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Latest BSE News
Friday, September 03, 2004
Canadian Cattle Industry Looks for Slaughter Capacity Increase CANADA - Sixteen months after an outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) financially dented Canadian cattle producers and processors, officials are hoping an increase of domestic slaughterhouses, as well as new feed policies will assist the...
Thursday, September 02, 2004
Minister Mitchell continues to work on issue of BSE CANADA - Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Andy Mitchell is continuing to work on addressing the issue of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). August 28, Minister Mitchell met with U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman in New York City. The...
Monday, August 30, 2004
Agriculture minister argues case for opening U.S. border to live cattle CANADA - Agriculture Minister Andy Mitchell came away empty-handed Saturday after arguing the case for reopening the Canada-U.S. border to live cattle exports in a meeting with his American counterpart. Mitchell travelled to New York City specifically...
Friday, August 27, 2004
Cattle income drop no surprise CANADA - Statistics Canada numbers that show declining revenues for cattle farmers come as no surprise to those suffering from the BSE-based border closures. "I'm living proof," said Glen Thompson, a cattle feeder from Iron Springs, northeast of Lethbridge,...
Wednesday, August 25, 2004
Governments remain committed to resolving the BSE situation CANADA - Developing a long-term solution for the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) situation was a key topic of discussion during a call held recently between Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Andy Mitchell and his provincial counterparts. Source:...
Thursday, June 24, 2004
Agriculture groups want early action on mad cow file after federal election CANADA - The next federal government needs to move quickly to come up with a plan to assist a beef industry still hurting from the mad cow crisis, the president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture said Wednesday. Source: CP via CNews
Friday, June 18, 2004
Potential impact of mad cow disease on farm family income CANADA - The discovery of one case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease, a year ago in Alberta, and the subsequent international trade ban, have had a severe financial impact on Canadian farm families who have a beef cattle...
Wednesday, June 16, 2004
Agriculture concerns growing CANADA - Agriculture drives the economy of this southern Alberta riding, and the four candidates know that. Conservative candidate Ted Menzies said paramount to that is the BSE crisis and the fact the border is still closed. Source: Calgary S...
National agriculture policy promotes values that should be shared around the world: Speller CANADA - Food safety, quality and environmental protection are the guiding principles of Canadian agricultural policy and other countries should follow our lead, Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Bob Speller told international counterparts at the World...
Tuesday, June 15, 2004
Beefs raised over payouts CANADA - Two major meatpacking companies received more than 10% of the $402 million in federal-provincial mad cow disease aid distributed in Alberta. The numbers, released by Premier Ralph Klein's government yesterday, show that Lakeside Farm Industries...
Friday, May 21, 2004
BSE: one year, $2 billion later CANADA - The economic ripple effects continues to widen nearly a year after the first case of BSE was detected in Alberta. Mad cow disease has cost the cattle industry more than $2 billion. Now, the Alberta Associations of Municipal Districts and Counties...
Wednesday, May 19, 2004
First Anniversary of Canadian BSE Case is Thursday CANADA - One year after a single case of mad cow disease brought Canada's cattle industry to its knees, operators look back on days stained black with hardship and forward to a future they say is dyed red, white and blue. Source: WisconsinAgC...
Monday, May 10, 2004
MP claims scape-voting CANADA - BSE probe member says packers face jail while Grits vie for rural support. Packing plants are being set up as "scapegoats" to bolster Liberal election hopes in rural ridings, says a member of the Commons committee probing allegations of BSE...
Friday, April 30, 2004
450 head seized in cattle crisis CANADA - In one of the largest seizures in recent years, nearly 450 head of neglected cattle have been removed from a northern Alberta farm by animal welfare officials, as fallout from the mad cow crisis continues. "The drought of the last two years...
Wednesday, April 21, 2004
The Senate report on BSE hits and misses CANADA - Canada’s Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry released an interim report entitled “The BSE Crisis – Lessons Learned for the Future” recently. The report contains important insights into the crisis and its possible solutions....
Tuesday, April 20, 2004
Fair trade in beef CANADA - It was encouraging to learn on Sunday that the Americans have agreed to reopen their border to all shipments of Canadian beef from cattle under 30 months of age. Most meat exports -- about $1.3-billion worth annually -- had resumed last September....
Friday, April 16, 2004
Special BSE secretariat needed: Senate OTTAWA - Canada and its North American trade partners should form a special secretariat that could intervene should another case of mad cow disease be discovered, a Senate committee recommends. Alberta Senator Joyce Fairburn says that could prevent...
Wednesday, April 07, 2004
Open border discussions begin as comment period ends CANADA - The U.S. government will begin deliberations on whether to allow live cattle across the border, leaving Canadian ranchers hopeful and a handful of American producers pushing for a continued ban. A 60-day comment period...
Friday, April 02, 2004
BSE aid package is help, not subsidy CANADA - The federal announcement to provide $680 million to Canadian beef producers suffering from the fallout of BSE is much needed and welcome regardless of timing. The opposition Conservative party has complained that the aid was timed to boost...
Friday, March 26, 2004
Alberta ranchers welcome additional BSE money ALBERTA - A federal injection of nearly $700 million for the Canadian livestock industry, hurt by the BSE crisis, is as good as money in the bank, say some Alberta ranchers. Steve Primrose has been in a tenuous position since last year because he feeds...
