct. 30, 2008 at 2:29 pm CDT

A pilot project to bring needed entry-level and semi-skilled foreign workers to British Columbia will be expanded to its food processing sector. The province will expand the two-year “strategic occupations” pilot program beyond the tourism, hospitality and long-haul trucking sectors to include food processing, “to help offset a serious staffing […]