Sask Govt Urges Cattle Producers To Age-Verify Animals.

Resource News International, November, 2005

Byline: Resource News International

WINNIPEG, MB, Nov 23, 2005 (Resource News International via COMTEX) -- The Provincial Government of Saskatchewan is strongly encouraging cattle producers to register age information for their animals to help gain access to international markets, a release said.

"In the wake of BSE, accurate age determination for cattle is becoming increasingly important," Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food Minister Mark Wartman said. "Canada's advanced cattle identification system, and its ability to track birth date information, gives our livestock producers a real opportunity to increase shares in domestic and international markets.

"There are positive signs that the Japanese market will re-open to Canadian beef in the...

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