Reading Time: 2 minutes Hidden in Manitoba Finance Minister Rosann Wowchuk’s 2011-12 budget is a $200,000 allocation for cattle insurance. The Manitoba government has set aside $200,000 for a livestock insurance pilot program for the province’s cattle producers. The allocation is hidden in the 2011-12 provincial budget Wowchuk brought down April 12. The Co-operator learned about it during briefings […] Read more
Manitoba cattle price insurance in the works
Man. hog farmers pledge sow stall phase-out
Reading Time: 2 minutes Major and possibly expensive changes lie ahead for Manitoba’s 700 hog producers as the result of a new roadmap for the industry’s future. The Manitoba Pork Council’s plan released last week commits hog farmers to eliminate sow gestation stalls within the next 15 years. “Manitoba Pork commits to encouraging producers to phase out by 2025 […] Read more
Beef Export Federation teeters as merger vote ends in disarray
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Canada Beef Export Federation is on the verge of collapse after provincial cattle associations abruptly pulled out of a Feb. 17 meeting and took most of CBEF’s funding with them. The associations withdrew their memberships in protest after a special CBEF members’ meeting to vote on amalgamating Canada’s three national beef agencies broke up […] Read more
Manitoba’s KAP president quits unexpectedly
Reading Time: 2 minutes Manitoba’s general farm organization is looking for a new president after Ian Wishart resigned from the position. A meeting of Keystone Agricultural Producers’ (KAP) general council in Portage la Prairie sat in stunned silence Thursday as Wishart said he was stepping down, effective immediately. “With considerable regret, I offer my resignation and my apologies. I […] Read more
B.C. humane society protests rodeo calf roping
Reading Time: 2 minutes When the Manitoba Stampede and Exhibition holds its 46th annual rodeo in Morris through this weekend, one group that won’t be cheering for the cowboys is a Vancouver-based animal welfare organization opposed to one of its main events: calf roping. The Vancouver Humane Society is campaigning to ban calf roping (also called tie-down roping) from […] Read more
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