Insights and Stories on Livestock

Que. to plot farm animal health strategy

May. 6, 2008 at 2:03 pm CDT

Quebec’s provincial government will set up a working group to draft a strategy for animal health and welfare, and will also renew its rural veterinary service program. The province on Tuesday pledged $2.5 million over five years for the development of a strategy focused on monitoring and prevention and bringing […]

Sheep farmers launch bluetongue insurance

May. 6, 2008 at 12:52 am CDT

By FBC staff

Alta. can’t produce lowest-cost pork: report

May. 5, 2008 at 11:30 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Prairie bee expert Cam Jay, 79

May. 2, 2008 at 12:32 pm CDT

By FBC staff

SW Sask. program focuses on secure water supply

May. 1, 2008 at 3:37 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Lakeside losses bite into Tyson’s Q2

May. 1, 2008 at 3:22 pm CDT

Higher operating costs and losses at its Lakeside Packers plant at Brooks, Alta., have hit U.S. meat packer Tyson Foods in its second-quarter results, the company reported Monday. The company said in its report for the second quarter ending March 29 that its operating results for Q2 and for the […]

By FBC staff

Que. moves on new terms for farm supports

May. 1, 2008 at 3:02 pm CDT

Quebec’s provincial cabinet has tapped Deputy Ag Minister Michel Saint-Pierre as the government’s point man on reworking income security programming for Quebec farmers. Saint-Pierre was appointed Thursday as associate general secretary to the provincial executive council, effective May 17. His mandate, the province said, will also involve concluding a new […]

By FBC staff

Sow cull already halfway to goal: CPC

May. 1, 2008 at 1:36 am CDT

Two weeks after opening for business, the federal cull breeding swine program has had enough uptake to get it over halfway to its target. The Canadian Pork Council, which is administering the cull on behalf of the federal government, said Wednesday that over 75,000 breeding animals were committed to the […]

By FBC staff

Alta. to process cull pork for food banks

Apr. 30, 2008 at 2:19 pm CDT

The Alberta government will put up $300,000 to process ground pork from animals slaughtered through the new federal cull breeding swine program, for use by the province’s food banks. The provincial funding, announced Wednesday, is meant to help pay to process the sow carcasses from the cull program into usable […]

By FBC staff

Newfoundland budgets for ag development

Apr. 30, 2008 at 2:02 pm CDT

Newfoundland and Labrador’s latest budget offers the province’s farmers a number of new programs aimed at further developing the industry. The budget, released Tuesday, forecasts a surplus of $544 million for 2008-09 and confirms a $1.4 billion surplus for 2007-08. It also forecasts the province’s net debt will drop from […]

By FBC staff