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Canadian cattle producers desperate as feed shortage reaches crisis levels
Some producers say they will run out of food for their animals this weekend
Amanda Stephenson · The Canadian Press · Posted: Jan 21, 2022 12:42 PM MT | Last Updated: January 21
If the train that Leighton Kolk has been waiting on for days doesn't arrive by noon on Sunday, the Iron Springs, Alta.-area feedlot operator says he will be completely out of feed for his cattle.
"The train was supposed to arrive Tuesday and it's still not here and now it's Friday morning. If it doesn't arrive soon, we'll have to have people out shovelling and scraping the bin bottoms," Kolk said.
"In 30 years of business, I've never experienced where we don't know what we're going to feed the cattle Monday morning."
An unprecedented situation is unfolding right now in Canadian cattle country, where industry groups say a widespread feed shortage has escalated into a crisis situation...
Canadian cattle producers desperate as feed shortage reaches crisis levels
Some producers say they will run out of food for their animals this weekend
Amanda Stephenson · The Canadian Press · Posted: Jan 21, 2022 12:42 PM MT | Last Updated: January 21
If the train that Leighton Kolk has been waiting on for days doesn't arrive by noon on Sunday, the Iron Springs, Alta.-area feedlot operator says he will be completely out of feed for his cattle.
"The train was supposed to arrive Tuesday and it's still not here and now it's Friday morning. If it doesn't arrive soon, we'll have to have people out shovelling and scraping the bin bottoms," Kolk said.
"In 30 years of business, I've never experienced where we don't know what we're going to feed the cattle Monday morning."
An unprecedented situation is unfolding right now in Canadian cattle country, where industry groups say a widespread feed shortage has escalated into a crisis situation...
