CFA HOPING TO IMPROVE AGRIINVEST THROUGH INFO FROM SURVEY  . . . ATLANTIC DAIRY STEER PROJECT NEEDS LEAN BEEF  . . . U.S. PLACES DUTY ON IMPORTS OF UNCOATED PAPER . . . RICE FARMING IN ONTARIO LAKE SPARKS FIGHT OVER TREATY AND PROPERTY RIGHTS  . . . TRUCKERS LEERY OF MOBILE SCALES EFFECTIVENESS . . .        
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CFA HOPING TO IMPROVE AGRIINVEST THROUGH INFO FROM SURVEY
Source: NSFA
Are you a producer who wants a better AgriInvest program? One with higher matching contributions that allows you to better manage risk and invest in your farm? If yes, then the Canadian Federation of Agriculture needs your help. Fill out the three to five minute survey at the following link. (read more)

ATLANTIC DAIRY STEER PROJECT NEEDS LEAN BEEF
Source: FCC
Atlantic Beef Products Inc. has added a new market for Atlantic beef producers. The federally inspected beef slaughter and processing facility in Prince Edward Island wants animals weighing approximately 1,400 pounds at between 14 and 18 months of age for its lean beef program. ABP’s primary business is to process and sell high quality beef cattle. Leftover fat and lean trimmings go to create ground beef, however, since more fat trimmings are produced than are used, ABP requires additional lean trimmings to make more ground beef. (read more)

U.S. PLACES DUTY ON IMPORTS OF UNCOATED PAPER
Source: Pulp and Paper Canada
Imports of some uncoated freesheet and groundwood paper grades from China, Indonesia, Brazil, Australia, and Portugal to the U.S. will now face a duty of up to 193 percent. The U.S. Department of Commerce imposed preliminary anti-dumping duties on Aug. 20, following its investigation and an investigation by the U.S. International Trade Commission, which concluded that the U.S. industry had been materially injured by sales of these paper products for less than their fair value. (read more)

RICE FARMING IN ONTARIO LAKE SPARKS FIGHT OVER TREATY AND PROPERTY RIGHTS
Source: The Globe and Mail
For years, residents near Pigeon Lake in Southern Ontario were unhappy with a local wild rice harvester who was seeding the lake, filling their shorelines with the marshy plant. But when the locals decided to take action and cut down the plants, the simmering tension exploded into a fight over treaty and property rights. (read more)

TRUCKERS LEERY OF MOBILE SCALES EFFECTIVENESS
Source: The Eastern Graphic
Some eastern P.E.I. truckers are skeptical over the province’s decision to implement a mobile weigh scale rather than rely on the fixed scales on the approach to the Wood Islands ferry terminal. The province contends a mobile unit will be more effective in checking commercial vehicles. (read more)