Livestock
(Reuters) –– Canada’s first commercial shipments of beef and tallow to China in seven years may happen in December or early 2011, with technical work remaining to follow through on the Asian country’s political commitment to ease restrictions, an industry official said Tuesday. China agreed ahead of G20 meetings in June to accept Canadian boneless […] Read more
Beef seen moving to China as early as December
Ont. stewardship program to require premises ID
Ontario livestock and poultry producers wanting to take part in a federal/provincial funding program to improve their land management will now need premises ID (PID) numbers to be eligible. New for the 2011 cropping year, the Canada-Ontario Farm Stewardship Program (COFSP) will require all applicant farm businesses with either livestock or poultry as a “primary […] Read more
Klassen: Feeder cattle prices strengthen
Calf prices in Western Canada were $2 to $4 higher over the past week, with 600-pound steers bringing back $129 per hundredweight (cwt). We also saw heaver yearlings weighing 950 pounds selling for $107/cwt, about $2/cwt above week-ago levels. We are seeing a significant premium in Western Canada over central U.S. prices as basis levels […] Read more
Coccidiosis drug for piglets approved in Canada
Billed as the first federally-approved treatment against coccidiosis in Canada’s hog herds, Baycox 5% is “now available” north of the border, its manufacturer confirmed Monday. Bayer HealthCare’s Canadian animal health division said the drug, a five per cent suspension of toltrazuril, has picked up authorization for treatment of pre-clinical coccidiosis due to Isospora suis in […] Read more
Scientists poised to wipe out rinderpest: FAO
(Reuters) –– Scientists are poised to eliminate the deadly cattle disease rinderpest, ending a malady that has devastated animal herds for centuries, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization said Thursday. “It would be the first time in history that humankind has succeeded in wiping out an animal disease in the wild, and only the […] Read more
Respiratory antibiotic label expanded to “at-risk” hogs
An injectable antibiotic used against swine respiratory disease has picked up a label expansion to cover its use in groups where cases of SRD have already been detected. Draxxin, a tulathromycin antibiotic marketed in Canada by Pfizer Animal Health, is thus the “first and only” injectable antibiotic with a control claim for its use in […] Read more
Calif. restaurant chain first to promote Canadian beef
A fast-casual chain of seven restaurants in the greater Los Angeles area has become the first chain in the U.S. to actively promote its use of Canadian beef. According to Canada’s Beef Information Centre (BIC) in a release Friday, L.A.-based Stonefire Grill has added the Canadian Beef brand mark to its marketing materials and offers […] Read more
Alta. moves to restore mandatory national beef levy
Acting on a deal struck last month between Alberta Beef Producers and the Alberta Cattle Feeders Association, the Alberta government is officially moving to restore a mandatory, non-refundable national beef levy. The ABP and ACFA recently signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to set up the new $1 non-refundable levy using ABP’s regulatory power under […] Read more
Laval names egg economic research chair
Universite Laval ag professor Maurice Doyon has become the first ever in Canada to add a title like this to his CV: economic research chair on the egg industry. Doyon, a professor in the Quebec City university’s faculty of agriculture and food and its department of agrifood economics, was named to the unique chair Thursday […] Read more
Digital cameras get CFIA approval for beef grading
A German-made digital imaging system for beef grading has picked up Canadian Food Inspection Agency approval for use in the country’s larger federally-inspected packing plants and could help ranchers adjust their production accordingly. The new camera systems, made by e+v Technology of Oranienburg, just north of Berlin, are an “exciting advancement in improving grading accuracy […] Read more
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