Category: Rumblings from the Great White North
Canadian BSE Lawsuit Comes to an End
By Will Verboven Contributing Editor For almost 20 years, a valiant and determined group of Canadian cattle producers fought a long, drawn-out legal battle against
Never-Ending Border Issues
By Will Verboven Contributing Editor In the years I have written for this distinguished publication, there has seldom been a time when some border or
American Agriculture Is Always Evolving
By Will Verboven Contributing Editor Your humble writer from the Great White North and his patient wife had the pleasure of making a long road
U.S. Election Very Important to Canada- Outcome Will Affect Cattle/Beef Trade
By Will Verboven, Contributing Editor Whenever there is an American presidential election, political anxiety seems to break out in Canada. That’s because, unbeknownst to most
Climate Change – Will It Be Mitigation or Adaptation?
By Will Verboven Contributing Editor Most folks involved in commercial production agriculture have already seen the relentless march of climate change (CC) ideology begin to
Another COOL is Back Again…latest version may be easier to live with.
By Will Verboven Contributing Editor It seems like the Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) issue is a gift that keeps on giving for ag opinion
EU Farmer/Tractor Protestors Get What They Want
By Will Verboven Contributing Editor The past months have seen farmer/tractor protests across many European Union (EU) countries such as the Netherlands, France, Germany, Spain
Canadian Government Tries Carrot Approach to Reduce Cattle Methane
By Will Verboven Contributing Editor Cattle producers know that, sooner or later, their governments will force methane reduction regulations on their industry. Progressive governments and
Hard Times for Cattle Industry in Western Canada
By Will Verboven Contributing Editor It’s been building for about two years in much of western Canada, a sort of trifecta of bad events that
Renewable Energy Projects Have a Dark Side
By Will Verboven Contributing Editor Most folks have seen those towering symbols of the new age of renewable energy, that being the industrial windmill operations,