(Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)

By Alice McFarlane

Agriculture Roundup

Agriculture Roundup for Monday November 18, 2019

Nov 18, 2019 | 10:19 AM

Canadian National Railways conductors, train persons and yard persons have given strike notice just after midnight.

The union, which represents 3,200 workers, provided the notice as contract negotiations continued over the weekend.

A strike could begin at 12:01 a.m. on Nov. 19 now that the notice has been provided.

Both CP Rail and CN Rail have boosted shipping capacity this year, but there has been less grain to move due to the prolonged harvest.

Roughly 10 per cent of the crop is still left on fields in Saskatchewan.

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Saskatchewan has proclaimed new legislation to help protect the health and welfare of the province’s animals.

The Animal Health Act expands the definition of disease to include non-infectious threats such as toxins and emerging issues, including antimicrobial resistance.

It also sets out a veterinary inspector’s authorities and responsibilities with regard to entering and inspecting a premises, establishing quarantines, disease surveillance and control zones, and euthanizing animals to prevent suffering or the spread of disease.

Other changes include the addition of the provincial notifiable disease list and the creation of a provincial reportable animal disease list in the regulations.

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Talk about a cash cow.

An eight-year-old purebred Black Angus cow was sold at a southern Alberta auction for $140,000.

The animal, known only as 109-Z, was sold last week by the U2 Ranch to American buyers.

The cow has made a name for herself among cattle breeders for the quality of her calves.

Auctioneer Bob Perlich said it was the highest price anyone has paid for a cow in his company’s 52 years of auctioning cattle.

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