Livestock
Reading Time: < 1 minute Hog producers’, pork processors’ and swine veterinarians’ groups have officially launched their joint body to take the lead on managing health issues in the Canadian swine herd. The new Canadian Swine Health Board (CSHB) has launched its web-site and provided details on its Canadian Swine Health Forum in Saskatoon in July. “We are looking forward […] Read more
Canada’s Pork Groups Set Up Hog Health Board
U.S. Gets On Board Pork Quality Programs
Reading Time: 3 minutes Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Western Hog Journal. The Pork Quality Assurance Plus (PQA Plus) program is being rapidly adopted by pork producers in the U.S., according to a series of recent news releases and statements by industry organizations and leading production companies. The National […] Read more
Taking Ownership Of The Animal Welfare Agenda
Reading Time: 2 minutes Did it surprise you to discover an element of truth to each statement? Straight from the hip In 1990 a little book called The Animal Rights Handbook was published with a forward by John Kullberg. At the time of publication, Kullberg was the President of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals […] Read more
What’s Up – for Jun. 8, 2009
Reading Time: 2 minutes June 10-11 – Grazing School for Women, Pioneer Bible Camp, Smoky Lake, AB. Call Jennifer Heyden at (780) 582-7308 for more details. June 12-14 – Gooseberry Lake Rodeo, Consort, AB. Call Dawn at (403) 577-2448 for more info. June 12-14 – Working Stockdog Clinic, Smoky Lake, AB. For more info, call Anita Ashton at (780) […] Read more
Slaughter loan forms available by month-end
The $50 million slaughterhouse improvement program pledged in the last federal budget will have application forms available by the end of June, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said Friday. Finance Minster Jim Flaherty’s “Economic Action Plan” in January outlined a three-year, $50 million program to “make federal contributions available to match private sector investments in sound […] Read more
ICE Canada revamps barley futures contract
The former Winnipeg Commodity Exchange on June 22 will list a new and overhauled western barley futures contract, and has cleared the way by delisting all but three months on its current contract. Winnipeg-based ICE Futures Canada said in a notice to participants Thursday that the new contract “is expected to provide a more effective […] Read more
Sobeys, BIC relaunch ground beef program
The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association’s beef market development wing has launched a new consumer education approach to marketing ground beef in Atlantic Canada through the Sobeys grocery chain. The CCA’s Beef Information Centre (BIC) is working with Sobeys Atlantic, the largest retailer on the East Coast, on a “revitalized” ground beef program at the chain’s 81 […] Read more
Feds fund upgrades at horse anti-doping lab
The federal lab in charge of testing samples from racehorses for illegal drugs will get an $890,000 retrofit to allow for “more modern” testing of samples. The federal government announced Friday it will put up the funds from its $250 million, two-year Modernizing Federal Laboratories Initiative for the Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency’s (CPMA) Reference and Research […] Read more
Reworked sewage rules may cost Man. farmers
Proposed changes to how rural Manitobans manage sewage disposal could mean money down the drain for farmers who can’t hook into municipal wastewater systems, the province’s general ag group warns. In an op-ed article released Thursday, Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) president Ian Wishart calls on the provincial government to run its own research on the […] Read more
U.S. hog farmers warn on Canadian supports
Any calls by Canadian hog producers for government help would be more acceptable to their U.S. counterparts if the calls were for herd reduction programs, rather than direct subsidies. North Carolina producer Don Butler, the president of the National Pork Producers Council, speaking on the Prairie hog industry-sponsored program Farmscape, said calls from Canadian hog […] Read more
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