U S Declines Joining World Food Cartel Proposal
Washington says the United States will not participate with Canada and other nations in a proposed international food cartel. Agriculture officials oppose any plan that could turn food into a political football. Canadian minister Whelan floated a group with Canada the United States Australia and Argentina to set a world minimum price for cereals beef and dairy products.
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United States
Canada
Agriculture
Bob Bergland
Bergland
Eugene Whelan
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Whelan
Australia
Argentina
Jim Bradley
L—St
DES found in nine of ten Toronto beef livers
Legislative debate over a private test showing diethylstilbestrol DES in 9 of 10 beef livers from Metropolitan Toronto. Officials note DES exposure in both Canadian and U S beef, with levels reaching parts per million. Health authorities to be informed. federal action promised.
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Toronto
William Newman
Bradley
Canada
U.S
Ottawa
CBC Radio
Des
CBC
Livestock Quotations at Airport Auction
Supplied by Airport Livestock Auction, Thursday sale featured 528 cattle and 37 horses with strong demand. Prices ranged for A1 A2 heifers at 67.20, cows D1 D2 48 51.90, D3 D4 43 47.60, D5 35 40, bulls 52.50 55.50, steers up to 72, lighter 73 76, heifers 700+ lbs 67.25 69.80, 820 lb feeder bulls 71.40, calves 50 92.50, cows with calves 575 615. Next sale June 8.
Boxcar shortage blamed on Canadian cars in the United States
Ottawa reports 23 000 Canadian owned boxcars in the United States a record 13 000 above normal. Edgar Benson president of the Canadian transport commission cites U S usage and longer retention by American lines as the cause of reduced movement for grain exports. He says only the external affairs department can speed their return.
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Ottawa
United States
The
Commons Transport Com
Mittee
Edgar Benson
Canadian Transport Commission
Don Mazankowski
Pc—Vegreville
Benson
U.S
External Affairs Department
Washington
Ambiguous Animal Transfer Linked to Death Valley Monument
A year after leaving Death Valley National Monument, an animal arrived from the San Diego Zoo amid unclear cause of ambiguity. The exact nature of the animal's condition or identity remains unresolved.
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Death Valley National Monument
San Diego Zoo
Beef price relief gives industry time to stabilize
Chris Mills of the Canadian Cattlemen's Association told the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association meeting that the beef price surge provides the breathing space needed to stabilize prices. He noted feedlot operators are unsure how to use the money after years of belt tightening. In other business, rustling rose nearly 50 percent from 1976 to 1977, with few convictions, according to Murray McGillivray.
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Swift Current, Sask
Chris Mills
Canadian Cattlemen’s Association
CCA
Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association
Murray McGillivray
SSGA
Swift Current bull sale tops 371 thousand dollars
High beef prices and good pastures lift the Swift Current sale. A total of 291 bulls sold for 371,140 at an average 1,282, with 5,000 paid for the grand champion polled Hereford, contributed by James Johnston and Sons.
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Swift Current, Sask
Swift Current
Peder Myhr
Swift Current Agricultural and Exhibition Association
Jack Blacklock
William Giesbrecht
Gouldtown
Sask
James Johnston
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