Manitoba’s pork industry is calling for the federal government support, in the form of new programs and financial assistance, in its effort to contain a surge in the number of cases of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea.
Keystone Agricultural Producers says, by investing proceeds collected through a provincial carbon tax into agriculture, the Manitoba government will be able to maximize farmers’ ability to contribute to greenhouse gas reductions.
The National Pork Producers Council is calling on the U.S. government to provide one billion dollars over five years to fund the creation of a Foot and Mouth Disease vaccine bank.
The Director of the Manitoba Farm Safety Program says the wide variety of tasks to be done on the farm, makes farming one of the more risky occupations.
The Chair of Manitoba Pork suggests, when marketing product to international buyers, it’s critical for production standards in one region be consistent with those in another region.
Keystone Agricultural Producers is calling on the Manitoba Government to provide certain exemptions for farmers from taxes under a carbon pricing structure and a reinvestment into agriculture of carbon taxes collected for other greenhouse gas emitters.
The Manager of Sustainable Development Programs with Manitoba Pork says proposed changes to the province’s Livestock Manure and Mortalities Management Regulation are primarily administrative and will, in no way, weaken environmental protection.
The National Pork Producers Council has renewed its call for the Trump administration to withdraw the GIPSA rule, a regulation related to the buying and selling of livestock in the United States.
The Chair of the Canadian Pork Council credits support from U.S. farmers and rural political leaders for a softening of the anti-North American Free Trade Agreement rhetoric.
Cereals Canada is pleased to welcome as Members G3 Canada Limited (G3) and, as of July 1, 2017, Winter Cereals Manitoba Inc. and Saskatchewan Winter Cereals Development Commission.
