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Restricted zone tightens for Algonquin wolf hunting

By GFM Network News, John Greig November 26, 2016

Farmers will be able to protect their livestock and families from Algonquin wolves in any areas and hunting will only be restricted in areas near four parks, allaying some concerns of farmers after the wolf was declared a threatened species. Kathryn McGarry, Ontario minister of natural resources and forestry, spoke to the Ontario Federation of

Beef cattle, Livestock

Feedlots sought to take in TB-quarantined cattle

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 25, 2016

Prairie cattle producers whose herds are stuck under federal quarantine while officials trace out cases of bovine tuberculosis (TB) could soon have a option to house animals at an approved feedlot. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Friday said it is working with beef cattle industry representatives to find one or more feedlots where it

Beef cattle, Livestock

Federal Tories, NDP press for TB quarantine compensation

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 24, 2016

Under pressure in the Commons Tuesday, the federal government has committed to “look into options” to compensate Alberta and Saskatchewan producers having to feed cattle they’re prohibited from selling. Federal Conservative and NDP agriculture critics David Anderson and Ruth Ellen Brosseau separately took the government to task this week over the costs producers have to

Livestock, Weather

Drought-hit tax deferral zones named

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 22, 2016

Ottawa has seen enough drought in parts of southwestern Alberta, southern and eastern Ontario and southwestern Quebec to offer deferrals on their ranchers’ 2016 income tax from breeding livestock sales. Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay on Tuesday released the federal government’s initial list of municipalities designated for the 2016 deferral. In Alberta, those areas include Clearwater,

Beef cattle, Livestock

Bovine TB probe turns up more TB-positive cattle

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 18, 2016

Federal inspectors have confirmed a southeastern Alberta cow found with bovine tuberculosis in September was not just a one-off. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Friday reported five more cattle from the initial cow’s index herd in southeastern Alberta are confirmed to have been infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria — presumed to be to be

Tuberculosis bacteria under an electron microscope. (Janice Haney Carr photo courtesy Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.))

Beef cattle, Livestock

Bovine TB strain of Mexican origin in Alberta probe

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 16, 2016

While new to Canada, the strain of tuberculosis bacteria which infected the Alberta cow at the centre of a bovine TB probe has been seen before in Mexico. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Wednesday reported the strain of Mycobacterium bovis found in a southeastern Alberta cow is “closely related” to a strain originating from

Too much or too little copper in feed rations can both cause health problems for sheep.

Livestock

Balancing copper content a challenge for shepherds

Some soils provide too much, some too little, and both can be deadly

By Jennifer Paige November 15, 2016

Varying rates of copper in the soil across Canada has been giving sheep producers a tough go. In September, the Manitoba Sheep Association reported that through June and July, processing plants in Ontario saw an increase in the number of adult carcasses being condemned due to jaundice. “Copper toxicity is what is causing the jaundice

Temple ruins at Palmyra in central Syria. (CIA.gov)

Cereals, Crops

Food production in Syria reported at all-time low

By GFM Network News, Stephanie Nebehay November 15, 2016

Geneva | Reuters — Food production has dropped to an all-time low in Syria where millions of hungry civilians are struggling through their sixth winter in a war zone, United Nations agencies said Tuesday. Many farmers have had to abandon their land, unable to afford the soaring cost of seeds, fertilizers and tractor fuel, the

Beef cattle, Livestock

Bovine TB quarantines push into Saskatchewan

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 14, 2016

Two farms in southwestern Saskatchewan have been added to the list of those under federal quarantine as inspectors widen their search for cattle exposed to a new-to-Canada strain of bovine tuberculosis (TB). As of Thursday, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said it had “approximately 33” farms in Alberta and two in Saskatchewan under quarantine. The

Young man reading shopping list in produce aisle, side view, close-up

Comment, Opinion

‘You’re wrong’ is the wrong message

Trying to dictate what products consumers should get or what  food companies should supply them is surely a losing tactic 

By Alan Guebert November 14, 2016

When most of us hear the words, “Have I got a great deal for you!” we grab our wallets because experience suggests any forthcoming deal won’t be great. Similarly, when someone says, “Here’s the straight talk,” our baloney meters redline because we know the coming talk will be about as straight as a hound’s hind

Daily Network News

Russian grain ship believed sunk in Ukrainian drone attack found, towed to shore, TASS says

Striking JBS workers to return to Colorado plant on promise of talks

Canadian finance minister talks supply chain integrity, pork tariffs with Chinese vice premier

Sheep-lambs

Restricted zone tightens for Algonquin wolf hunting

Feedlots sought to take in TB-quarantined cattle

Federal Tories, NDP press for TB quarantine compensation

Drought-hit tax deferral zones named

Bovine TB probe turns up more TB-positive cattle

Bovine TB strain of Mexican origin in Alberta probe

Balancing copper content a challenge for shepherds

Food production in Syria reported at all-time low

Bovine TB quarantines push into Saskatchewan

‘You’re wrong’ is the wrong message

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