Beef

Optimism returns to the cattle industry

According to the World Bank Development Prospects Group, beef prices have risen 30 per cent in the last year. But the Canadian herd is not expected to expand rapidly and prices for other commodities have increased even more.
 

by MIKE MULHERN

In nearly 50 years watching the cattle business, Charlie Gracey has never seen the convergence of a high dollar, high beef and high corn prices  . . . until now.

Temporary exemption proposed for farmers in threatened Bobolink areas

A three-year exemption from restrictions under the Endangered Species Act is in the works for normal farming practices in areas where the Bobolink is struggling to survive

by DON STONEMAN

Farmers taking their first cut of hay this year shouldn’t have to worry much that they will be charged under the provincial Endangered Species Act for destroying Bobolink habitat.

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