By Alice McFarlane

Agriculture Roundup for Tuesday May 3, 2022

May 3, 2022 | 3:11 PM

MELFORT, Sask. — The federal agriculture minister wants climate related incentives included in business risk management programs (BRM).

Marie-Claude Bibeau, provincial, and territorial ministers of agriculture met in Ottawa yesterday to discuss the next agricultural policy framework ahead of their annual meeting in Saskatoon in July.

The ministers spent their morning session discussing what they want in the framework that will replace the Canadian Agricultural Partnership, which expires in March 2023.

The afternoon portion of their meeting was spent on various other issues, including the avian influenza outbreak, global food security following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the creation of a grocery code of conduct.

Bibeau also urged her provincial counterparts to integrate climate-related criteria or incentives into the next version of BRM programs.

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The annual agriculture ministers’ summit is scheduled for July 20–22.

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Canadian beef products and live cattle have been approved for export to Brazil for the first time in 19 years.

Brazil shut the doors on Canadian beef exports after Canada confirmed a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in 2003.

The recent announcement from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency also said swine and poultry has been approved for export to Brazil as well.

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Concerned cottage owners and residents are anxious to hear if an Alberta regulator will allow a large cattle feedlot to be developed near a popular and environmentally fragile lake.

Pigeon Lake is home to about 5,800 seasonal and permanent residents and attracts about 100,000 visitors each year.

G and S Cattle of Ponoka, Alta. applied to open a 4,000 cattle feedlot about four kilometres west of the lake.

Many residents and local farmers believe runoff from the manure of such a large operation would overwhelm the lake.

Pigeon Lake is fed by runoff and drains very slowly, making its waters uniquely vulnerable to runoff-fuelled algae blooms.

Area residents have signed statements of concern about the proposal, and Wetaskiwin County has called for an environmental assessment. A ruling is expected in two weeks.

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alice.mcfarlane@pattisonmedia.com

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