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Feedlot Operator Says Ottawa Must Fix System
980 CJME News Talk Radio, Canada The head of a major feedlot in the province says the system is broken, and it's completely up to the federal government to fix support programs for livestock producers. Earlier this week, the provincial government announced its own payments to cattle … |
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PM, Wall all smiles
StarPhoenix, Canada "How is it not one thin dime of support has come from that government for the cattle producers of Saskatchewan if this relationship is supposed to be so good and so strong? Where's the support for our cattle industry?" Wall said among the items he … Time to eye a distant relationship? Regina Leader-Post all 70 news articles |
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Competition watchdogs to allow Lakeside sale
Grainews, Canada Some ag groups have said the deal would leave cattle producers even more at the mercy of "packer concentration" as Alberta's beef packing capacity now ends up largely in the hands of either XL or Cargill. But the bureau said Friday it "will not at this … |
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Ottawa revives marijuana production penalties
Country Guide, Canada A truckload of BC beef cattle was detained and its driver arrested last weekend by US customs officials in Washington state after US$6 million in "BC bud" was allegedly found in the floor panels of the cattle trailer. |
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Related Reading
Globe and Mail, Canada By Nicolette Hahn Niman, HarperCollins, 312 pages, $25.95 Nicolette Hahn Niman is not your typical cattle rancher. It'd be hard to say, for example, that she came by the trade "honestly," since she admits that she started her odyssey as a vegetarian. … |
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Steer federal cattle cash here
Winnipeg Free Press, Canada The Canadian cattle industry is in a crisis today. And with the benefit of hindsight, we can see why. It's grown too concentrated in the hands of too few players in too few places. The result, in recent years, has been cattle producers facing soaring … |
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MB cattlemen upset at potential coalition
Central Plains Herald Leader, Canada A local cattle producer and president of the Manitoba Cattlemen's Producers Association (MCPA) is upset the National Farmers' Union of Canada (NFU) may be looking at forming a coalition with the American ranchers' group R-CALF USA. … |
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Greening initiatives readily available
Central Plains Herald Leader, Canada If implemented, these substantive changes will further disrupt cattle and the beef trade between Canada and the US CCA is calling for the Canadian government to undertake all available actions, including an early resumption of a World Trade … |
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New COOL additions toughen labeling protocols
BetterFarming.com, Canada Canadian Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz says in a written statement the government “will continue to stand up for the Canadian livestock industry and monitor the situation closely to ensure that Canadian producers are treated fairly according to NAFTA … |
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Feds And Province Butt Heads Over Agriculture
980 CJME News Talk Radio, Canada The federal agriculture minister isn't buying what the province and livestock producers are selling. Despite calls from the province, the opposition, and several representatives from the livestock sector for emergency funding and re-vamped support … |
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