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  • Canadian Cattlemen’s Association Meeting

    My colleagues and I were pleased to meet with Dave Solverson, President of the Canadian Cattlemen's Association, on his return from Washington where he and his colleagues were fighting for...

  • 2016 Conservative Agriculture Tour – Stop #1

    The next dill pickle you eat probably has some Alberta flavour! I visited the Thacker family farm in Bow Valley, Alberta and learned that most pickle processors use dill oil,...

  • 2016 Conservative Agriculture Tour – Stop #2

    It was great to tour family owned feedlot operations in southern Alberta with Craig Paskal and John Schooten. Theses families have been leaders in the industry that forms such an...

  • 2016 Conservative Agriculture Tour – Stop #3

    The Krause Berry Farms & Estate Winery in Langley, BC is a great example of the Canadian agriculture industry's commitment to sustainable farming. Their practice of integrated pest management (IPM)...

  • 2016 Conservative Agriculture Tour – Stop #4

    Agriculture is an innovative industry. At Enterra Feed Corporation, they're using food waste to grow fly larvae that is turned into animal feed ingredients. This reduces waste that would be...

  • 2016 Conservative Agriculture Tour – Stop #5

    Visited the UBC Dairy Education and Research Centre in beautiful Agassiz, BC with my colleague Mark Strahl, MP. These folks are on the cutting edge of dairy research and development...

  • 2016 Conservative Agriculture Tour – Stop #6

    Our Conservative Agriculture tour took us to Kamloops to meet with some folks from the BC Cattlemen's' Association and local MP Cathy McLeod. Canada's cattle industry is committed to producing...