Insights and Stories on Livestock

U.S. “test-and-hold” policy lifted: MCO

Nov. 22, 2007 at 4:58 pm CST

The U.S. government’s new protocols for testing Canadian meat imports no longer include holding the shipment while test results are confirmed, the Manitoba Co-operator reported Thursday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced earlier this month that its Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) would increase its testing of Canadian meat […]

Cattle values seen holding steady

Nov. 22, 2007 at 1:14 pm CST

By Dwayne Klassen

Cattlemen cautiously optimistic border will stay open

Nov. 21, 2007 at 6:27 pm CST

By Alana Vannahme

Stettler plans farm waste power plant

Nov. 21, 2007 at 6:08 pm CST

By FBC staff

Man. to regulate foreign worker recruitment

Nov. 21, 2007 at 5:49 pm CST

By FBC staff

NFU wants ombudsman to probe OMAFRA

Nov. 21, 2007 at 4:07 pm CST

The National Farmers Union (NFU) wants Ontario provincial ombudsman Andre Marin to investigate the conduct and goals of the provincial ministry of agriculture, food and rural affairs. The Saskatoon-based farmers’ group submitted a report to Marin’s office Wednesday, detailing what the NFU calls “numerous instances where OMAFRA is failing to […]

By FBC staff

Ottawa funds Ont. farmers’ promotional campaign

Nov. 20, 2007 at 2:00 pm CST

An awareness campaign to highlight “positive contributions” by Ontario’s farmers and farm families will run for the next 18 months with $1.3 million in federal government funding. The Presidents’ Council, an umbrella group of 27 farm and commodity groups in the province, will put the money toward a campaign of […]

By FBC staff

Maple Leaf’s Brandon hog plant hits initial targets

Nov. 20, 2007 at 12:21 pm CST

(Resource News International) — The implementation of a second shift at Maple Leaf’s pork plant at Brandon, Man., is still underway but so far the process has been successful, according to Jeanette Jones, director of communications for Maple Leaf Foods. In September, Maple Leaf began a second front-end shift at […]

By Alana Vannahme

OTM rule in effect

Nov. 20, 2007 at 1:20 am CST

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s long-awaited “Rule 2,” allowing imports of Canadian cattle born after March 1, 1999, took effect Monday with no reported incident. “This government and our industry partners have worked closely with the American industry and with the USDA to achieve this goal,” said federal Agriculture Minister […]

By FBC staff

Quebec hog farmers get third ASRA advance

Nov. 17, 2007 at 5:34 pm CST

Quebec’s provincial farm finance agency, La Financiere agricole, will issue a third advance from the ASRA program to the province’s hog farmers, dated Nov. 14. The agency, which administers the ASRA (Assurance stabilisation des revenus agricoles) program, made the announcement Thursday. This advance, which represents $6.50 per hog and $46 […]

By FBC staff