Ottawa announced this week that it had secured expanded market access to Japan for Canadian beef. The deal opens Japan to exports of cuts from animals older than 30 months, and could be worth more than $40 million. Canada currently ships $215 million worth of beef to Japan each year. But little of that meat …
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Cattle feeders bullish on packing plant
WESTWOLD – Townhall meetings as the new year gets underway will determine whether or not a beef packing plant proposed for Prince George will go ahead. If it does, it will mean changes in how the BC industry finishes cattle. Someone intimately familiar with what that could mean is BC Association of Cattle Feeders executive …
Prince George packing plant gets further study
SMITHERS – The possibility of a larger scale, federally inspected beef processing plant for BC is getting a boost from the province with $450,000 to support further study. BC agriculture minister Lana Popham announced the funding at the BC Cattlemen’s Association annual general meeting in Smithers on June 1. “Bringing a federally inspected beef processing …