Insights and Stories on Livestock

Lethbridge firm to deliver CASS in Alta.

Jun. 13, 2008 at 4:36 pm CDT

Execuserv Plus, a Lethbridge management consulting firm, has signed on to deliver the Canadian Agricultural Skills Service (CASS) program to farmers in southern Alberta. The company’s contract runs until March 31, 2009, when the five-year federal/provincial Agricultural Policy Framework officially ends, the province said Friday. The APF, which funded CASS, […]

Canada’s wild birds flu-free in 2007

Jun. 12, 2008 at 3:41 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Sask. wildlife lands open for grazing

Jun. 12, 2008 at 3:23 pm CDT

By FBC staff

UPA keeps seats on ag lender’s board

Jun. 12, 2008 at 2:13 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Pork exports seen declining this year

Jun. 11, 2008 at 4:29 pm CDT

By Dwayne Klassen

Man. hog hearings become late, late show

Jun. 10, 2008 at 10:42 pm CDT

Over 300 “frustrated and angry” people remain to speak on Manitoba’s planned moratorium on expansion of hog production after three days of hearings by the legislature’s ag committee, the province’s hog producer group reported Tuesday. The Manitoba Pork Council said in a release that 319 people remain on the speakers’ […]

By FBC staff

Man. WCB urges broader worker coverage

Jun. 10, 2008 at 4:59 pm CDT

Manitoba’s Workers Compensation Board (WCB) supports broadening of mandatory workers’ comp to several sectors where it’s now optional, but has stopped short of recommending farms or any other business be added, the province reported Tuesday. Provincial Labour Minister Nancy Allan said the province accepts the WCB report’s recommendation to broaden […]

By FBC staff

Study pans proposed Labrador dairy

Jun. 10, 2008 at 3:22 pm CDT

A new provincial study finds that a dairy production and processing operation in Labrador would be a cash-losing proposition in the millions of dollars over the longer term. The Newfoundland and Labrador government commissioned the study at the request of the Lake Melville Agricultural Association, to explore the feasibility of […]

By FBC staff

Canada to boost avian flu surveillance

Jun. 7, 2008 at 12:16 am CDT

The federal government is finalizing details on how it will implement a new, enhanced surveillance program for avian flu viruses in Canada, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Friday. The enhanced Canadian Notifiable Avian Influenza Surveillance System (CanNAISS) has been designed to meet current guidelines from the World Organization for […]

By FBC staff

Remote B.C. butchers get licensing break

Jun. 6, 2008 at 11:34 pm CDT

Small operators selling meat in remote and isolated communities in British Columbia will get an extra grace period on the province’s recent move toward full licensing and inspection for all meat facilities. Currently, B.C. meat producers working toward becoming fully licensed can submit a construction plan and then receive a […]

By FBC staff