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Yearlings in the ring at Northern Livestock Sales in Lloydminster, Sask. Livestock auction marts will play a crucial role in new traceability regulations next year.
Associations, Comment, Livestock

A change to how the cattle check-off rate is set in Western Canada

The check-off rate is now based on where the beef producer resides, not where they sell their cattle.

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On August 1, the Saskatchewan Cattle Association raised the provincial portion of its check-off, raising the total check-off from $4.50 to $5.25 per head. This also put Saskatchewan’s check-off higher than Alberta’s, which still sits at $4.50. And because so many cattle are sold across that provincial border, everyone had to put their heads together […] Read more
(Dave Bedard photo)
Crops

SaskCanola, SaskFlax merge offices, management

Groups will maintain separate governing boards, levies

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Sasskatchewan’s canola and flax development commissions are consolidating their management, staff and office space under one roof. SaskCanola and SaskFlax said Wednesday their new “management collaboration” will translate to efficiencies for both commissions with “a full staff complement to support both boards.” Both organizations will now operate out of the current SaskCanola office at Innovation […] Read more
(Dave Bedard photo)
Crops

Merged Manitoba crop groups qualify for checkoffs

Manitoba Crop Alliance also names top brass

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The new unit formed from the merger of five Manitoba crop commodity organizations is set to begin collecting checkoffs for its founding groups’ crops, starting Aug. 1. The Manitoba Crop Alliance (MCA) announced Monday it now has its designation under the provincial Agricultural Producers’ Organization Funding Act. The designation allows the new organization to collect […] Read more
The proposal to increase checkoff funding for Beef Farmers of Ontario passed with a significant majority this year. (John Greig photo)
Beef Cattle, Livestock

Ontario beef checkoff to rise by $1.50

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Ontario beef farmers have approved an increase of $1.50 in checkoff per animal to fund an ambitious industry-wide marketing effort for Ontario beef. Producers at the Beef Farmers of Ontario (BFO) annual meeting in Mississauga on Wednesday voted 87 per cent in favour of the plan. A similar plan was rejected at last year’s annual […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, News, News Roundup

$2.50 national check-off on track for 2018

Policy: News Roundup from the January 2018 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Most Canadian beef producers will be kicking in another $1.50 per marketed head to the Canadian Beef Cattle Check-Off starting at some point in 2018, with the long overdue increase in funds being used to further marketing and research efforts for the industry. The national check-off, which hasn’t changed in about 20 years, will increase […] Read more
(Canada Beef Inc. photo)
Barley, Cereals, Crops, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie wheat, barley commissions’ single checkoffs set

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The post-deregulation era of Prairie grain research and market development funding is cleared to begin, as the three Prairie provinces’ wheat and barley commissions have set new single checkoffs on Prairie wheat and barley, all starting Aug. 1. The Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association (MWBGA) on Wednesday announced that when the Western Canadian Deduction […] Read more
On board: Gary Stanford, Trent Rude, Jean-Marc Ruest, Harvey Brooks, Kevin Bender (back, l-r), Brent Watchorn, Cigi CEO JoAnne Buth, Drew Baker, Bill Gehl and Jim Smolik (front, l-r). (Photo courtesy Cigi)
Crops

Prairie wheat commissions, grain firms to fund Cigi

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The technical institute for Canadian field crops will get its core funding from now on through the Prairies’ major grain export firms and its three provincial wheat grower commissions. Cigi, the Canadian International Grains Institute, on Tuesday announced the new funding model, plus a new governance model setting up a new 10-member board of directors […] Read more

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