Livestock
Manitoba livestock producers now have until the end of this month to get in on a program to help pay to haul feed to their animals, or to haul their animals to feed. The deadline to apply for the transportation component of the Canada-Manitoba Feed and Transportation Assistance Program (CM-FATAP) has been extended to March […] Read more
Man. livestock feed transportation program extended
New genomics service lab planned for livestock sector
Edmonton will be home to a new service laboratory to provide genomics technologies to livestock breeders and producers across the country. The federal government on Wednesday announced $3.539 million in Western Economic Diversification funding toward equipment and operating costs for the new facility, a spinoff of the University of Alberta’s Livestock Gentec research centre. Genomics […] Read more
SW Man. loader tool manufacturer’s shop burns
A Brandon, Man. area company making front-end loader, telehandler and skid-steer loader attachments for the ag market saw its shop “heavily damaged” in a Wednesday morning fire. Fire departments from nearby Rivers and Rapid City, along with Brandon RCMP, responded just after 8 a.m. to a “structure fire” at Agromec Industries, about six kilometres east […] Read more
Hog farmers warn on tight feed grain market
Hog producers’ groups from Canada, Mexico and the U.S. want their governments to deal soon with “short- and long-term availability of feed grain.” In a joint statement Monday from Mexico following a meeting at Merida, about 300 km west of Cancun, representatives from the Canadian Pork Council, Confederacion de Porcicultores Mexicanos and U.S. National Pork […] Read more
Island MLA named B.C. ag minister in shuffle
Another rookie MLA will become British Columbia’s second agriculture minister in less than five months, as interim Premier Christy Clark moves to shrink the size of her cabinet. Clark on Monday named Comox Valley MLA Don McRae as her minister of agriculture in a shuffle that cuts the size of cabinet to 17 ministers, down […] Read more
N.S. steps in on Annapolis Valley ag land rezoning
Citing the “lack of clarity” in a municipality’s plans, the Nova Scotia government will hold a ministerial review of a proposal to rezone some protected farmland in the Annapolis Valley. According to a provincial release Friday, the Municipality of the County of Kings applied last month to have just under 380 acres of land between […] Read more
Beef checkoff agency to restructure as marketing body
A proposal to merge Canada’s national beef checkoff agency with its domestic and international marketing bodies will continue, as the checkoff agency moves to take back its marketing roles. The National Check-off Agency — the nickname for the Canadian Beef Cattle Research, Market Development and Promotion Agency — announced Friday it now has “clear direction” […] Read more
Klassen: Feeder cattle remain strong despite Japanese uncertainty
Western Canadian feeder cattle prices jumped $3 to $5 per hundredweight last week. Healthy feedlot margins, along with weakness in the corn market, set a positive tone for replacement cattle. Feedlot managers are particularly interested in lightweight feeders that will be marketed in the fourth quarter. Lower beef production in the latter half of 2011 […] Read more
Calving Dates Vary But Nutritional Needs Stay The Same
Reading Time: 3 minutes When discussing major changes in the beef cow operation, calving date and cow size quickly come to life. The easiest to change is calving date. Caution and considerable thought needs to be used because, once changed, an early calving date is not easy to get back. Through the years of looking at calving intervals, most […] Read more
Pullet Producers Want To Separate From Egg Agency
Reading Time: < 1 minute A national group of pullet growers wants to reposition itself within Canada’s supply management system, separate from the egg groups that have represented them so far. The group, formerly known as the National Pullet Growers Association and now rebranded as Pullet Growers of Canada (PGC), said Mar. 7 it will seek “Part 2 Agency” status […] Read more
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