Alberta Broiler Growers Marketing Board Boosts Output
Alberta's 170 broiler growers share in a prosperous market driven by supply management. The Alberta Broiler Grower Marketing Board relies on quota and permit production to meet demand, keeping independent growers in control amid a cyclical global market. Last year’s sales reached 52.4 million pounds, with 58 million expected this year as 52 new growers join the board.
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Alberta Broiler’ Grower Marketing Board
Canada
Alberta Broiler Growers Marketing Board
Don Potter
Irrigation Demand Outpaces Oldman River Basin Capacity
A report by the Oldman River Management Committee finds irrigation demand in southern Alberta exceeds the Oldman River basin capacity. Underwood McClellan Ltd. notes capacity would still be tight even with facility expansions and subsurface water plays a minor role in the supply debate. A second Underwood study warns recreation needs will exceed existing facilities by 1986, while Klohn Leonoff Consultants say municipal and industrial use will double by 2001 but remain a small share of total basin use.
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Underwood
Oldman River
Klohn Leonoff Consultants Ltd
Government to name analyst for grain handling review
Liberal MP Ralph Goodale announced a federal investigation by an independent transportation analyst. The inquiry will probe why the prairie grain handling system has underperformed this crop year and calls for cooperation from railways grain companies and the Canadian Wheat Board transportation section.
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Regina
Ralph Goodale
Assiniboia
Canadian Wheat Board
Transportation Section
Beef import law bill drafted for Senate action
Senator Hazen Argue, chair of the Senate agriculture committee, says a beef import law for Canada is being drafted for Senate consideration. He notes the Commons has not acted on last fall’s committee recommendation for such legislation and outlines possible quotas and country restrictions without tariff change provisions. The bill would define import quotas and change rules, while identifying supplying nations.
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Saskatoon
Hazen Argue
Senate
Standing Committee On Agriculture
Canada
House of Commons
Argue
Dobermann Revives Newborn Pup In Odd Rescue
In Tolleson Arizona a Dobermann Pinscher rescued a newborn pup that was upside down and unconscious. The mother dog shook the pup and gnawed on its chest until the infant began breathing.
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Tolleson, Ariz
Alberta farmers seed vast area as rains halt work
About 21 percent million acres were seeded in the seven days ending June 1 per the Alberta Wheat Pool report. Rain May 29-30 halted fieldwork except in Peace River regions, then hot dry weather allowed seeding to resume by weekend. By June 1, wheat 89 percent, rapeseed 79 percent, barley 69 percent. durum 86, oats 71, flax 61 percent.
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Calgary
Alberta Wheat Pool
Peace River
Alberta
British Columbia
Lethbridge
Prairie rail action committee nears finish
Regina reports the prairie rail action committee has reviewed about 1000 miles of branch lines and aims to be 75 percent finished with its total review by month’s end. The four man panel will decide the fate of 2300 miles left in the Hall Commission’s grain handling study and transport plan.
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Regina
Prairie Rail Action Committee
Hall Commission
Henry Ropertz
Otto Lang
Ropertz
Hall
Prairie Rail Authority
North America and Canada top world grain exports says World Bank official
World Bank agricultural director Montague Yudelman notes North America now exports over half of global grain, with U S and Canada as the reliable expanding supply. He says Asia and Africa shifted to net importers since the 1930s and 1970s, while Middle East Africa and Latin America showed little growth in 1977.
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Canada
United States
World Bank
Montague Yudelman
Asia
Africa
North America
Yudelman
Middle East
Latin America
Grain quota system to be studied by CWB committee
Roy Atkinson, chair of the CWB advisory committee, said the group will study the present quota system and draft a working paper for the July meeting to outline terms of reference. The main questions focus on quotas, productivity, and how non-board feed grains affect the system. Farmers complain that cropping all their land limits their ability to dispose of grain within their quota.
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Saskatoon
Roy Atkinson
Canadian Wheat Board
CWB
Atkinson
Producers say producers get below minimum price for produce
The standing resources development committee heard that producers sometimes receive less than the minimum price for their produce. Frank M. Warnock cited discounts off the minimum price in almost all cases, noting it happens with Apple Marketing Commission knowledge. He warned against concentration and rivals unfairly dominating markets.
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Toronto
Frank M. Warnock
M. Loeb, Ltd
Grocers’ Alliance
Ontario
Beef prices to rise through summer says agriculture department
U S beef prices are expected to climb through the summer with the department predicting a 1978 average retail price of 1.38 dollars per pound for choice grade beef, about 20 percent above 1977. A smaller red meat supply and strong demand drive the rise while 1978 beef production may fall six to eight percent from 1977.
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Washington
Reuter
United States
Agriculture Department
Ation
U.S
Saskatchewan seeding nearly finished in most areas
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool reports seeding complete in most of the province with few isolated delays due to rain. Gravelbourg area shows about 40 percent remaining while other regions report over 75 percent completed as of June 2. Germination conditions are excellent with thick healthy stands.
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Regina
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Wheat Pool
Gravelbourg
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