Headlines

May 8 - 12, 2017

Foreign Trade
IFA Meets Canadian Cattlemen's Association on Beef
The Cattle Site May 9, 2017
http://www.thecattlesite.com/news/51396/ifa-meets-canadian-cattlemens-association-on-beef/

Observers question whether Mexico, Canada can weather Trump storm on NAFTA
Global News May 10, 2017
http://globalnews.ca/news/3440373/canada-mexico-donald-trump-nafta/

Ag Census
Sask. farmers say future is optimistic for young operators
CBC News May 10, 2017
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/census-agriculture-farming-saskatchewan-1.4109608

King canola, fewer cows, aging producers: Digging into the agriculture census
CBC News May 10, 2017
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/more-cropland-larger-farms-stable-profits-census-of-agriculture-1.4109339

Ag census logs more younger and female farm operators

Canadian Cattlemen Magazine May 11, 2017
https://www.canadiancattlemen.ca/daily/ag-census-logs-more-younger-and-female-farm-operators

Markets
Cattle destined for grass going to auction instead
Manitoba Co-operator May 5, 2017
https://www.manitobacooperator.ca/markets/cattle-destined-for-grass-going-to-auction-instead/

Research/Sustainability
U of S scientists turn to cow waste to clean contaminated gas sites
CTV News May 4, 2017
http://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/u-of-s-scientists-turn-to-cow-waste-to-clean-contaminated-gas-sites-1.3398626

Climate change adaptation on the farm and ranch

Policy Options May 8, 2017
http://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/may-2017/climate-change-adaptation-on-the-farm-and-ranch/

Regional News
A career in agriculture: High school students pitch peers, and make some discoveries themselves
CBC News May 7, 2017
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-gen-ag-1.4101151

Agriculture union donates hundreds of pounds of beef to P.E.I. food banks

The Guardian May 8, 2017
http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/community/2017/5/8/agriculture-union-donates-hundreds-of-pounds-of-beef-to-p-e-i--f.html

Comment: Albertans now get to choose (Opinion)

Canadian Cattlemen Magazine May 8, 2017
https://www.canadiancattlemen.ca/2017/05/08/comment-albertans-now-get-to-choose/

Lethbridge County head tax ruled legal

Alberta Farmer Express May 9, 2017
https://www.albertafarmexpress.ca/2017/05/09/lethbridge-county-head-tax-ruled-legal/

Tuberculosis
For more information on the ongoing TB investigation, please visit: http://www.albertabeef.org/, http://inspection.gc.ca/tb and
http://inspection.gc.ca/animals/terrestrial-animals/diseases/reportable/tuberculosis/investigation-southeast-
alberta/eng/1477438380160/1477438380659