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Alberta Import Protocol
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here for a copy of the requirements for importing elk, whitetail
and mule deer into the province of Alberta, Canada.
Deer Farming Manual
White-Tailed
Deer Financial and Production Information, produced by Sask.
Ag and Food, is must reading for anyone interested in starting
up a deer farm in that province. It is available on-line at
www.agr.gov.sk.ca Click
on Livestock, then on Elk and Deer, then on the publication
title.
Specialty Livestock Marketing Study
Dr. Jill
Hobbs and Ann Cooney of the Agricultural Economics Department
of the University of Saskatchewan have been contracted to conduct
a four-year study into enhancing marketing of specialty livestock
(which includes white-tailed deer).
The researchers
will study three main areas: marketing meat and value-added
meat products; developing and marketing other value-added products;
and agri-tourism opportunities.
The study
will investigate appropriate slaughter facilities, including
those approved to export to the European Union, determine product
potential, and gather information on developing, processing
and promoting end products. It will also look at how to produce
consistent quality and quantity, and determine if a grading
system is needed and how one can be established.
The team
will also look at markets for non-meat products such as hides,
velvet, oil, wool, horns, teeth and fiber. Agri-tourism opportunities
will include hunt farms and vacation ranches.
The researchers
hope to provide more information about market opportunities,
the need for product traceability and accountability, and how
to sustain markets after they are developed.
For more
information, contact Ann Cooney at (306) 933-7026.
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