New Brunswick’s provincial government plans to update the legislation governing agricultural fair associations, following an audit that criticizes several departments for lack of oversight on the fair organizations. Given ag fairs’ charitable gaming privileges and exemptions available for property and income taxes, Auditor General Kim MacPherson found “limited provincial processes to monitor compliance” with the […] Read more
Audit rips New Brunswick’s oversight of ag fairs
History: The Livingstone Valley
Reprinted from the February 1950 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
The Livingstone Valley By Freda Smith Mudiman, Lethbridge, Alta. ‘Between the Livingstone Range of the Rocky Mountains and the Porcupine Hills lies a long narrow valley watered by the Livingstone River of Southwestern Alberta. To the people who live there it is the North Folk District, for the Livingstone forms the north branch of the Oldman, […] Read more
Postal workers pledge to move bees, chicks if striking
Canada Post and its unionized staff have agreed to set up a system in which workers would volunteer to move live animals, such as day-old chicks or bees, during a strike or lockout. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) said Tuesday it has a new agreement with the Crown corporation to move and deliver social […] Read more
Alberta sacks AFSC board over top brass’ expenses
Alberta’s government has dismissed the board of its farm financing and crop insurance agency following an internal probe into “expense and procurement practices” for senior executives. Three unnamed senior executives at Agriculture Financial Services Corp. (AFSC) have also been “relieved from active duty,” the province said in a release Monday. The province on Monday named […] Read more
Olymel buying Quebec sausage maker
Quebec’s Olymel plans to consolidate its sausage business into a next-to-new processing plant, after making a deal to buy the plant’s owner. Olymel, the meat packing arm of La Coop federee, announced Tuesday it will buy Trois-Rivieres processor La Fernandiere for an undisclosed sum. La Fernandiere will “remain an autonomous entity” within Olymel, the company […] Read more
History: Canada’s Outstanding Cattle Feeding Operation
Reprinted from the February 1950 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Canada’s Outstanding Cattle Feeding Operation By Lorne Stout, Calgary, Alta. ‘Precision, beef, business, science, and the tang of the Old West are all wrapped up in the operations of P. Burns Ranches Limited, lusty continuation of the business – more than that, a continuation of the life of the late Senator Patrick Burns. And at […] Read more
B.C. pension funds to get piece of Glencore ag unit
The investment firm for British Columbia’s public-sector pension funds is set to buy just under 10 per cent of the agricultural arm of commodities firm Glencore. Swiss-based Glencore announced Thursday it has a “definitive” deal to sell 9.99 per cent of its “Glencore Agri” business for US$624.9 million cash to the B.C. Investment Management Corp. […] Read more
CN promotes CFO as CEO resigns
Canadian National Railway’s (CN) chief financial officer Luc Jobin will become its chief executive on July 1, as incumbent CEO Claude Mongeau steps down for health reasons. Mongeau announced Tuesday he will resign as CN’s CEO at the end of June, after leading the railway company for six and a half years. “I was filled […] Read more
Intranasal vaccination could protect young calves from BRD
News Roundup from the May 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is a major animal health problem in feedlot cattle. Presently, BRD makes up about 65 to 80 per cent of feedlot diseases and 45 to 75 per cent of deaths in many lots. The financial toll of BRD on North America’s cattle industry is more than $1 billion per year. Previously, […] Read more
Strike ends at Rogers’ Montreal sugar refinery
Workers at Rogers Sugar’s Montreal refinery have voted to ratify a new five-year agreement and will return to work “within the next few hours,” ending their strike, the company said Sunday. The plant, which has about 200 unionized workers, represented by le Syndicat des travailleuses et travailleurs de Sucre Lantic (FC-CSN), will resume “all production […] Read more
Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field
