Livestock
April 26 — Feeder cattle prices in Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan jumped by $4-$7 per hundredweight (cwt) last week. Buying interest for grass cattle skyrocketed after the snowfall in southern Alberta along with the rains in central Saskatchewan. U.S. grass cattle supplies are also tightening, improving the export program. April feeder cattle exports are on […] Read more
Klassen: Man., Sask. feeder prices jump
Olymel to cut over half of Que. poultry plant staff
Quebec meat packer Olymel plans to move work from one of its Quebec poultry plants to three others in Eastern Canada, leading to over 180 layoffs in mid-July. The company on Monday announced an “extensive rationalization” at its processing and pre-packaging plant in the Iberville district of St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, southeast of Montreal. The reorganization will lead […] Read more
Co-Op Promotes Elk At Overseas Trade Shows
Reading Time: < 1 minute Members of the Alberta Wapiti Products Co-op (AWAPCO) recently journeyed to international locations to promote Alberta elk products. With $13,000 in funding from the Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency (ALM A), members of the co-op participated in food trade shows in New York, Miami and Cologne, Germany throughout 2009.
Meatless Mondays
Reading Time: < 1 minute San Francisco’s board of supervisors has passed a resolution designating every Monday as a Vegetarian Day to “encourage restaurants, grocery stores and schools to offer a greater variety of plant-based options to improve the health of San Francisco residents and visitors, and to increase the awareness of the impact a green diet would be on […] Read more
New Results Boost Health Promise For Natural Dairy And Beef Trans Fat
Reading Time: 3 minutes “The perception is that trans fat is linked with an increased risk of heart disease and other chronic conditions.” CATHERINE FIELD LEAD MEMBER, U OF A INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN NUTRITION New study results from the University of Alberta indicate that natural trans fat found in dairy and beef products may reduce inflammation, a key risk […] Read more
Fast Track To 30 Pigs Per Sow
Reading Time: 3 minutes Achieving 30 pigs weaned per sow is a target that just a few producers hit, but to do it from a standing start, with a new barn, in just 12 months seems nothing short of impossible. Yet that is exactly what hog boss Martin Waldner and his team have done at Hartland Colony, near Bashaw, […] Read more
National Voice For Forage And Grasslands Formed
Reading Time: < 1 minute Provincial forage and grassland organizations have come together to form the Canadian Forage and Grassland Association. “We are very pleased to announce the formation of a new national association for our forage and grassland industry,” said Ed Shaw, chair of the newly formed Canadian Forage & Grassland Association/Association Canadienne pour les Plantes Fourragres (CFGA/ACPF) in […] Read more
Taking Steps To Prevent Rabies
Reading Time: 2 minutes The rabies virus may be in saliva for three to five days in domestic dogs and cats and up to eight days in skunks before the animals show clinical signs… North Dakota State University Extension Service veterinarian Charlie Stoltenow is urging people to prevent themselves and their animals from becoming infected. The most common way […] Read more
Pork Promotion In Canada To Get Funding Boost
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada could soon start collecting a new levy on imported cuts of fresh pork to help promote its own pork industry. The Canadian Pork Council is drafting a levy proposal to send to federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz sometime this summer, said Jurgen Preugschas, CPC chairman. Ritz supports the idea and has promised to implement […] Read more
Prize For Young Prion Institute Researchers
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Alberta Prion Research Institute is recognizing young researchers in prion science by offering a one-time $25,000 prize to be awarded in 2010. The International Young Researcher Prize marks five years since the Prion Institute was created to address issues to do with prion and neurological protein misfolding diseases such as BSE. Details on eligibility […] Read more
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