Livestock
Canada’s pulse crop industry organization will now publish feed pea benchmark prices for Western Canada to give buyers and seller a pricing reference. The benchmark prices that Winnipeg-based Pulse Canada will offer are generated from a standardized least-cost feed formulation for swine, which is “typical of what major hog producers in Western Canada currently use,” […] Read more
Feed pea benchmark prices published
Cautious Optimism In Evidence At ABIC Conference
Reading Time: 3 minutes “These are not normal times and consumer buying is being affected by the financial crisis” Topics ranged from better cattle prices (maybe), to feeding cattle in Argentina (interesting), to how to market beef in Japan and Korea (hopeful), to Brazilian mega-beef packer JBS (potential), to climate change mythology (politically correct), and of course much discussion […] Read more
Pig Organs Make 46 Ill In China
Reading Time: < 1 minute Forty-six people in China’s southern province of Guangdong have suffered food poisoning after eating pig organs that contained an animal feed additive, the official Xinhua news agency said Feb. 19. All those who fell sick had eaten pig organs, said Wang Guobin, an official with the Guangzhou Municipal Public Health Bureau. Initial investigations showed the […] Read more
Sask., Man. hog agencies merge on marketing
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Manitoba Pork Marketing Co-op and Saskatchewan’s SPI Marketing Group have set up a new joint company to handle marketing, procurement, settlement, insurance and risk management. The new company, h@ms (short for “hog administrative marketing services”), is to be based in Winnipeg with a satellite office in Saskatoon, the two producer-owned agencies said in a […] Read more
Navel Infection Prevention And Treatment
Reading Time: 4 minutes Straw is still ideal. I have encountered more problems with wood chips causing trauma to the navel area and they harbour more bacteria. Navel infection (omphalophlebitis) can often become a chronic debilitating problem in newborn calves. Once infected, treatment is often long term and can be unrewarding. The initial cause is bacteria invading the umbilical […] Read more
Trucker Gives A New Meaning To The Term “Cattle Pot”
Reading Time: 2 minutes A truckload of beef cattle from British Columbia has been detained in Washington state after US$6 million in marijuana was allegedly found in the floor panels of their trailer. The truck driver, Edwin Fuller of Langley, B. C., was arrested last month at the Sumas, Wash. border crossing, U. S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) […] Read more
We’ll still buy Canadian cattle: Tyson
The world’s largest chicken, beef and pork processor says it still plans to buy Canadian cattle even after it completes the sale of its Brooks, Alta. beef packing plant. Arkansas-based Tyson Foods announced Friday that it expects to wrap up the sale of its Lakeside Farm Industries operation at Brooks to XL Foods by the […] Read more
Competition watchdogs to allow Lakeside sale
Canada’s Competition Bureau doesn’t plan to challenge U.S. meat giant Tyson Foods’ sale of its Lakeside beef packing operations at Brooks, Alta. — yet. Tyson announced last June it would sell its Lakeside Farm Industries operation to XL Foods, the meat packing business operated by Alberta-based cattle feeding and marketing firm Nilsson Bros. for $107 […] Read more
CFIA tightens listeria rules on cold cuts
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has boosted requirements for testing and reporting of listeria in processing plants that make cold cuts and other ready-to-eat (RTE) meats. The new requirements, which were announced Friday to take effect immediately, call for production facilities to implement “rigourous environmental testing” for listeria and to “immediately” report positive results to […] Read more
Cleanup for bird flu done on B.C. farm
Cleaning and disinfection work on an Abbotsford, B.C. turkey farm has been completed to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s approval after the farm’s stock was culled for avian flu. About 60,000 birds were gassed and composted in the farm’s barns after some birds in the flock were confirmed Jan. 24 to have what turned out […] Read more
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