By Alice McFarlane

Agriculture Roundup for Thursday November 30, 2023

Nov 30, 2023 | 4:42 PM

Alberta RCMP is reminding ranchers about regulations around the movement of livestock.

The Livestock Investigations Unit said anyone transporting horses and cattle across the border during the upcoming winter months needs the proper paperwork.

All livestock leaving the province must have a livestock permit. The inspection of livestock is pertinent for ownership identification, theft prevention and traceability.

Lifetime Horse Permits cost $30 plus GST and allow horses to be transported out of Alberta for the lifetime of the horse, or until there is a change of ownership.

Information on licensing and to request livestock inspection, contact the local branch office of Livestock Identification Services.

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A research and training initiative launched by the Global Institute for Food Security (GIFS) at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) and the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) has received a $56.2 million commitment from the Government of Bangladesh.

The funding, to be invested over five years, will support the establishment of the Bangabandhu-Pierre Elliott Trudeau Agriculture Technology Centre (BP-ATC) as a centre of excellence at the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute in Gazipur.

It will support the development of research infrastructure and help GIFS, BARC, and other partners to purchase equipment, train more than 30 graduate students and post-doctoral fellows, and lead research enhancing wheat, rice, lentils, canola, and other crops.

Roughly $9.8 million will support research and training occurring within Saskatchewan through activities at GIFS, including the Global Institute for Water Security, USask College of Agriculture and Bioresources, Saskatchewan Food Industry Development Centre, Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute, and the National Research Council of Canada.

GIFS’ partnership with BARC was established in 2020 to promote sustainable food security.

Through the BP-ATC, partners in Saskatchewan and Canada will contribute to research to enhance crop breeding and plant improvement using genomics and phenomics, study soil health and quality, improve soil water, and post-harvest food handling and processing.

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Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC)’s award-winning marketing campaign to promote the sustainability efforts of dairy farmers has been further recognized by the global community.

World Beverage Innovation Awards in Nuremberg, German presented DFC with a Gold Award in marketing for “Net Zero by 2050 – We’re In”.

DFC president David Wiens said the campaign captures the hard work and dedication Canadian dairy farmers have made towards sustainability.

“These awards demonstrate that organizations around the world see what we see: that our sector has a great story to tell, and we are proud to tell it,” he said.

This is the fourth international award DFC’s “We’re In” campaign has received.

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alice.mcfarlane@pattisonmedia.com

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