Insights and Stories on Livestock

Sask. livestock loan paperwork available

Jan. 14, 2008 at 5:45 pm CST

Saskatchewan’s agriculture ministry has released application forms for its short-term loan programs for hog and cattle producers. The provincial short-term cattle loan program forms will be available at rural municipality offices and regional Saskatchewan Agriculture offices, the province said Monday. The deadline for completed applications for the cattle program is […]

P.E.I. farmers import carbon credits

Jan. 12, 2008 at 12:55 am CST

By FBC staff

“Economic volatility” package seen shunning farmers

Jan. 10, 2008 at 7:29 pm CST

By FBC staff

AgriStability advances on tap for Sask. hog farmers

Jan. 10, 2008 at 2:05 pm CST

By FBC staff

Professional sign-off needed on reclaimed Alta. oil land

Jan. 10, 2008 at 2:18 am CST

By FBC staff

Consumers eating higher chicken prices: review

Jan. 10, 2008 at 1:31 am CST

Canadian consumers appear to be “slowly adapting” to increases in both retail and wholesale prices for chicken, according to a chicken market year-in-review report by the George Morris Centre. The Guelph, Ont.-based farm think tank noted in its market review Wednesday that the 2007 average wholesale price for chicken is […]

By FBC staff

Beef, cattle export outlook mixed

Jan. 8, 2008 at 5:58 pm CST

(Resource News International) — Exports of Canadian beef to the U.S. are expected to remain steady or decline slightly in 2008, whereas beef exports to other key markets are expected to increase, according to industry watchers. Live cattle exports, meanwhile, are expected to remain steady. Andrea Brocklebank, research analyst with […]

By Alana Vannahme

Prairieland Park to add livestock space

Jan. 7, 2008 at 6:09 pm CST

Saskatoon’s Prairieland Park on Monday launched a $5.6 million plan to build dedicated space for livestock events and related trade shows. The planned 20,000-square foot building expansion will allow the park’s multi-building Trade Centre to be used exclusively as conference and trade show space, ending the costly down-time needed to […]

By FBC staff

Chicken plant fined over 2006 blast

Jan. 7, 2008 at 4:55 pm CST

A methane explosion that killed a worker at a southern Ontario chicken processing plant in 2006 led to a $150,000 fine for the company Monday. Sure Fresh Foods of Bradford pled guilty Monday in the Ontario Court of Justice in nearby Barrie to charges under the provincial Occupational Health and […]

By FBC staff

Central Alta. bioenergy projects get $508K

Jan. 2, 2008 at 2:40 pm CST

The Alberta government will put up almost $508,000 toward feasibility studies for two livestock methane power plants as well as an ethanol plant expansion. The province’s contributions, announced Wednesday, will come through its Biorefining Commercialization and Market Development program and Bio-energy Infrastructure Development program. The three contributions include: $300,000 for […]

By FBC staff