Long road to COOL resolution
Action that hurts hog producers $4 million a week could take months if not years to resolve
Action that hurts hog producers $4 million a week could take months if not years to resolve
Provincial organization wants to see age verification become mandatory
Photo: Ron Wooddisse
Hardeman calls minister’s response ‘disheartening’ for young hog, cattle and horticultural producers
Photo: Ernie Hardeman
Transition funding has run out for dealing with tough new standards for the disposal of cattle. New provincial coping measures won’t be ready until April. And an Oxford politician is questioning what’s happening to deadstock in the meantime
The drop in Ontario’s beef cattle inventory is the worst since 1940, a Statistics Canada report reveals
Clarification: 4:02 PM Monday Feb. 23, 2009
Ontario Cattlemen’s Association says benefits to producers depend on more than having test available
But the word is still out on whether the federal advance payment program will be continued for another year
Kerr Farms Sales hangs on without its founder
Clarification: 3:14 PM Feb. 9, 2009
Update: 1:56 PM Jan. 21, 2009
Update: 2:32 PM Jan. 29, 2009
Americans have eased up on regulations but producers aren’t convinced the changes will help them
A new report on Canada's cattle industry by the National Farmers' Union recommends banning packer ownership and control of cattle and refocusing the industry on serving the domestic market.