Livestock

Valcartier, Que. turkey farmer Brent Montgomery has been appointed the new vice-chairperson of the national council supervising supply management for poultry and eggs. Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced Montgomery’s appointment to the National Farm Products Council on Wednesday, for a term running to April 29, 2011. Montgomery, the mayor of the Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier municipality, has […] Read more

Manitoba has named a task force to review the distribution of — and increased demands on — veterinarians handling livestock in the province. The review will look at how veterinary services are distributed, systems currently in place for early warning and surveillance of both local and foreign animal diseases, and how effectively provincial services are […] Read more

Hog and poultry producers will no longer need a Canadian Food Inspection Agency permit to feed food products such as stale-dated bread, pasteurized milk and vegetable wastes to their livestock, the agency announced Wednesday. The agency has previously issued permits to livestock producers, albeit very few and all in Eastern Canada, for the feeding of […] Read more

A Toronto-area international trading firm has been fined $10,000 over an attempt to bring undeclared pigs’ legs from China into Canada. A guilty plea was entered Jan. 9 on behalf of Merilin International Trading Inc. for violating federal animal health regulations, connected to the import of 1,600 kg of pork legs from China, not declared […] Read more

New Brunswick beekeepers who suffered “serious winter losses” to their bee colonies in 2006-07 will be eligible for a share of $150,000 in federal aid, the government announced Tuesday. The New Brunswick Honey Bee Revitalization Initiative is intended to help beekeepers rebuild colonies that suffered at least 25 per cent over-wintering loss, and to encourage […] Read more

A B.C. whey and milk protein processor will run a pilot project to make dairy byproducts into ingredients for livestock feed and pet food. Vitalus Nutrition of Abbotsford on Friday announced the pilot project, along with $220,090 in federal government funding through the Advancing Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food (ACAAF) program to support it. Vitalus, which […] Read more

The federal Liberals have jumped the gun on the release of the report from their task force on agriculture to roll out its recommendations for “immediate” short-term aid for livestock producers. The party, whose task force report was “scheduled to be released in the near future, announced the recommendations Monday. The task force, co-chaired by […] Read more

Viterra’s feed wing, Unifeed Hi-Pro, has signed a deal to buy Oklahoma livestock feed maker Sunrise Feed for an undisclosed sum. Sunrise Feed makes beef cattle, horse and other animal feeds and operates 100,000-tonne-per-year capacity feed mills and retail outlets in the Oklahoma towns of Cheyenne and nearby Elk City, both west of Oklahoma City. […] Read more