Hunting season is upon us again. For some of you, it’s a great time of year because you finally have the chance to get some nuisance animals away from your haystacks. For others, it can be an aggravating time if

My research for the article I wrote last month on the labour situation was a real eye-opener for me. In fact, I think that in an indirect way, it’s the biggest threat to the meat and livestock industry in western

Much has been written about the US Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) legislation and its impact on the Canadian livestock industry. Millions of producer dollars have been spent on lawyers and lobbyists fighting this protectionist scheme. And bureaucrats and politicians

I have, somewhat jokingly, come to refer to Calgary’s Mayor Nenshi as the Messiah or the anointed one. I say this due, not only, to his inflated view of himself but two particular comments he made awhile back. Before I

Running a business in the agriculture industry these days is not cheap. Expenses such as land, feed, cattle, chemical, and fertilizer are only a few of the long list of increasing costs. The small producer is becoming an endangered species,

Certainly by now everyone has heard about the recent BSE infected cow from northern Alberta. If I’m not mistaken, this is yet another case where the infected animal was located in Northern Alberta. Like the last case some four years