The Pan-Canadian Action Plan on African swine fever has been developed to avoid the worst case scenario — a total loss ofmarket access.
Stories by Editorial Board
If issues aren’t discussed during election, then when?
This federal election, like many before it, has had scant discussion of agriculture despite it being responsible for seven percent of the country’s gross domestic product. It has become a fact of life that most of us have come to accept. We might feel disrespected over the slight, but somebody figured out a long time […] Read more
Packers need to survive slaughter cattle shortage
Calgary, the city built upon the cattle business, will lose its last packing plant in May. The cows are leaving cowtown. For the nostalgic among us, the pending closure of the XL plant will mark the end of an era that included large cattle ranches, colourful and charismatic ranchers, busy stockyards and the packing plants […] Read more
