News and Issues About The Cattle Industry with a focus on western Canada
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Cool weather delays Saskatchewan seeding
Country Guide, Canada Some producers in the south are reporting inadequate supplies of water for their livestock. Farmers are busy with preseeding field work, seed cleaning, moving cattle to pasture, calving and fencing. |
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Livestock slams ethanol
Saskatoon Western Producer (subscription), Canada By Barry Wilson Chicken and cattle producers joined forces on Parliament Hill last week to decry how ethanol production has affected their feed costs and ability to compete. Governments and the ethanol industry insist that ethanol's effect on grain … |
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Stop calling it swine flu: Canada's pork producers
Canada.com, Canada "It's worth remembering that, during the (mad cow) crisis, there were confirmed cases in the Canadian cattle industry. We have no (swine flu) cases in our herd. "But at the end of the day, there's still that terrible name. People will associate the … |
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Lack of national ID system for US livestock could cost billions
Country Guide, Canada Identification tags and tagging cattle represent 75 per cent of the cattle sector's annual adoption cost. Estimated tag and tagging costs vary among cattle producers with 50 head from $3.30 to $5.22 per animal, depending on current identification … |
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Canadian government takes a stand against mCOOL
Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada CALGARY, April 29 /CNW/ - Canadian beef cattle producers received welcome news from Canada's Minister for International Trade, Stockwell Day, when he stated during his trip to Washington, DC yesterday that Canada will request new consultations at the … Ottawa prepares to take on Obama over meat Globe and Mail Canada to challenge US food-label rules at WTO The Gazette (Montreal) Long road to COOL resolution BetterFarming.com CBC.ca - Metro Canda - Edmonton all 120 news articles |
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Swine flu outbreak prompts international backlash over pork
CBC.ca, Canada In Canada, pork producers have spoken out against restrictions on imports. John Preun, a hog producer in Manitoba, said his hogs have had a strain of swine flu before but no one got sick. "I think it's understandable that people are concerned about … |
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Alberta to make cattle checkoff refundable
Country Guide, Canada Last year the province announced $300 million in assistance for cattle producers, but a second payment for half the amount was conditional on producers taking part in age verification for their animals. ABP opposed mandatory age verification, … Refundable Checkoffs? Discover Foothills all 7 news articles |
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Having ruined canola, Monsanto threatens alfalfa
TheBulletin.ca, Canada Alfalfa is an important crop for all farmers, both organic and conventional, as a soil builder by fixing nitrogen, as a clean-up crop to end weed infestations, and as feed for dairy cattle and other animals. "Farmers universally see no reason for GM … |
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Canada's farmers could be battered by impact of swine flu outbreak
CBC.ca, Canada John Preun, hog producer Producers worry the swine flu will devastate hog farmers in the same way bovine spongiform encephalopathy, commonly known as mad cow disease, affected cattle farming a few years ago. Many countries, such as China and Russia, … |
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Prices strong at Stratton Cattle Sale Saturday
Rainy River Record, Canada The Rainy River Cattlemen's Association started the Stratton Sales Yard in 1961 as a method to stimulate buyer competition and improve returns to area cattle producers. It remains a major force is the District cattle industry. |
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