Livestock

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is looking for livestock that might have been exposed to bovine tuberculosis (TB) through an infected bull that lived on farms in Alberta and British Columbia. CFIA said Friday (Nov. 9) that it’s working with the affected producers on this investigation. All animals found to have been exposed to […] Read more

The type of nutrition data most shoppers see on the side of a box or bag of processed food is now online for Canadian beef cuts. The Beef Information Centre, the market development arm of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, has launched a new online “virtual beef nutrition counter” giving consumers the nutrient profile for 48 […] Read more

Current U.S. beef cattle prices should have a positive, stabilizing effect on Ontario prices, but that’s more than offset by the loonie and recent higher costs for the province’s packers and exporters, according to a new report by the George Morris Centre. In a paper released Thursday, the Guelph-based agricultural think tank reviewed the three […] Read more

Quebec dairy farmers’ co-operative Agropur will start a new joint venture in with Adecoagro, a South American food company, to develop new dairy business on that continent. Specific details on the two companies’ agreement were not given, but they said in a joint release that their new venture will benefit from Agropur’s commercial and industrial […] Read more

A livestock marketplace in which a few large corporations “heavily influence” both the farm gate and retail prices paid for livestock and meat have led to the collapse in returns to livestock producers, the National Farmers Union said Tuesday. The rising value of the Canadian dollar against U.S. currency is “just a small factor” in […] Read more

Cattlemen on Prince Edward Island fear they could lose a cheap feed source when the Irving Group’s Cavendish Farms potato plant starts using its peelings to generate biogas for heating. P.E.I. Cattlemen’s Association president Darlene Sanford told CBC News on Wednesday that most cattlemen in the province use potato waste from processors as feed for […] Read more

R-CALF USA, a legal-action group of northern-state ranchers and cattlemen, has asked a U.S. district court for an injunction to block the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s new rule allowing imports of older Canadian cattle before the rule can take effect. The group, along with 10 other plaintiffs, filed a complaint against the so-called “Rule 2” […] Read more

Citing concerns over testing practices at the ill-fated Rancher’s Beef plant near Calgary, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Saturday that it will increase testing for E. coli O157:H7, listeria and salmonella on imports of meat and poultry from Canada, starting this week. USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) said shipments tapped for inspection […] Read more

The now-closed Rancher’s Beef Ltd. near Calgary, working with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, has announced a recall of all beef distributed from its Balzac, Alta. plant between June 8 and Aug. 15 this year. The recall is of all products distributed directly to the company’s corporate clients in Canada, including distributors, processors and “a […] Read more

New Brunswick’s provincial government will put up $150,000 to help hog farmers audit and adapt their farms to handle new market opportunities. The Hog Industry Enhancement and Renewal Initiative, announced Friday, will support: production audits by professionals such as veterinarians, engineers or agrologists, to assess requirements needed to meet new market possibilities, for 75 per […] Read more