As voting wound up last week for Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association directors, the provincial government moved to change the laws to give the organization more authority. The Agri-Food Amendment Act will repeal and change legislation to allow the SCA to handle beef check-off money. The Cattle Marketing Deductions Act and its regulations have been in place […] Read more
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SCA to collect beef checkoff
Scholarship winners
Monsanto Canada recently awarded more than $100,000 to the 70 winners of its $1,500 Opportunity Scholarship Program. All applicants to the Opportunity Scholarship Program were required to submit an essay that answered the question, “In what area of agriculture or forestry would you like to work and why?” Judges selected the winners based on their […] Read more
Taiwan allows bone-in beef
For more coming events, see the Community Calendar, section 0300, in the Western Producer Classifieds. TAIPEI, Taiwan (Reuters) – Taiwan plans to reopen its markets to U.S. bone-in beef, likely sometime this month. The move would end a six-year import ban that was in place over fears of BSE and improve ties with the United […] Read more
Climate change website
The Climate Action Initiative has launched a new British Columbia Agriculture and Food Climate Action Initiative website. The website at www.bcagclimateaction.ca provides information for B.C. farmers, ranchers and food processors. It is intended to provide information regarding why climate change matters, its impact on the agricultural and food sectors and actions that can be taken. […] Read more
Free offer a hot potato
EDMONTON – It was like a modern day gold rush. Thousands of people drove to a farm in northeastern Edmonton where they’d heard there were 100,000 pounds of free potatoes and all they had to do was pick them off the field. The Great Potato Giveaway was bigger than organizer Gordon Visser imagined. Visser planned […] Read more
Farm prices nosedive
Canada’s farmers are earning less money this year than last for the goods they produce. Figures released last week by Statistics Canada show that prices for virtually all Canadian farm products have fallen during the past year. The value of cereal grains, oilseeds, pulses and special crops, fresh fruit, vegetables, cattle and calves, hogs and […] Read more
Coming Events
Sept. 22-26: International Plowing Match, Guelph, Ont. (Cathy Lasby, 519-767-2928, 800-661-7569, cathy@plowingmatch.org, www.plowingmatch.org) Sept. 23-24: Western Nutrition Conference, Fort Garry Hotel, Winnipeg (Lisa Burdeniuk, 204-983-2477, www.westernnutritionconference.com) Sept. 26-27: Canadian Alpaca Farm Days, TnC Farms’ AlpacaLoft, Alcurve, Alta. (Cathy, 306-825-6265, www.alpacafarm.ca, www.alpacainfo.ca) Sept. 25-27: Llama Canada national conference, Denham Inn & Suites, Leduc, Alta. (866-450-2172, llamacanada@nucleus.com) […] Read more
Coming Events
Sept. 18-19: Ovine 2009 Symposium, Granby, Que. (888-535-2537) Sept. 18-19: Harvest Fest, Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village, Pincher Creek, Alta. (403-627-3684, http://pinchercreek.blogspot.com) Sept. 20: Gymkhana, OK Corral, Warman, Sask. (Ray & Noreen Kneeland, 306-933-1018) Sept. 22: Tack and Horse Sale, OK Corral, Warman, Sask. (Ray & Noreen Kneeland, 306-933-1018) Sept. 22-26: International Plowing Match, Guelph, Ont. […] Read more
CN defends closure of producer car stations
Canadian National Railway sees no point in retaining producer car loading stations if no one is using them. The railway has come under fire from farm organizations and producer car groups for its decision to de-list 53 loading stations across the Prairies. That will leave about 120 stations still operating, according to figures provided by […] Read more
Coming Events
Sept. 10-13: WaterEDWest Conference 2009, water education, Banff Centre, Banff, Alta. (Contact: info@alms.ca) Sept. 11-12: Pembina sheep grazing symposium, Sangudo, Alta. (780-727-4447 or 866-725-4447) Sept. 12-13: Sukanen Pioneer Village and Museum threshing bee, Moose Jaw, Sask. (306-693-7315, www.sukanenmuseum.ca) Sept. 12-13: High School Rodeo, $5 gate admission per day, OK Corral, Warman, Sask. (Ray & Noreen […] Read more
