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KAP president Mazier resigns to seek Tory nomination

Dan Mazier to seek Conservative candidacy for Dauphin-Swan River-Neepawa

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Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) president Dan Mazier resigned his position Friday so he can seek the Conservative Party of Canada’s nomination for MP in the Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa in western Manitoba. “I would like to acknowledge my sincere appreciation to all the (KAP) staff, executive, board and the members of KAP who have offered support and
Summer sale season for sheep has arrived
Livestock, Livestock Markets

Summer sale season for sheep has arrived

Buyers and sellers are thinking of the coming weeks of bounty

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The arrival of summer also heralds the arrival of a positive attitude for both sheep buyers and sellers, with 290 animals delivered for sale June 6. The future holds weeks of green pasture and animal development and conditioning. During the sheep sale buyers were looking into the future and seeing the importance of quality ewes
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Livestock

EU backs plan to tackle antimicrobial resistance

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Brussels | Reuters — EU member states backed a plan on Wednesday to combat antimicrobial resistance, an increasing global health issue, that would reduce the use of antibiotics in the food chain and limit certain drugs to humans. Antimicrobial resistance threatens the effectiveness of medicines such as antibiotics to treat infections in humans, as bacteria
Livestock

Is 3D fencing the answer to your free lunch program?

Hay yards are magnets for elk and deer, but three-dimensional fencing can be a lower-cost way to keep them out

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A long winter coupled with a late and dry start to spring has stretched feed supplies across the Prairies. Which means any loss of hay to wildlife last winter was especially painful. To avoid that grief — or at least lessen it — many producers on the Prairies have turned to three-dimensional fencing. Unlike typical
A newborn black angus calf with it's mother
Livestock, News

Veterinarians back key recommendations on combating antimicrobial resistance

Controlling use of medicines in animals linked to protecting effectiveness of human drugs

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The Commons Health Committee has hit the mark with a report on combating antimicrobial resistance (AMR), says the Canadian Veterinary Association. That group says the committee report, which aims to preserve the continued effectiveness of human medicines contains useful recommendations and recognizes steps already taken by vets and farm groups. It also sets out constructive
Quality sparks bidding at sheep and goat sale
Livestock, Livestock Markets

Quality sparks bidding at sheep and goat sale

Buyers were clearly interested in the best-conditioned animals

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It was quality on parade at the most recent sheep and goat sale at Winnipeg Livestock Auction. Very few culls were delivered and buyers took advantage of the quality that the 248 animals delivered for sale displayed, with a display of intense bidding. No price difference was evident between wool and hair ewes. Two 138-pound
Shorn sheep in Australia’s outback. (Byronsdad/iStock/Getty Images)
Livestock

Australian lawmaker pushes to end live sheep exports

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Sydney | Reuters — An Australian backbencher on Monday introduced legislation to parliament to ban the export of live sheep after the death of 2,400 animals led to widespread criticism of the A$250 million (C$241.96 million) industry. The bill threatens to expose fractures within the ruling coalition government, which last week introduced tougher oversight of

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