Insights and Stories on Livestock

Sask. hog farmers get new AgriStability TAP

Mar. 14, 2008 at 12:25 am CDT

Hog farmers in Saskatchewan will be offered early access to their expected 2008 AgriStability payout under a Targeted Advance Payment (TAP) program announced Thursday. Eligible producers will be contacted “soon” with information on the amounts of their advances and how to receive those payments, the federal agriculture department said in […]

Alta. names new deputy ag minister

Mar. 13, 2008 at 5:36 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Alta. men charged over care of horses

Mar. 13, 2008 at 11:22 am CDT

By FBC staff

Alta. government reunites farm, rural portfolios

Mar. 12, 2008 at 5:06 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Pilot hunting season set for Que. muskox

Mar. 12, 2008 at 1:55 pm CDT

By FBC staff

P.E.I. pledges $3M for cattle producers

Mar. 12, 2008 at 1:20 pm CDT

Cattle producers on Prince Edward Island will get direct provincial payments as part of a $3 million support package announced Wednesday. The funding package followed negotiations with cattle industry representatives is aimed at “new initiatives” to “assist producers to adjust to current market conditions and develop improved quality in their […]

By FBC staff

Maple Leaf says moratorium won’t hinder expansion

Mar. 12, 2008 at 1:09 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Maple Leaf plans to continue plans to ramp up production at its Brandon, Man. hog plant, despite the province’s decision to maintain a moratorium on the expansion of existing hog barns and the establishment of new hog barns in three key hog producing regions in the […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Ridley buys Ky. supplement block maker

Mar. 11, 2008 at 11:52 am CDT

Winnipeg feed firm Ridley Inc. has wrapped up a US$3 million deal for Kentucky livestock supplement block maker Ultralyx. Ridley, which maintains head offices in both Manitoba and Minnesota, announced last month that it had signed a letter of intent to buy Ultralyx and its parent company, 4 Seasons Marketing, […]

By FBC staff

Tendering stage next for new Sask. pork plant

Mar. 11, 2008 at 11:21 am CDT

(Resource News International) — Plans to build a new one million-head-per-year hog slaughtering plant at Saskatoon are advancing as planned, with construction set to begin this summer, according to a consultant involved in the project. The Saskatchewan Hog Slaughter Plant Initiative, a partnership between Fishing Lake First Nation, the Saskatchewan […]

By Alana Vannahme

Texas turns away Mexico-bound Canadian cattle

Mar. 10, 2008 at 4:45 pm CDT

The Texas Department of Agriculture says it will turn back certain types of Canadian breeding cattle that show up at the state’s ports along the Mexican border, pending the outcome of talks between U.S. and Mexican officials. In a press release Friday, Texas ag commissioner Todd Staples said the Mexican […]

By Dave Bedard