Livestock
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada s livestock industry is closing in on its goal of having a complete biosecurity regiment. While only the poultry sector has finished setting its biosecurity standards, the beef sector expects to complete the process by December, with dairy, mink and bees following in 2012 and sheep and goats slated for finalization in winter of […] Read more
Beefed Biosecurity Standards Nearly In Place
Maple Leaf Results Improve
Reading Time: < 1 minute Maple Leaf Foods said it returned to profit in the third quarter on strong results from its protein group and the food processor slightly topped expectations. Maple Leaf, which is closing older meat plants while modernizing others as part of a multi-year plan to boost earnings, is up against rising raw meat costs and a […] Read more
Canada’s hog herd rises slightly
The number of hogs on Canadian farms edged up slightly since last year, but inventories were still second smallest in more than a decade, according to Statistics Canada data released Friday. After a long period of decline for the industry, farmers also held onto more of their breeding stock, suggesting the industry may be stabilizing, […] Read more
BRSV vaccine launched for use in cattle
The animal health wing of drug maker Pfizer has launched what it bills as Canada’s first vaccine labelled for prevention of bovine respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV) in cattle. The three-way intranasal vaccine, named Inforce 3, is also labelled as an aid in the prevention of parainfluenza-3 virus (PI3) and Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR). "Pneumonia during […] Read more
B.C. boosts assessment exemption for farm improvements
British Columbia farmers who improve their farms’ outbuildings may soon expect a larger exemption on their farms’ municipal tax assessments for their trouble. The province last week announced it aims to legislate changes in time for the 2013 tax assessment roll allowing an exemption for farm improvements — apart from farm houses, that is — […] Read more
Japan near ready to loosen beef import limits: report
The Japanese government plans to slightly relax its restrictions on the age of Canadian and U.S. cattle from which it will accept beef, Kyodo News reports. The Tokyo-based news agency on Monday quoted officials with the country’s health ministry as saying revised rules will be drafted by the end of this month, allowing beef from […] Read more
N.S. to build Ross Farm learning centre
The Nova Scotia government plans to match federal funding for a new learning centre at the province’s landmark Ross Farm. The province on Saturday pledged $1 million from its Tangible Capital Asset Program for Ross Farm Museum, on top of $1 million announced in March last year from the federal Innovative Communities Fund. “Supporting the […] Read more
Klassen: Feeder cattle prices hold value
Western Canadian feeder cattle traded steady with week-ago levels. A softer fed cattle market, along with the firmer Canadian dollar, tempered strength in the feeder complex. Light-weight calves were in high demand as Black 480-weight steers on the Pfizer Gold program sold for $171 per hundredweight (cwt), f.o.b. the ranch in British Columbia. Simmental-Red Angus […] Read more
N.S. to build Ross Farm learning centre
The Nova Scotia government plans to match federal funding for a new learning centre at the province’s landmark Ross Farm. The province on Saturday pledged $1 million from its Tangible Capital Asset Program for Ross Farm Museum, on top of $1 million announced in March last year from the federal Innovative Communities Fund. "Supporting the […] Read more
Que. co-ops buy stake in bulk feed transport business
Quebec’s federation of co-operatives and one of its largest farm supply co-ops have bought a 50 per cent stake in a major Quebec feed company’s transport business. Coop Federee and Coop Comax on Friday announced a partnership deal with feed company Jefo for a stake in its Transbordement St-Hyacinthe and Transport Nalaco subsidiaries, for an […] Read more
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