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Manage ewes now for lambing success
Livestock, News

Manage ewes now for lambing success

A little attention now will make the most of feed and allow producers to be proactive on livestock health

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After a mild fall and hopefully a prosperous breeding season, many sheep producers are turning their attention to lambing season and management of bred ewes. “A primary concern as we transition to winter months is feed resources and identifying expected grain and forage requirements for pregnant ewes,” said Travis Hoffman, sheep specialist with North Dakota
Woodchurch High School pupils Megan Pitt and Corey Gibson, 13, prepare their sheep for judging as they compete in the Young Handlers class at the Westmorland County Show near Kendal, Britain, September 14, 2023. Photo: Phil Noble/Reuters
Livestock

Urban school farm opens world of opportunity to British teens

Students from the underprivileged community have won acclaim at ag fairs, and some have gone on to be farmers, vets

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The rural life of rearing rare breed sheep and nurturing alpacas is a world away for many urban teenagers. Yet a British school near Liverpool has opened its pupils to a wealth of jobs in agriculture and the benefits of nature with its own farm.
Tan, a red border collie handled by Calin Duce of Cardston, Alta., at work in the ring. (Melissa Bezan photo)
Livestock

At Agribition: Young dogs debut their new tricks

'These guys show up to work'

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Ranchers and livestock producers at a Regina farm show got a demonstration of a potential solution to looming labour shortages: dogs. Dogs and their handlers competed at the seventh annual Cattle Dog Futurity and Maturity competitions and the International Stock Dog Trials held Thursday at Canadian Western Agribition. The futurity event featured dogs born between
Tracy Wessing trims one of the sheep on display during the commercial shows at Ag Ex 2023.
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Sheep in the spotlight at this year’s Ag Ex

It was the second year sheep had a major footing at Brandon’s Ag Ex

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The packed barns and hum of activity were par for the course as hundreds of cattle, some from hundreds of kilometres away, squeezed into Brandon’s Keystone Centre Oct. 25-28. Ag Ex, the third and final fair hosted annually by the Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba, has always drawn the cattle crowds. It has typically featured at
File photo of a desk in Canada’s Senate. (Dougall_Photography/iStock/Getty Images)

Senate votes down C-234 amendments

Changes would have pulled barn and greenhouse heating from carbon price exemptions

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The Senate voted today to reject amendments that would have seen barn and greenhouse heating removed from Bill C-234. In a sitting on the afternoon of Nov. 7, senators voted no to the adoption of amendments made by the committee for agriculture and forestry. Twenty-eight voted yes, and four abstained. The Senate then voted to
(Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Livestock

Funding set to improve Ontario deadstock removal, disposal

Application intake open as of Sept. 21

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Ontario’s livestock producers could see more and improved options for pickup and sustainable disposal of deadstock through a new federal/provincial program now on offer. The Ontario and federal governments on Thursday opened the intake for applications under what they’re calling the Increasing Deadstock Capacity Initiative, budgeted for $1.5 million over two years. The program, to
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Livestock, Markets

U.K. firm to process meats in Canada for Walmart

Plant would be Hilton Foods' first in North America

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A British-based firm processing proteins for the retail and foodservice sectors plans to set up shop somewhere in Eastern Canada, after reaching a deal to supply meat products to Walmart’s Canadian grocery business. Hilton Food Group announced Thursday it plans to open a new manufacturing plant in that region to supply Walmart Supercentres in Canada
A chicken salad featuring Upside Foods’ cell-cultivated meat. (UpsideFoods.com)
Livestock

Lab-grown meat can be kosher and halal, experts say

Opinions seen as guidance for future products

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Reuters — Lab-grown meat can be labeled kosher and halal as long as its cells are derived in methods compliant with religious standards, according to two panels of experts commissioned by the nascent industry. The opinions are a win for cell-cultivated meat companies, executives said, because it means observant followers of Judaism and Islam could
Youngsters get their turn in the ring at the 2023 MSA show and sale.
Livestock

Manitoba sheep producers flock to Minnedosa

Manitoba Sheep Association show and sale had something for the whole family

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Attending sheep shows is among the things that Manitoba Sheep Association vice-president Ingrid Stahlman credits on her journey to become a better farmer. “I absolutely love it,” she said. “I have learned a lot by attending, showing and networking with others.” Stahlman was one of many volunteers that helped put on the MSA’s annual show and
File photo of farmland around an abandoned farmstead near Swift Current, Sask. (ImagineGolf/iStock/Getty Images)
Livestock, Weather

Saskatchewan front-loads AgriRecovery funding

Joint federal-provincial program development still underway

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The Saskatchewan government says it will put up to $70 million toward “immediate measures” to support livestock producers, ahead of an expected federal-provincial AgriRecovery program for that purpose. Application forms are expected to be available via Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corp. (SCIC) “in the coming days” for funding “to help offset extraordinary costs of feeding livestock

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