Livestock
A national on-farm food safety program for Canada’s chicken farmers took a step forward Tuesday as all the provinces’ chicken boards signed on for the program’s ongoing implementation. “Under Safe, Safer, Safest, top-notch safety practices and procedures will be found on each Canadian farm,” said Nova Scotia chicken farmer David Fuller, chairman of the Chicken […] Read more
Chicken farmers’ food safety plan moves ahead
Study of B.C. dairy manure for fertilizer funded
A project to develop a slow-release fertilizer using nutrients recovered from dairy manure waste will get over $200,000 in federal funding. Fraser Valley-area MP Randy Kamp announced $203,500 in funding Wednesday in Agassiz, B.C. for the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) Dairy Education and Research Centre and Department of Civil Engineering to create such a […] Read more
Editors’ Picks: Eat kangaroos, save world
Cutting back on beef and lamb and eating more kangaroo is being touted as a way for meat consumers to help combat climate change, the British ag newspaper Farmers Weekly reported Wednesday. “Sheep and cattle constitute 11 per cent of Australia’s total greenhouse gas emissions. Kangaroos, however, produce relatively little methane because they are not […] Read more
Two cattle die of anthrax in Sask.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed two more fatal cases of anthrax in cattle in two different communities in Saskatchewan. The most recent case was confirmed Monday in the Rural Municipality of Big River, about 130 km northwest of Prince Albert. CFIA also confirmed a case on Saturday in the RM of Harris, about […] Read more
P.E.I. farm leader named to NFPC
John Griffin, president of the W.P. Griffin farm on Prince Edward Island, has been named to the National Farm Products Council (NFPC) for a four-year term. Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced Griffin’s appointment Friday, saying his “knowledge and experience as an innovative leader in Canadian agribusiness will prove invaluable as the council continues its […] Read more
Monsanto looks to sell BST
Monsanto has announced that it is pursuing a divestiture of its bovine somatotropin (BSt) dairy hormone, sold under the trade name Posilac. Monsanto says cows supplemented with Posilac produce an average of 10 lb. more milk per day. “While Posilac is a strong product for the business, we believe repositioning the business with a strategic […] Read more
Alberta ag minister to meet with US, Mexican and Canadian colleagues
Alberta ag minister George Groeneveld will attend the Tri-National Agricultural Accord in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho on August 13 to 16, to promote trade, exchange information, and strengthen the province’s agricultural trade relations. Groeneveld will meet with Canadian, American and Mexican agriculture policy makers. “Collaboration, such as the Tri-National Agricultural Accord, is necessary in order to […] Read more
Seven Sask. bison die from anthrax
Seven bison on one farm in the northern Saskatchewan municipality of Paddockwood, near Prince Albert, were confirmed Thursday to have died of anthrax, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Friday. The dead animals make up the second separate case of anthrax poisoning in the province this week, the CFIA said, noting one death in a […] Read more
P.E.I. fluid milk prices rise Sept. 1
Prince Edward Island’s minimum wholesale price of fluid milk and cream products will rise two cents a litre on Sept. 1, the P.E.I. Marketing Council announced Thursday. The council did not increase the minimum home delivery price of fluid milk products, chairman Gordon MacBeath said in a provincial release. Distributors are expected to adjust their […] Read more
Ont. backs horse centre project
Ontario’s provincial government will put up $500,000 for a new equine and agricultural centre in the southwestern municipality of Central Huron. The funding, announced Wednesday, goes to what will be called the Regional Equine and Agricultural Centre of Huron. The facility, to be built in an existing school building, will be used for education and […] Read more
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