Meat council hires
The Canadian Meat Council has appointed Carla Abbatemarco as its technical director. She will be working in the council’s Ottawa office. Abbatemarco has a degree in nutritional sciences and has written scientific papers on food preservation, thermal processing and food quality.
Irrigation council appoints
Chris Vermeeren, of Scandia, Alta., and Vern Hogg, of Gleichen, Alta., were appointed in August to the Alberta Irrigation Council.
Vermeeren is an irrigation farmer involved with 4-H and the rural crime watch organization. He is a past director of the Eastern Irrigation District and of the Alberta Irrigation Projects Association.
Read Also
Short rapeseed crop may put China in a bind
Industry thinks China’s rapeseed crop is way smaller than the official government estimate. The country’s canola imports will also be down, so there will be a lot of unmet demand.
Hoff, who farms both irrigated and dryland property, is a member of the University of Calgary board of governors and is a past director of both the Western Irrigation District and the Alberta Irrigation Projects Association.
The seven-member council serves as an advisory body to Alberta’s 13 irrigation districts and to the agriculture minister. It also oversees cost-sharing agreements for irrigation works.
Beef course offered
A 22-week certificate program in beef management is being offered by Wascana Institute, Saskat-chewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology, in Regina and in Ochapowace Reserve near Broadview, Sask.
Courses target skills beneficial for people seeking employment in the agriculture industry, or who manage or own beef operations.
Classes run from Oct. 30 to April, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. five days a week. Cost is $90.
Program head Ted Sakaluk said one week each will be devoted to pasture management, water supply management, genetics and breeding, handling cattle, reproductive physiology, financial management, farm accounting with computers, business planning, and tax business arrangements and estate planning. Also covered will be beef marketing, herd health, human resources and nutrition and feeding.
For more information, Saskat-chewan residents may call 1-800-667-7730.
Bird hunting licences
Manitoba’s natural resources department is co-operating with the Canadian Wildlife Service to distribute and sell its migratory bird hunting permit and Canadian wildlife habitat conservation stamp.
The permit and stamp will be sold through the province’s network of licence vendors, so both private and departmental vendors can provide one-stop shopping to those who hunt migratory waterfowl.
Hunters in Manitoba must buy a Canada migratory game bird hunting permit and wildlife habitat conservation stamp in addition to the provincial game bird licence.
The migratory game bird hunting season begins in early September for the northern region and in mid-September for the southern regions. See the 1995 Manitoba hunting guide for more information.
