Agriculture committee  As a producer, I'm going to go against my fellow producers and say, yes, packers should own cattle. They definitely own cattle as soon as they come into the plant. Should they own them one week out, two weeks out, or six months out when they go into a feedlot? Many feedlotters in

Agriculture committee  Yes. Why not?

Agriculture committee  If you will allow me, I would like to answer, as a producer. The act that was passed prohibits us from feeding SRMs to animals, be they cows or other livestock, as well as pets. These changes are in place and are being enforced. We are therefore prohibited by law from doing some

Agriculture committee  Yes.

Agriculture committee  All farms are going to benefit from the access that we can obtain. It's not just on the primary meat cuts, either; it's on the byproducts more than anything else. Parts of the animal that we are unwilling to consume in Canada will add that mythical $85 to each animal, if we can f

Agriculture committee  These are the two specialists on the domestic market. As far as I can tell, we've already satisfied all the demands of the domestic market--100%. We are already furnishing them with all the product they can possibly consume. I'll will turn it over to the pros.

Agriculture committee  Yes, I think trade is the be-all and end-all. On the other hand, the producers have a job to do themselves in getting organized and branding their product and doing the traceability required to access these markets. You have in your own province the excellent example of Ontario

Agriculture committee  Honourable members, speaking from a producer's point of view on the balkanization of programs, I think what the federal government can do, which would actually help us more than anything else, is get us access to these out-of-Canada markets. They will add more value to our prod