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Six quarantines lifted in bovine TB probe

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News December 16, 2016

Six premises deemed to be “low-risk” have been released from federal quarantine as officials continue their hunt for Alberta and Saskatchewan cattle exposed to bovine tuberculosis. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Wednesday reported it had lifted movement controls on six premises where “appropriate testing” has been completed on cattle so far in the agency’s […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock

Quarantined Alberta ranches to get AgriRecovery

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News November 30, 2016

Ranchers in southeastern Alberta having to feed and maintain quarantined cattle they can’t move or sell can expect a federal/provincial AgriRecovery plan to help cover those costs in the next few days. Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay and his Alberta counterpart Oneil Carlier on Wednesday announced producers faced with “extraordinary costs” due to federal quarantines […] Read more

Livestock, Machinery

Farming work exempt from proposed Alberta helmet law

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News November 28, 2016

Farmers and ranchers at work would be exempt from a proposed new law requiring off-highway vehicle (OHV) users to wear helmets while operating on public land in Alberta. Provincial Transportation Minister Brian Mason on Monday announced proposed amendments to Alberta’s Traffic Safety Act that would require recreational users of all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), snowmobiles, motorcycles, amphibious […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock

Bovine TB probe turns up more TB-positive cattle

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News November 18, 2016

Federal inspectors have confirmed a southeastern Alberta cow found with bovine tuberculosis in September was not just a one-off. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Friday reported five more cattle from the initial cow’s index herd in southeastern Alberta are confirmed to have been infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria — presumed to be to be […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock

Bovine TB quarantines push into Saskatchewan

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News November 14, 2016

Two farms in southwestern Saskatchewan have been added to the list of those under federal quarantine as inspectors widen their search for cattle exposed to a new-to-Canada strain of bovine tuberculosis (TB). As of Thursday, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said it had “approximately 33” farms in Alberta and two in Saskatchewan under quarantine. The […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock

Bovine TB case probed in southeastern Alberta

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News November 1, 2016

About 30 farms in southeastern Alberta are under federal quarantine as federal and provincial officials try to track down cattle exposed to bovine tuberculosis (TB). The investigation follows a notice in late September from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that a cow from Alberta had tested positive for bovine TB at a U.S. slaughter plant. […] Read more

Crops, Potatoes

Thailand to accept Alberta seed potatoes

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News November 1, 2016

Alberta is now the third Canadian province from which seed potato growers are eligible to export to Thailand. Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay on Monday announced a new export agreement by which Thailand will accept imports of seed potatoes produced in Alberta. “Alberta has a very innovative and progressive seed potato industry and is looking […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Reuters, Weather

Harvest woes rally canola, turn some farmers into winners

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News October 20, 2016

Winnipeg | Reuters –– As some Western Canada farmers watched rain and snow turn their ripening canola fields into bogs, Rob Stone could count his blessings. Harvest weather was kinder to his farm at Davidson, Sask., about 100 km southeast of Saskatoon, and Stone finished harvesting canola by mid-September. Then, when worries about four million […] Read more

Snow on farmland at Turtle Lake in northwestern Saskatchewan on Oct. 14, 2016. (Lisa Guenther photo)

Crops, Weather

Snow causing more harvest grief in Alberta, Saskatchewan

By GFM Network News October 14, 2016

CNS Canada — Snow and freezing rain continues to hamper harvest progress across a large portion of Alberta and Saskatchewan. Environment Canada issued weather warnings and alerts for much of central and northern growing regions of Alberta and Saskatchewan on Friday. Up to 15 cm of snow are forecast, with freezing rain also likely in […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Western Feedlots closure seen hurting prices

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News September 22, 2016

Winnipeg | Reuters — The closure of one of Canada’s biggest cattle feedlots is likely to depress prices of young cattle and the grains used to fatten them, and may increase sales to the U.S., industry officials say. Alberta-based Western Feedlots said Wednesday it will shut feeding operations early in 2017, citing poor market conditions […] Read more

GFM Network News

CFIA says regulatory changes will cut agricultural red tape

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle hit record high on tight supply, strong cash prices

ICE Canada Weekly: Canola poised to slip below C$600/tonne

Tag Archives Alberta

Six quarantines lifted in bovine TB probe

Quarantined Alberta ranches to get AgriRecovery

Farming work exempt from proposed Alberta helmet law

Bovine TB probe turns up more TB-positive cattle

Bovine TB quarantines push into Saskatchewan

Bovine TB case probed in southeastern Alberta

Thailand to accept Alberta seed potatoes

Harvest woes rally canola, turn some farmers into winners

Snow causing more harvest grief in Alberta, Saskatchewan

Western Feedlots closure seen hurting prices

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