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RD Pot Luck June 2019

A time to weep ... a time to heal

It is mid-May and birdlife blossoms along with the daffodils. Tulips are in bud, and we have arrived at that time of the year when lobsters in Sandy Bay best curb appetites, because traps that were well off shore for most of the season have been shifted to shallower waters. There’s no free lunch for Homarus americanus.

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RD Pot Luck May 2019

Of jaw bones and water woes

The snow has melted here and worms are casting about, much to the delight of robins. I’ve not yet spotted a woodcock, the bird that must be the best equipped, with its hinged mandible, to tweeze earthworms and grubs from their lairs beneath the surface of the soil. Speaking of mandibles, last week I found one attached to a skull beneath a brush pile I was about to torch.

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Thanks for everything Charlie Summer 2024

Thanks for everything Charlie Summer 2024
Charlie Gracey died in Ontario in late May at age 88. He left a vast legacy to Canada’s beef industry. Charlie was inducted into the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame in 2001. After graduating from the Ontario Agricultural College in Guelph in 1959, followed by experience at the Kemptville Agricultural School, Eastern Breeders Inc., and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Charlie went on to work for provincial and national organizations, his citation read. He spent 20 years (1970-1990) as general manager and executive vice-president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association.

Catalysts and hurdles Spring 2024

Catalysts and hurdles Spring 2024
Expedient moves have been made that should benefit the regional beef industry. An Eastern Livestock Price Insurance Program (LPI) plan was preeminent when the Atlantic Ministers of Agriculture met in P.E.I. in late January. They discussed the significance of having a risk-management option for livestock producers that could effectively manage price risk and volatility of markets (page 6).

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