Trudeau Visits Prairies To Show Support For Farmers

Apr 28, 2017

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay were in Gray, Saskatchewan Thursday.

The two visited an area farm and met with producers and farm leaders to discuss key issues in the ag sector.

Daryl Fransoo, a Director with the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association was part of the Young Farm Leaders group.

Fransoo says the Wheat Growers want to see the Trudeau government make trade and NAFTA their top priority.

"He brought that up, basically saying the ball is in the court of the United States. We'd have a huge problem as western growers if that border shut down to our crops. We need to make sure that the Canadian government maintains that access to our products. That's probably top priority right now...I hope the government really fights for us."

Source : Portageonline

Video: Evolution of Beef Cattle Farming

The Clear Conversations podcast took to the road for a special episode recorded in Nashville during CattleCon, bringing listeners straight into the heart of the cattle industry. Host Tracy Sellers welcomed rancher Steve Wooten of Beatty Canyon Ranch in Colorado for a wide-ranging discussion that blended family history and sustainability, particularly as it relates to the future of beef production.

Sustainability emerged as a central theme of the conversation, a word that Wooten acknowledges can mean very different things depending on who you ask. For him, sustainability starts with the soil. Healthy soil produces healthy grass, which supports efficient cattle capable of producing year after year with minimal external inputs. It’s an approach that equally considers vegetation, animal efficiency, and long-term profitability.

That philosophy aligned naturally with Wooten’s involvement in the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, where he served as a representative for the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association. The roundtable brings together the entire beef supply chain—from producers to retailers—along with universities, NGOs, and allied industries. Its goal is not regulation, Wooten emphasized, but collaboration, shared learning, and continuous improvement.