RED DEER — Alberta Farm Animal Care has received $320,000 in federal money to develop a national livestock transportation training program. The money comes from the Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program and was presented at the annual AFAC meeting in Red Deer March 22. The foundation developed a course in 2007 for truckers, receivers and handlers […] Read more
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Training dollars target livestock transportation
Don’t get caught in an emergency without a legal will
Friends were caught in a fierce prairie blizzard a long way from home several years ago.One of the things they realized as they awaited rescue was that they did not have a will, and they had small children who were dependent on them. Our friends made short hand-written wills in their cold car, and if […] Read more
Leaving home behind
Q: My mom and dad are on their own and are doing pretty well, but sometimes they need help with banking or picking up a few things from the grocery store. The problem is that I am seven hours away from the village where they live and I cannot always be there. My husband and […] Read more
Billion dollar health-care fixfalls short: report
Senate committee conclusions | Report largely ignores changes in rural health-care delivery
A Senate committee report has concluded that the billions of dollars committed by Ottawa in 2004 to “fix health care for a generation” has fallen short of its goal. The expensive 10-year commitment by then Liberal prime minister Paul Martin has not produced the “transformative change” in health-care delivery that was promised. However, the report […] Read moreOntario program kept despite deficit budget
Despite efforts to reduce its $16 billion deficit, the Ontario Liberal government has vowed to continue funding the only Canadian cost-based provincial risk management program this year. The provincial government also renewed its call for the federal government to contribute its traditional 60 percent of farm support program costs. Ottawa has not responded directly, but […] Read more
Forage industry expansion eyed
OLDS, Alta. — Forage producers plan to identify priorities for expanding their industry. Members of the newly formed Alberta Forage Industry Network want to focus on key areas of their industry rather than using a scatter gun approach to deal with issues. With memberships as the only form of funding, the group hopes to make […] Read more
Sask. sets up review for Viterra takeover
May 7 due date | Third party review is expected to cost $125,000 and will be in addition to two reviews set up by the federal government
The Saskatchewan government will rely on an independent review of the proposed Viterra takeover to decide if the deal is in the best interests of the province. Premier Brad Wall said March 29 that Informa Economics will conduct the review at a cost of $125,000. The report is due May 7 and will be released […] Read moreRaising the profile of forage touted
More than half Alberta’s ag land is forage
OLDS, Alta. — Forage may be one of the most underrated crops in Alberta. A new report estimates that the direct and indirect economic value of the forage industry in Alberta is $2.1 to $3.8 billion. Stephanie Kosinski, a forage specialist with Alberta Agriculture who wrote the report, said the direct value of native range, […] Read moreFarmers open wallets to help others
Canadian Foodgrains Bank | The auction has raised $825,000 in its 11 year history
PONOKA, Alta. — The Canadian Foodgrains Bank seems to bring out the best in farmers. An auction held recently at Vold Jones and Vold in Ponoka earned $55,000 to help feed the world’s hungry. “We’ve had consistent and solid support,” foodgrains bank executive director Jim Cornelius said. Farmers donated 37 cattle, 46 tonnes of 53-pound […] Read moreWhat are the charts telling us?
I don’t know you, but I spent the winter thinking about the end of the CWB marketing monopolies, about the new selling and contracting regimes for grains, about new grain futures and newly relevant old grains futures, and about – most recently – the Glencore takeover of Sask Pool. Or whatever they renamed it a […] Read more
