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Winnipeg Free Press - January 14, 2009

U.S. Reversal Likely to Ease Livestock Woes

The U.S. government implemented country-of-origin labelling legislation, dubbed COOL, on several foods sold in the United States at the end of September. For example, Canadian-raised livestock sent to U.S. plants for slaughter can now be given the same label as animals born in Canada and fed and killed in the United States, as long as the animals are slaughtered on the same day. That measure should reduce animal-handling costs for U.S. processors and give them added flexibility. Cattle pric...

Winnipeg Free Press - September 08, 2006

Agricore Looking for More Growth

"The acquisition of Hi-Pro is one example of how we plan on doing this," said CEO Brian Hayward in a conference call with analysts. [AGRICORE] says the deal "significantly expanded" the reach of its livestock services division in the southwestern United States. "This region represents one of the highest growth markets in the U.S. dairy industry," Hayward said. "The acquisition fits within our strategic intent to expand further into downstream processing."

Winnipeg Free Press - January 24, 2008

U.S. Food Labelling Could Hurt Hog Farmers

PROPOSED U.S. food labelling laws threaten to kick Manitoba livestock producers while they're already down, Premier Gary Doer said Wednesday, and he promised to lobby U.S. politicians to ease their potentially devastating effects. According to federal government figures, Manitoba sold 4.1 million weanling pigs -- usually marketed at five-kilogram or 23-kg weights -- to the United States in 2006. For the first half of 2007, weanling exports to the United States totalled 2.2 million pigs. Manit...

Winnipeg Free Press - November 27, 2007

Crop Sales Drive Cash Receipts to Record High

Manitoba farm cash receipts rose 23.3 per cent in that period -- the largest percentage gain among the provinces, the agency said. Manitoba farmers enjoyed a good harvest in 2006, following a disastrous year in 2005. Livestock receipts rose 4.4 per cent to $13.8 billion, due mainly to higher exports of cattle and hogs to the United States and increased dairy and chicken prices, StatsCan said. In the third quarter of this year (July-through-September), Manitoba's farm cash receipts increased 2...

Winnipeg Free Press - February 18, 2009

Losses, Law Shrink Hog, Cattle Herds

MANITOBA'S hog and cattle herds shrank last year, mirroring a national trend, as profits eluded livestock producers and new U.S. country-of-origin labelling (COOL) legislation created uncertainty in the marketplace. A year ago, Manitoba producers were shipping 130,000 to 140,000 weanling pigs and 20,000 to 25,000 market-weight hogs per week to the United States. Those numbers have since fallen to 85,000 to 90,000 weanlings and 3,000 finished hogs per week, largely because of COOL. Manitoba be...

Winnipeg Free Press - September 01, 2009

Border Barriers Hurt Farms

With the recent economic downturn in the United States, lower demand for meat has meant U.S. livestock producers have struggled. That has spurred recent trade protectionism, including country of origin labeling regulations (COOL) that essentially require U.S. meat processors to segregate live Canadian cattle and hogs from U.S. animals. These restrictions are being championed by a small number of U.S. agricultural producer groups, primarily R-CALF and the National Farmers Union -- U.S. agricul...

Canada Law Articles in English - (September 22, 2004)

Environmental Bulletin - August 2004

Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP

... the Nutrient Management Regulations for Large Livestock Farms IN THE Canadian Company Sued ...... cooperation for Canada, Mexico and the United States. The Puebla Declaration affirms the ...

Canadian-American Public Policy - Nbr. 2007, January 2007

Scred cow? Canada's response to the BSE crisis; Evaluating North American integration, science, and questions of intrusiveness and autonomy.

... Not surprisingly, the most significant challenge for Ottawa was the closure of the Canada-United States border, which suggests an ongoing need to ...... bureaucrats and industry representatives from the United States and Mexico. II. EVALUATING THE CANADIAN ...

Canada Law Articles in English - (July 19, 2001)

Highlights Of The New Alien Business Act

Ms Piyanuj Ratprasatporn - Tilleke & Gibbins International Ltd.

... The 16 eliminated businesses to which no restrictions apply are: Livestock farming (but this does not apply to silk worms; ......) At the present time, the only treaty fitting the above description is the Treaty of Amity and Economic Relations between the United States and Thailand. Protection for Americans ...