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B.C. grants late AgriStability enrolment for 2018

By GFM Staff, GFM Network News March 13, 2019

Fire, flooding and a drop in raspberry prices in 2018 have spurred the federal and British Columbia governments to trigger the AgriStability late-participation mechanism. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau and her provincial counterpart Lana Popham, at an event Monday in Vernon, B.C., invoked the new late-participation rule for the 2018 AgriStability program year, “to help farmers […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock

Bovine TB strain in latest outbreak new to Canada

By GFM Network News January 9, 2019

Canada’s latest outbreak of bovine tuberculosis in domestic cattle involves a strain of TB bacteria not related to any previously seen in Canadian livestock or wildlife. Culture testing of bacteria taken from a cow confirmed as TB-positive in November shows it’s “not related to past cases of bovine TB in Alberta or British Columbia or […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock

Bovine TB probe expands to Saskatchewan

By GFM Staff, GFM Network News December 21, 2018

Updated, Dec. 24 — Some cattle in Saskatchewan are now under federally imposed movement controls as testing for bovine tuberculosis expands to 14 domestic herds in three provinces. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced Friday the tracing of a single case of bovine TB in a beef cow from a farm in British Columbia’s southern […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock

Six more cattle herds to be tested in TB probe

By GFM Staff, GFM Network News December 17, 2018

Updated, Dec. 20 — Cattle from four more herds in British Columbia and two in Alberta are now being tested for bovine tuberculosis as officials probe the country’s latest domestic case of the disease. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Monday reported the six herds are now under “movement controls” while TB testing is underway. […] Read more

General, Markets

USMCA costs Canada sovereignty in ag policy, critics warn

By GFM Staff, GFM Network News November 30, 2018

Changes to Canadian dairy supply management in the final text of the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement give up oversight of the system to the U.S., Canada’s dairy farmer group warns. The trade deal, signed Friday in Buenos Aires by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, U.S. President Donald Trump and Mexico’s outgoing President Enrique Pena Nieto, now goes […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock

Bovine TB case turns up in southern B.C.

By GFM Network News November 19, 2018

Federal food safety officials are now looking into the life story of a slaughtered British Columbia beef cow confirmed with bovine tuberculosis. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Monday announced it has launched an investigation after a mature beef cow was confirmed Nov. 9 with bovine TB. The case comes a few months after the […] Read more

General, Machinery, Weather

AgriRecovery offered for B.C. wildfire costs

By GFM Staff, GFM Network News October 4, 2018

British Columbia ranchers and farmers who lost pasture or cropland or had to move livestock out of the path of wildfires this year may be eligible for AgriRecovery funding. The federal and B.C. governments on Thursday announced a new AgriRecovery program worth up to $5 million to help defray “extraordinary costs incurred” due to wildfires […] Read more

News, News Roundup

Water and fire dominate BCCA meeting

Associations: News Roundup from the August 2018 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Staff August 20, 2018

Concerns about biodiversity and balancing resources were among the issues voiced by the members of the British Columbia Cattlemen’s Association at its 2018 annual general meeting. Newly elected BCCA president Larry Garrett says topics such as disappearing grasslands, water scarcity and using grazing to minimize wildfire risk came to the forefront during the meeting, held […] Read more

Crops, Grapes, Reuters

WTO panel to examine U.S. complaint on B.C. wine sale rules

By Reuters, GFM Network News July 20, 2018

Geneva | Reuters — The World Trade Organization set up a dispute panel on Friday to rule on a U.S. complaint against restrictions in British Columbia on wine sales in grocery stores, a WTO official said. In line with WTO rules, the decision was taken after Canada made its second request at a closed-door meeting […] Read more

Crops, Grapes

Alberta halts ban on B.C. wine

By Staff, GFM Network News February 22, 2018

Alberta will resume imports of wine from British Columbia starting Friday, as the B.C. government prepares to take its concerns over piping crude oil to court. In a brief statement Thursday, Alberta’s Premier Rachel Notley said the province has suspended its ban on B.C. wine and will again allow “ordering, receiving and transportation” of B.C. […] Read more

Canola fund short position continues to grow

U.S. grains: Corn up on China buying, flood worries

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs notch fresh contract highs on export hopes

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Canola fund short position continues to grow

U.S. grains: Corn up on China buying, flood worries

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs notch fresh contract highs on export hopes

Tag Archives British Columbia

B.C. grants late AgriStability enrolment for 2018

Bovine TB strain in latest outbreak new to Canada

Bovine TB probe expands to Saskatchewan

Six more cattle herds to be tested in TB probe

USMCA costs Canada sovereignty in ag policy, critics warn

Bovine TB case turns up in southern B.C.

AgriRecovery offered for B.C. wildfire costs

Water and fire dominate BCCA meeting

WTO panel to examine U.S. complaint on B.C. wine sale rules

Alberta halts ban on B.C. wine

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