Insights and Stories on Livestock

Quebec hog sector report overdue

Mar. 5, 2008 at 2:52 pm CST

Quebec’s hog sector is waiting on a report the province commissioned for a March 3 deadline, on ways to revive the industry. Guy Coulombe, a longtime provincial civil servant, was appointed in September by Agriculture Minister Laurent Lessard to enter into talks between principal players in the hog production and […]

Ont. livestock, horticulture payments in mail

Mar. 4, 2008 at 4:36 pm CST

By FBC staff

Manitoba closes gate into “hog alley”

Mar. 3, 2008 at 9:57 pm CST

By FBC staff

Family choice trumps price among meats: study

Mar. 3, 2008 at 8:42 pm CST

By FBC staff

Commons passes advance payment changes

Mar. 1, 2008 at 1:14 am CST

By FBC staff

B.C. names farm assessment review panel

Mar. 1, 2008 at 12:52 am CST

With a panel in place, public consultations on what defines a farm for municipal tax purposes in British Columbia are expected to start early this summer, the province announced Friday. Revenue Minister Rick Thorpe on Friday named the remaining members of the farm assessment review panel, which is expected to […]

By FBC staff

CCA names new chief for CanFax

Feb. 26, 2008 at 2:13 pm CST

Rob Leslie, a former rancher and livestock drug sales rep, has been named the new manager of CanFax, the market analysis wing of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. Leslie starts March 3, the CCA said in a release Tuesday. His role will include that of the division’s senior market analyst, as […]

By FBC staff

CFIA finds 12th mad cow

Feb. 26, 2008 at 1:19 pm CST

A six-year-old dairy cow from Alberta was confirmed Tuesday as Canada’s latest case of mad cow disease. As in every case since bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) was first found in Canada in 2003, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) reported the animal’s carcass is under agency control and no part […]

By FBC staff

Advances, sow cull on tap for livestock sector

Feb. 25, 2008 at 10:11 pm CST

New rules for the federal advance payments program (APP) that could spot livestock producers up to $400,000 each are on the table for Canada’s livestock producers, pending approval by the House of Commons. Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced Monday that legislative amendments for the program have just been tabled, […]

By Dave Bedard

Mexico, Barbados accept Canadian breeding cattle

Feb. 25, 2008 at 7:38 pm CST

The Mexican government has loosened its restrictions on Canadian beef and cattle to allow the import of breeding cattle from Canada. In a release Saturday, the Mexican agriculture department said it will expand Canadian exporters’ market access starting next month to include beef and dairy breeding cattle, as well as […]

By FBC staff