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Livestock Insurance Program goes offline

The Western Livestock Insurance Program makes adjustments to be more user friendly to those without Internet access

By Jennifer Paige May 10, 2016

Manitoba livestock producers are getting new offline options to sign up for price insurance coverage. Until recently the only way to buy a Western Livestock Price Insurance Program (WLPIP) policy was to go on the Internet, activate an account through an online portal and buy a policy online, paying with a credit card. Now that’s

Even pure-looking water might harbour a problem that could hurt your cattle.

Livestock

Check water quality before turning out livestock

Checking and monitoring water quality can help guard your  livestock’s health and productivity

By NDSU Release May 10, 2016

Your pond or dugout water might look fine, but it could just as easily be compromised by concentrated levels of salts, minerals and bacteria, which can compromise livestock health. “We recommend that livestock producers test water quality prior to livestock turnout,” North Dakota State University Extension Service livestock environmental stewardship specialist Miranda Meehan says. Poor

Livestock Markets, Markets

New-crop lambs arrive for Orthodox Easter season

The latest sale had a 'clean out the flock' to prepare for the summer grazing season feel

By Mark Elliot May 6, 2016

The summer sheep and goat auction schedule is set to begin with one sale on the first Monday of every month. The approaching Orthodox Easter translated into strong bidding for 300 sheep and goats at Winnipeg Livestock Auction April 20. The bidding on the various ewes appeared to have dropped from the last sale. However,

North Dakota farmer, Gabe Brown, says stacking complementary farm enterprises has changed his operation and now he is always on the hunt for ways to add value.

Livestock

Stacking enterprises makes farms more profitable and efficient

North Dakota’s Gabe Brown says they’ve found some surprising revenue streams on their operation

By Jennifer Paige May 4, 2016

Puppies from the stock dogs and flower arrangements from cover crops — those are just a couple of the unconventional revenue sources Gabe Brown has found on his operation. You might think there’s no way that could add up to real dollars, but when he told attendees at a recent grazing club meeting in Lenore

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock

Whole Foods wins dismissal of PETA lawsuit over meat claims

By GFM Network News, Jonathan Stempel April 27, 2016

Reuters — Whole Foods Market won the dismissal of a lawsuit by a well-known animal rights group that accused the grocery chain of deceiving consumers into believing the meat it sells is raised more humanely than normal, resulting in overcharges. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) said the use by Whole Foods of

Livestock, Weather

Floods cause deaths, block food aid in drought-hit Ethiopia

By GFM Network News, Katy Migiro April 26, 2016

Nairobi | Thomson Reuters Foundation — Flash floods in drought-stricken parts of Ethiopia have killed people and livestock and are blocking food aid deliveries to hungry communities, a charity said. Ethiopians have been waiting for the spring rains to replenish water sources and to plant crops after the most severe drought in decades pushed more

Livestock

Bayer to consider shedding animal health unit

By GFM Network News, Ludwig Burger April 12, 2016

Leverkusen, Germany | Reuters –– Bayer might look into selling its animal health division if it continues to struggle to find takeover targets for the business, the German drugmaker’s incoming chief executive said. “Animal Health is a business that we have been trying for many years to strengthen strategically, that is to say inorganically. That

News

Census of Ag set for this May

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 11, 2016

It’s time for Canadian farmers to stand up and be counted — in the 2016 Census of Agriculture. The process kicks off in early May and Statistics Canada is reminding growers there are plenty of reasons they should want to participate. A recent email alert from the agency pointed out it’s the best, and in

Livestock

Investor group launches campaign to curb antibiotic use in food

By GFM Network News, Lisa Baertlein, Martinne Geller April 11, 2016

Reuters — Fifty-four large investors managing one trillion pounds (C$1.84 trillion) in assets have launched a campaign to curb the use of antibiotics in the meat and poultry used by 10 large U.S. and British restaurant groups. McDonalds and JD Wetherspoon were among those to receive a March 15 letter from institutions including Aviva Investors

Eileen Donan Castle, Loch Duich, Scotland. (Cia.gov)

Livestock

Scotland moves against wealthy gentry dominating land

By Chris Arsenault, GFM Network News April 8, 2016

Rio de Janeiro | Thomson Reuters Foundation — Centuries-old traditions that led to 430 people owning half of Scotland’s privately held land are soon to become history, as local communities seek to double their ownership in the nation known for its rugged landscape, sheep and fine whisky. While inequality of land ownership is more often

Daily Network News

Argus cuts Ukraine wheat crop forecast on lower harvest area

Argentina soybean production to be firm in 2026-27

Southern California honeybees show resistance to varroa mites

Sheep-lambs

Livestock Insurance Program goes offline

Check water quality before turning out livestock

New-crop lambs arrive for Orthodox Easter season

Stacking enterprises makes farms more profitable and efficient

Whole Foods wins dismissal of PETA lawsuit over meat claims

Floods cause deaths, block food aid in drought-hit Ethiopia

Bayer to consider shedding animal health unit

Census of Ag set for this May

Investor group launches campaign to curb antibiotic use in food

Scotland moves against wealthy gentry dominating land

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