The current leading cause of death in Canada, as per Statistics Canada, is cancer. It’s closely followed by heart disease. In the U.S., the causes are reversed. In the U.S. at the turn of the century, it was tuberculosis, as per the American Lung Association. Tuberculosis and its cousin bovine tuberculosis (which also infects humans) are lung-attacking, potentially deadly diseases that
Consumption and sick cows: a short history of tuberculosis
Eradication, pasteurization and medical advances conquered TB in Canada; it’s still a global menace
Senate strikes down C-234 amendment, introduces another
Conservatives table motion in the House of Commons to call for Senate to pass bill
Hours after the Senate struck down an amendment some feared would kill Bill C-234, another amendment was introduced, Tuesday evening.
Bill C-234 proposes to exempt from the price on carbon propane and natural gas used on farm to dry grain or heat barns and greenhouses.
Manitoba hog yard cleared for U.S. export
Separate export certificate had been required for yard's cull sows
U.S. authorities have lifted an order that required sows from one Manitoba assembly yard to be certified free of Seneca Valley virus before crossing the border. The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed Canada in the second-last week of November had now met protocol conditions for Seneca Valley virus and has lifted the health certificate requirement,
U.S. lifts Seneca Valley requirement
Measure required some Manitoba sows to be certified free of the virus before shipping
American authorities have lifted an order that required sows from one Manitoba assembly yard to be certified free of Seneca Valley virus before crossing the border. The measure had been in place since September. The U.S. started requiring a veterinary export certificate for cull sows from the Manitoba site following a rise in Seneca Valley
Seneca Valley virus causes headaches for pork sector
Wider application of new export requirement would have halted shipping: Manitoba Pork
A mild virus masquerading as a more serious disease caused frustration in the hog sector this summer, but it could have been much worse, Manitoba producers heard during an early November meeting of the Manitoba Pork Council. Earlier this year, American authorities started requiring a veterinary export certificate for certain cull sows coming out of
Manitoba Pork pushes for VCOOL prep
Manitoba Pork wants retaliatory tariffs locked and loaded if VCOOL goes ahead
Manitoba Pork will support retaliatory tariffs if the U.S. goes ahead with its voluntary country of origin labeling scheme, producers heard at a recent meeting. “It’s my view that if the U.S. moves ahead with these changes, Canada will have the right to impose those retaliatory tariffs … We are again requesting the government of Canada to fight back,” said Cam Dahl, general manager
TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION: A ‘found generation’ of farmers
Faces of Ag: Does growing awareness of Métis heritage play a part in increasing numbers of Indigenous farmers?
Those with Indigenous heritage are increasingly self-identifying on StatCan agriculture surveys, especially Métis farmers.
Pork sees growing goodwill in province
More Manitobans reported positive opinions about pork and pork production in annual sector survey
The reputation of Manitoba’s pork industry was in a good place around this time last year. Results from a public survey conducted last December and shared at the Manitoba Pork Council’s eastern producer meeting Nov. 8 showed year-over-year growth in public goodwill compared to a similar survey conducted in 2021. Of Manitobans surveyed in December
Premiers urge senate to pass Bill C-234
The bill, which would see farm propane and natural gas exempted from the carbon price has been in the Senate since March
The premiers of Ontario and Alberta are urging Senate to pass a bill that would see fuels for grain drying and barn and greenhouse heating exempted from the carbon price.
Organic operators down, acreage up: new industry stats
Total organic sales in 2022 was $10.26, billion up from $9.35 billion in 2021
The number of Canadian organic producers and processors fell by nearly 300 in 2022 according to the latest industry stats. “There’s people coming in and there’s people going out,” said Tia Loftsgard, executive director of the Canadian Organic Trade Association (COTA).
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