Sask. producers welcome new Trans-Pacific Partnership deal

Jan 24, 2018

Farmers are applauding announcement of a new Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement.

Canola Council of Canada President Jim Everson, said farmers will benefit from lower tariffs in important Asian markets like Japan.

“There’s both good reasons for going ahead with this,” he said.

‘That is tariff removal that will allow us to be more competitive in some of those big markets, but also there is a concern with not going forward because other countries who have signed free-trade agreements with Japan will benefit from that unless Canada is able to do so, and of course we will do this TPP agreement,” Everson said.

The Stock Growers Association in Saskatchewan says beef exports could jump 200-million-dollars with the TPP agreement.

Source : CKRM

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.