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The Collins Bay Institution at Kingston, Ont. includes maximum, medium and minimum security facilities for up to 720 male inmates. (CSC-scc.gc.ca)

Four farmers named to panel on Ontario prison farms

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff May 15, 2017

Four eastern Ontario farmers have been named to a new seven-member advisory panel on the “potential reopening” of two federal penitentiary farms at Kingston. Correctional Service Canada (CSC) on Thursday announced the panel members, who are expected to hold their first meeting next month and to “engage with community stakeholders” on the farms’ possible reopening. […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

Quebec flooding forces hundreds from homes

By Allison Lampert May 3, 2017

Montreal | Reuters — Flooding in towns across Quebec has forced hundreds of residents from their homes, and public security officials fear water levels will rise further with forecasters expecting rain Friday, local media reported on Wednesday. Heavy rains early this week have flooded towns in several areas across the predominately French-language province, including two […] Read more

Livestock, Machinery

Manitoba pulls less-loved ag tax credits in budget

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 11, 2017

More funding for agriculture innovation in Manitoba’s latest provincial budget will be offset in part by an immediate end for several of the less popular tax credits available for farm use. Provincial Finance Minister Cameron Friesen on Tuesday laid out a 2017-18 budget with an overall $840 million deficit, based on a four per cent […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Syrian agriculture faces US$16 billion bill from conflict

By Umberto Bacchi April 3, 2017

Rome | Thomson Reuters Foundation — Syria’s six-year conflict has caused at least US$16 billion in damage to agriculture — about a third of the country’s GDP — a U.N. agency said on Monday, calling for more funds to salvage local food production as millions go hungry. Fighting has led to extensive crop and livestock […] Read more

Livestock, Weather

Drought-related livestock tax deferral zones expand

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 28, 2017

More ranchers in Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia and Nova Scotia will be able to defer some of their taxable income from livestock sales in 2016 due to drought. The federal government on Tuesday announced a second list of drought-designated regions where the livestock tax deferral provision will be allowed, along with the areas of […] Read more

Bob and Janet Jackson, BoJan Enterprises, Sylvania, Sask., have spent 40-plus years contributing to the promotion of the Charolais breed in Canada. He is currently the field man for the Saskatchewan Charolais Association and has been a director and president of the association as well as a director and executive member of the Canadian Charolais Association. Bob has served on several Agribition committees as a director and as barn boss for 10 years, while Janet managed the Charolais General Store. He spent 18 years on Farm Credit’s appeal board, 15 years on the Sylvania school board, and 30 years as councillor for the RM of Tisdale, 10 of those as reeve, while Janet completed a 23-year career in nursing.

News, News Roundup

PHOTOS: Three families honoured by Saskatchewan Livestock Association

Associations: News Roundup from the March 2017 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 22, 2017

The current Saskatchewan Livestock Association representing all the cattle, horse, sheep and swine breeders in the province was formed in 1975 to replace the Saskatchewan Livestock Board, but the honour rolls it presents to farm families who have made outstanding contributions to the livestock industry, their communities and the province date back to the first […] Read more

Former deputy U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer, shown here in 2007, is President Donald Trump’s pick for the USTR job. (Dole Institute of Politics via YouTube)

Livestock, Reuters

Trump’s trade nominee pledges tough enforcement

By David Lawder March 14, 2017

Washington | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump’s choice for the top trade negotiator on Tuesday pledged an “America First” strategy to aggressively enforce U.S. laws and trade deals to stop unfair imports and push China to scrap excess factory capacity. Robert Lighthizer, the U.S. Trade Representative nominee, told senators at his confirmation hearing that […] Read more

Livestock

Saskatchewan tightens up powers on Crown land

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 13, 2017

New legislation giving the Saskatchewan government more powers to prevent misuse of Crown land, and more leeway in dealing with leaseholders, is now in effect. The province on Monday announced its new Provincial Lands Act and related regulations, introduced in the legislature last June, have been formally proclaimed and are now in effect, updating rules […] Read more

Cow-Calf, Livestock, Vet advice

Keep Q fever in mind this calving season

Vet Advice with Dr. Ron Clarke

By Dr. Ron Clarke March 3, 2017

Q fever is a potential zoonosis every stock person should keep in mind through calving, lambing and kidding season. The disease, Q fever, and the organism, Coxiella burnetii, when present represent a serious threat to human health. Every gram of afterbirth or fluid from an infected animal contains millions of infectious particles and only a […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Saskatchewan approves largest multi-farm drainage plan

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff February 19, 2017

Saskatchewan’s provincial Water Security Agency has signed off on what it describes as the largest single agricultural drainage project in the province’s history, with more projects of a similar scale to come. The province announced Thursday it has issued a single approval for 73 landowners in the province’s southeast to set up an “organized and […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Cattle hit fresh highs, hogs inch upward

Agriculture, agri-food groups make bid for spot in Carney’s economic agenda

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans fall as rain expected to help U.S. crops

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U.S. livestock: Cattle hit fresh highs, hogs inch upward

Agriculture, agri-food groups make bid for spot in Carney’s economic agenda

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans fall as rain expected to help U.S. crops

Four farmers named to panel on Ontario prison farms

Quebec flooding forces hundreds from homes

Manitoba pulls less-loved ag tax credits in budget

Syrian agriculture faces US$16 billion bill from conflict

Drought-related livestock tax deferral zones expand

PHOTOS: Three families honoured by Saskatchewan Livestock Association

Trump’s trade nominee pledges tough enforcement

Saskatchewan tightens up powers on Crown land

Keep Q fever in mind this calving season

Saskatchewan approves largest multi-farm drainage plan

Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field

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