Livestock

Winnipeg’s Bee Maid Honey has unveiled a new production line with a goal of raising its sales of packed honey by one million pounds per year. Bee Maid, which bills itself as North America’s largest single-source honey marketer, on Friday said its added equipment has only been online for a short time but has already […] Read more

A species of eagle that’s been reintroduced on Scotland’s west coast is being blamed for the losses of over 200 lambs in a remote area so far this season, according to the British farm journal Farmers’ Weekly. The magazine said on its website that farmers and crofters on northwestern Scotland’s Gairloch peninsula, about 110 km […] Read more

Ontario farmers will be able to take unused livestock drugs and sharps to collection sites in November under a new pilot program. The Ontario Farm Animal Council, in a release Tuesday, said its “clean sweep” pilot program will be held between Nov. 20 and 22 at six locations in southwestern and eastern Ontario. “Ontario is […] Read more

Alberta’s provincial agriculture department has “strategically restructured” its program and service delivery, putting more emphasis on support services for agribusinesses and livestock producers. “When I announced the Alberta Livestock and Meat Strategy (ALMS) earlier this summer, I also asked for an internal department review to help the livestock industry with its transformation and revitalization,” Agriculture […] Read more

The Manitoba Cattle Producers Association’s board of directors has voted to pull its membership from the province’s general farm group. MCPA, in this week’s edition of its Cattle Country newsletter, said its directors passed a motion at their September board meeting to withdraw the group’s membership in Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP). “There are many issues […] Read more

Processors that produce ready-to-eat meats are being asked to take on “aggressive” cleaning of their meat slicing equipment after Maple Leaf Foods found such machines to be the likely source of a serious listeriosis contamination. Federal and provincial health officials have been investigating an increase in cases of listeriosis infections in people where the bacteria […] Read more

Canadian researchers say levels of a telltale protein in cattle urine may be the path to a BSE test for live cattle. Scientists at the Public Health Agency of Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory (NML), working with others from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), the University of Manitoba and Germany’s Federal Research Institute of Animal […] Read more

Four cattle producers’ organizations with Alberta membership are collectively putting their weight behind the provincial government’s planned Livestock and Meat Strategy (ALMS). The groups announced Thursday they have formed a new coalition, the Beef Industry Alliance (BIA), supported by the Western Stock Growers Association, Alberta Cattle Feeders Association (ACFA), Beef Initiative Group (BIG) and Feeder […] Read more