Livestock

The federal cull program for breeding swine is moving into a second phase to spread out remaining funds across all provinces. The Canadian Pork Council, which operates the $50 million program, said Thursday that in this second phase, funds will go only to hog farmers in provinces that haven’t yet met the target of cutting […] Read more

The New Brunswick government plans to budget an extra $1 million for “strategic investments” in its agriculture and aquaculture sectors. Agriculture Minister Ron Ouellette announced the funds Thursday as part of the ag and aquaculture department’s $37.6 million ordinary, capital and loans advances accounts budget for 2008-09. “The additional funding of $1 million will help […] Read more

Manitoba’s farmers shouldn’t have to take on mandatory coverage by the province’s Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB), its general farm group said Wednesday. In a media commentary, Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) president Ian Wishart said the family farm is a “unique workplace” in comparison to almost all other industries and doesn’t warrant a “one-size-fits-all” approach to […] Read more

Bio-Mos, a supplement for hog and poultry feeds, has picked up Canadian Food Inspection Agency approval for its claims on gain. The product’s manufacturer, U.S. animal feed firm Alltech, announced Wednesday that CFIA had approved its description for Bio-Mos, specifically: “Bio-Mos is a yeast cell wall supplement for swine, broiler and turkey feeds, improving efficiency […] Read more

In what he called the most ambitious plan of its kind in Canada, Quebec Agriculture Minister Laurent Lessard has announced a five-year, $10 million program to support young people entering farming. The plan, announced Tuesday, includes measures aimed at supporting young farmers in the first five years following a farm transfer or the launch of […] Read more

The Manitoba Pork Council has rolled out a website, billboard, print and radio campaign calling for the province to reverse its decision to block southeastern hog barn development. The campaign, titled “Unfriendly Manitoba” (a play on the province’s “Friendly Manitoba” license plate slogan) attacks the Doer government on its proposed Bill 17. The province’s bill […] Read more

Parks Canada isn’t seriously addressing the bovine tuberculosis situation in Riding Mountain National Park’s wildlife and the government’s “selective” culling just isn’t working, Manitoba’s cattle producers say. The Manitoba Cattle Producers Association called on the federal parks department Friday to improve its bovine TB eradication efforts after a beef cow on a farm 10 km […] Read more

Neither Manitoba’s “TB-free” status for bovine tuberculosis, nor its beef and cattle export status, will be affected by the finding of a TB-positive beef cow in the province’s northwest. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) offered those assurances in a release Thursday confirming the finding in a five-year-old cow within 10 km of Riding Mountain […] Read more

Nova Scotia farmers are expected to get compensation for livestock losses and crop damage caused by wildlife under a new program announced Thursday. Agriculture Minister Brooke Taylor said the program, to be cost-shared through a recently extended portion of the federal/provincial Agricultural Policy Framework, will provide assistance to farmers who experience damage to eligible products […] Read more