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Taxability to rise on Saskatchewan rangeland

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News November 28, 2016

The percentage of value (POV) subject to property taxes will be bumped back up on Saskatchewan producers’ rangeland and pasture for the 2017 tax year. Government Relations Minister Donna Harpauer on Monday announced the POV on non-arable (range) land such as pastures will be set via regulatory amendment at 45 per cent, up from 40. […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock

More culls, quarantines added to bovine TB probe

By GFM Network News November 28, 2016

Thousands more cattle and calves in southeastern Alberta are now booked to be destroyed, as a search continues for animals that had contact with one or more of six tuberculosis-infected Alberta cattle. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Monday announced its “herd” of animals known to have commingled with the TB-infected cattle has expanded to […] Read more

Livestock

Restricted zone tightens for Algonquin wolf hunting

By GFM Network News November 26, 2016

Farmers will be able to protect their livestock and families from Algonquin wolves in any areas and hunting will only be restricted in areas near four parks, allaying some concerns of farmers after the wolf was declared a threatened species. Kathryn McGarry, Ontario minister of natural resources and forestry, spoke to the Ontario Federation of […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock

Feedlots sought to take in TB-quarantined cattle

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News November 25, 2016

Prairie cattle producers whose herds are stuck under federal quarantine while officials trace out cases of bovine tuberculosis (TB) could soon have a option to house animals at an approved feedlot. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Friday said it is working with beef cattle industry representatives to find one or more feedlots where it […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets

Plentiful feed supplies weigh on feed barley prices

By GFM Network News November 24, 2016

CNS Canada — A steady stream of fusarium-damaged wheat is flooding Alberta feedlots these days, giving ranchers a variety of choices on what they can give to their animals — but also keeping feed barley prices in check. “That has definitely been heavy on the barley,” said Allan Pirness of Marketplace Commodities in Lethbridge. That […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock

Federal Tories, NDP press for TB quarantine compensation

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News November 24, 2016

Under pressure in the Commons Tuesday, the federal government has committed to “look into options” to compensate Alberta and Saskatchewan producers having to feed cattle they’re prohibited from selling. Federal Conservative and NDP agriculture critics David Anderson and Ruth Ellen Brosseau separately took the government to task this week over the costs producers have to […] Read more

Livestock, Weather

Drought-hit tax deferral zones named

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News November 22, 2016

Ottawa has seen enough drought in parts of southwestern Alberta, southern and eastern Ontario and southwestern Quebec to offer deferrals on their ranchers’ 2016 income tax from breeding livestock sales. Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay on Tuesday released the federal government’s initial list of municipalities designated for the 2016 deferral. In Alberta, those areas include Clearwater, […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

Ranchers under quarantine fear going ‘broke by spring’

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News November 22, 2016

Winnipeg | Reuters –– Ranchers in southeastern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan whose herds are under quarantine due to the spread of bovine tuberculosis told federal legislators Tuesday they desperately need to sell cattle or receive compensation to avoid financial disaster. Ranchers who raise calves typically sell them in autumn to feedlots, where they are fattened […] Read more

Manitoba in the past decade has imposed restrictions on intensive hog production in a bid to reduce the nutrient load on the Red River heading north toward Lake Winnipeg. (Dave Bedard photo)

Livestock, Reuters

Investors press meat producers to cut water pollution

By GFM Network News November 21, 2016

Reuters — Forty-five large investors collectively managing C$1.6 trillion in assets are pressing some of the nation’s largest meat producers to set policies for reducing water pollution in their feeding, slaughtering and processing operations. The investors, who are members of sustainability non-profit advocate Ceres and the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), sent letters to […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. October feedlot cattle placements hit four-year low

By GFM Network News November 21, 2016

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. feedlots in October received five per cent fewer cattle than a year earlier, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Friday, a four-year low for that month that was in line with average trade predictions. Ranchers grew cattle outside of feedlots longer thanks to still healthy grazing pastures in parts of […] Read more

Bird flu virus could be airborne: study

Saskatchewan Crop Report: Varied precipitation as harvest begins

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy and corn bounce off lows as demand stirs

GFM Network News

Bird flu virus could be airborne: study

Saskatchewan Crop Report: Varied precipitation as harvest begins

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy and corn bounce off lows as demand stirs

Taxability to rise on Saskatchewan rangeland

More culls, quarantines added to bovine TB probe

Restricted zone tightens for Algonquin wolf hunting

Feedlots sought to take in TB-quarantined cattle

Plentiful feed supplies weigh on feed barley prices

Federal Tories, NDP press for TB quarantine compensation

Drought-hit tax deferral zones named

Ranchers under quarantine fear going ‘broke by spring’

Investors press meat producers to cut water pollution

U.S. October feedlot cattle placements hit four-year low

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