Livestock

Alberta livestock producers will either soon have or be able to order the forms needed for their second round of benefits under the Alberta Farm Recovery Plan (AFRP) II. The province, in an information bulletin Tuesday, reiterated that to receive their second installment of AFRP II funding in early 2009, cattle producers must age-verify their […] Read more

The Saskatchewan government will use AgriRecovery funds to boost funding for ranchers and farmers in the parched southwest to build infrastructure to supply water. Provincial Agriculture Minister Bob Bjornerud announced Tuesday in Swift Current that producers in 65 drought-designated rural municipalities can get boosts in aid available through the Farm and Ranch Water Infrastructure Program […] Read more

The Serbian chef who helped found the World Testicle Cooking Festival has compiled his hobby into an interactive digital cookbook, the Reuters news service reported Tuesday. Ljubomir Erovic has launched The Testicle Cookbook: Cooking With Balls, with a sample version available for previewing and the full version available for £5.99 (about C$11.65) online. The book […] Read more

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has set interim standards to limit the amount of melamine in imported foods that contain milk or milk products from China. CFIA announced in a memo to importers Monday that it will require documentation to prove product safety. Any imports of baby food or infant formula from anywhere outside Canada […] Read more

Ontario Pork has until Dec. 1 to come up with a new structure and governance model to match its new role in hog marketing in Ontario. That role, announced Monday in a decision by the Ontario Farm Products Marketing Commission, will be to “represent, and collect license fees from, producers of all classes of pigs, […] Read more

Cattle producers taking part in a Verified Beef Production (VBP) workshop now have until Dec. 31 to apply for funding to purchase equipment via the Canadian Food Safety and Quality Program. The federal agriculture department has extended the deadline to allow more producers to take advantage of the funding available, according to a release Monday […] Read more

Quebec’s cheese industry, fighting an uphill marketing battle against a recent listeria crisis of its own, will get $8.4 million in provincial support over the next three years for development. The cash will go to fund the province’s five-point plan for development and economic growth in the province’s fine cheese sector, Agriculture Minister Laurent Lessard […] Read more

Alberta’s provincial Livestock and Meat Agency (ALMA), has opened up its new website for information on programs coming up as part of the province’s livestock and meat strategy. The site features updates on livestock and meat sector competitiveness initiatives and information about the Alberta Livestock and Meat Strategy (ALMS) and ALMA as well as the […] Read more

The Manitoba government has announced a three-year extension of its program to help cover ranchers’ costs to gather animals for bovine tuberculosis (TB). The provincial ag department said Thursday it will put up $468,000 over three years to support the tuberculosis mustering fee program, which has been in place for the 2006-07 and 2007-08 testing […] Read more

Manitoba’s government has pledged over $1 million for research to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the province’s farming sector. The first funding block of $150,000 from that pledge was earmarked Wednesday for five projects at the National Centre for Livestock and the Environment, a University of Manitoba research centre south of Winnipeg. The new research […] Read more