Livestock
Reading Time: 2 minutes Livestock producers will soon be seeing the commercial benefits from cutting-edge genomics, according to the head of Livestock Gentec. What we re really looking to do in the next period is show the benefits of the genomic technology to the beef industry and we re looking to see how some of the developments in dairy […] Read more
Genomics Research Having Real-World Impact
NEWS Brief
Reading Time: < 1 minute The governments of Serbia and Malaysia have reached agreements with Canada to allow Canadian imports of sheep, goats and their genetics. Trade can start immediately now that the federal government has reached new agreements on export certificates, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said in a release last month. The agreement with Serbia allows for exports of […] Read more
Hog Prices Good As Gold
Reading Time: < 1 minute Lean hogs posted the second-biggest gain year to date of the 19 commodities that comprise the Reuters-Jefferies CRB index. Hogs were up 13.3 per cent so far this year, lagging only gold, which gained 13.8 per cent. The December contract posted the biggest daily rise in six months Sept. 29. Prices quickly recovered from a […] Read more
Cattle Reach Record High
Reading Time: < 1 minute U.S. cattle futures closed at a record high last Monday after seven straight sessions in reaction to strong cash cattle and beef markets, traders said. October cattle peaked at 123.100 cents per lb. in Monday s pit trading, the highest ever for a lead contract and surpassing the previous high of 122.875 cents set in […] Read more
Green Cattle Producers Can Make Extra Dollars
Reading Time: 3 minutes A Calgary company is offering a way for cattle producers to get into the carbon-credit business. It s certainly a positive financially, said Brandon Grant, operations manager with Failsafe Canada. For those producers who meet the requirements of these projects, it s really just extra revenue for doing the right thing for the environment. In […] Read more
Using DDGS Effectively To Reduce Feed Costs
Reading Time: 4 minutes Over the last decade, the availability of dried distillers grains with solubles, or DDGS, has increased rapidly, while the price of cereal grains has escalated. This is forcing the livestock industry to take a hard look at how to utilize the byproducts of industrial processes that use not only grains, but also oilseeds and pulses. […] Read more
U.S. Hog Herd Expands Modestly On Record Prices
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. hog producers expanded herds more than expected this summer as record-high hog prices helped defray high feeding costs, analysts said Sept. 28 following a government hog report. The expansion will help boost pork production and keep retail pork prices in check. However, the pace of that herd growth was limited by corn prices hitting […] Read more
Ont. Liberals win minority, lose ag minister
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty’s agriculture minister was one of the casualties in Thursday night’s election that saw his Liberal government pared back just short of majority status. Carol Mitchell, who until Thursday was the MPP for the southwestern agricultural riding of Huron-Bruce and was named to the agriculture portfolio in January last year, lost the […] Read more
Meat packer SunGold lays off 75 staff
A decision to pull out of the exporter-unfriendly European beef market has resulted in 75 layoffs at Alberta processor SunGold Specialty Meats. “That’s unfortunately a very painful process,” said Howard Oudman, general manager of the plant at Innisfail, about 30 km south of Red Deer. “It’s painful for the owners, but it’s even more painful […] Read more
Guelph poultry vaccine maker, vet drug maker sold
A Guelph company making and selling a gel delivery system for coccidiosis vaccines for chickens and turkeys will become an arm of a French-based global animal health player. Ceva Sante Animale, formerly known as Sanofi Sante Nutritional Animale, said Monday it will buy Vetech Laboratories, makers of Immucox vaccines, for an undisclosed sum. Vetech started […] Read more
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