Livestock
Reading Time: < 1 minute Alberta cattle producers who temporarily move animals to pastures in Saskatchewan or British Columbia this spring or summer won’t need to pay inspection fees on the way out. The provincial agriculture and rural development department (AARD) said Feb. 17 it will provide a $25,000 grant this year to Livestock Identification Services (LIS) to cover the […] Read more
Province Waives Fees For Moving Grassers
Ag Ministers To Consult On Risk Programs
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canada’s federal, provincial and territorial (FPT) Agriculture Departments plan to launch a new round of consultations with producers and ag groups on business risk management (BRM) programs. The results of these consultations, which will include discussion on “challenges facing the sector” and “opportunities that lie ahead,” are to be reported back to the FPT agriculture […] Read more
New Pig Disease Poses A Puzzle
Reading Time: 2 minutes “These pigs look very similar to pigs that simply starve to death.” – John Harding, U Of S Scientists at the University of Saskatchewan have discovered a new and baffling swine ailment in which newly weaned pigs fail to eat and starve to death. Postweaning Wasting/Catabolic Syndrome (PWCS), can cause death losses of up to […] Read more
Canada Beef Exports To Rise Slightly In 2010
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canadian beef exports will increase slightly this year despite the cattle industry’s decline, as exports to Mexico and Asia offset fewer shipments to the United States, a top export official said Feb. 18. Farmers and ranchers have downsized their herds of hogs and cattle to the smallest levels in more than a decade due to […] Read more
Cattle Numbers Dwindle, But Little Price Response
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada’s total cattle inventory fell by 1.3 per cent for the period ending January 01, 2010. The much-anticipated Stats Canada report indicated that cow herds declined in all provinces except Ontario and Saskatchewan. Ontario numbers increase by 2.2 per cent in which there will be a dairy influence as the Canadian dairy herd stabilizes. The […] Read more
Toronto calls for Don, Humber valleys in Greenbelt
A protected area meant to preserve southern Ontario farmland and agriculture could soon expand into some of the most densely populated urban areas in the country. According to the provincial government in a release Friday, Toronto’s city council “unanimously” declared it will seek to apply for expansion of the Greenbelt within Toronto beyond Rouge River […] Read more
Man. programs to cover on-farm herd assessments
The Manitoba and federal governments will cover veterinarians’ visits to assess biosecurity and risk for Johne’s disease on beef and dairy farms, respectively. The two governments on Monday announced the beef herd biosecurity assessment and dairy herd Johne’s risk assessment programs, funded through the food safety component of the Growing Forward farm policy funding framework. […] Read more
Bovine rabies cases seen dropping
Cases of bovine rabies in Canada continued to drop in 2009, with just eight cases recorded, according to new figures from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. That count includes six cases reported in Ontario and two in Manitoba, the CFIA showed in a new chart on its website, logging clinical cases and laboratory submissions. No […] Read more
China agrees to certification for Canadian pork
The Chinese and Canadian governments have reached a certification agreement to allow Canadian exporters to resume shipping pork to China. This first certification agreement is based on “significant negotiations recognizing OIE (World Organization for Animal Health) standards,” the Canadian government said in a release Thursday, saying the deal will put Canadian pork back on Chinese […] Read more
Alta. feedlot rapped over composting sites
A well-known southern Alberta cattle feeding operation has been handed a reprimand over its composting work. Tongue Creek Feeders, which keeps three composting sites northwest of High River, has been given an enforcement order from the provincial environment department over “non-compliance” with regulations governing compost facilities. The operation, owned by the Morrison family of High […] Read more
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