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Libya opens borders to Canadian cattle

Barbara Duckworth
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Barbara Duckworth
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Published: September 27, 2012

Canadian cattle producers may sell breeding stock to Libya.

The Libyan border closed in 2003 due to BSE. In a Sept. 27 announcement about renewed live cattle trade,  the federal government estimates this opportunity could be worth up to $3 million.

In 2011, Statistics Canada reported Canada exported about $51 million worth of goods to Libya. Almost all were equipment and vehicles.

Canada is now allowed to ship live cattle to 40 different countries.

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Barbara Duckworth

Barbara Duckworth

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Barbara Duckworth has covered many livestock shows and conferences across the continent since 1988. Duckworth had graduated from Lethbridge College’s journalism program in 1974, later earning a degree in communications from the University of Calgary. Duckworth won many awards from the Canadian Farm Writers Association, American Agricultural Editors Association, the North American Agricultural Journalists and the International Agriculture Journalists Association.

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