Legal Challenge to California’s Proposition 12 Fails
The U.S. Supreme Court has preserved a California law banning the sale of pork in America’s most-populous state from pigs kept in tightly confined spaces. That rejects an industry challenge claiming that the voter-backed animal welfare measure impermissibly regulates out-of-state farmers.…
Quebec Farm Has Cattle Seized
Quebec’s agriculture department says it has seized 38 cattle from the central Quebec farm that was home to a group of fugitive cows that escaped last summer and went on the run for months. A spokesman for the agriculture department, says…
Canadian Farmers May Soon Get Relief from Federal Carbon Tax
A piece of legislation that would provide farmers with carbon tax relief is in front of Canadian senators. Bill C-234, which exempts on-farm fuels like propane and natural gas used in grain drying and barn heating from the federal carbon…
Maple Leaf Foods Posts First Quarter Loss
Maple Leaf Foods reported a loss in its first quarter compared with a profit a year ago as it faced a difficult pork market, cost inflation and higher startup expenses. The company says it lost 57.7 million dollars, or 48 cents…
CCA Puzzled by Chinese Ban on Canadian Beef
A Chinese ban on Canadian beef that industry officials expected would be short-lived remains in place seventeen months later. Dennis Laycraft of the Canadian Cattle Association says he doesn’t know why China continues to block imports from Canadian beef processing…