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In Brief… – for Feb. 18, 2010

Three-year plan: “Plan. Farm. Safety.” is the theme of a three-year Canadian Agricultural Safety campaign that will be launched March 11 at MacDon Industries. This year the campaign will promote “Plan” with safety walkabouts and planning for safety. In following years, the focus will be on implementation, documentation and training and on safety assessment, improvement
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Canada Hog, Cattle Herds Shrinking Fast

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“Nothing is going to change until we can stimulate demand.” – SCOTT MCKINNON Canada’s hog and cat-t le herds shrunk to their smallest levels in more than a decade as the livestock industry reels from rising costs and export barriers, Statistics Canada said Feb. 16. The country’s hog herd fell 4.5 per cent year over
Beef cattle, Livestock, Opinion

Some Advice For The Meat Industry

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The real battle is for the hearts and minds of John Q. and Jill E. Public. And so far the industry has ended up with a black eye. If beef producers were to give advice to industry officials, what might they say? January is meeting month for agricultural producers, when industry officials and other experts
Beef cattle, Livestock

Snowpack Inaccessible For Thirsty Cows

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Recent snow and ice storms and power outages have been brutal for livestock and livestock producers. Those conditions have kept livestock from getting enough drinking water. Beef cattle, for example, need eight to 10 gallons per day. Producers might be tempted to think their cattle can survive by eating snow as a water source, but
Beef cattle, Livestock

Livestock Sector Recovery Driven By Demand

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The return of consumer confidence will be the key driver behind recovery in the livestock sector, an economist with the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) says. “Tough times across the livestock sector can get better this year, but it will take demand, demand, demand,” Scott Brown told University of Missouri Extension livestock specialists.
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4-H Reports – for Feb. 11, 2010

The Co-operator will publish 4-H reports once a month. Reports can be submitted by the third week of the month by email to [email protected],by regular mail to 4-H Reports, c/o Manitoba Co-operator, 1666 Dublin Ave., Winnipeg, Man. R3H 0H1 or by fax to 204-954-1422. GRAYSVILLE BEEF Our second meeting was held Dec. 10 and our
Beef cattle, Country Crossroads

Beware Of Reusable Bag Contamination

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Cloth grocery bags are more environmentally friendly, but are there potential sanitary issues with reusable cloth grocery bags? As you might guess, any time you reuse something related to food, the risk of cross-contamination is present. The Canadian Environment and Plastics Industry commissioned a study to determine the presence of bacteria, yeasts and moulds in
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Beef-Grading Agency Ready For Technology Leap

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We have the technology, but now the question becomes how to put it to its best use. In the spring of 2008 the board of directors of the Canadian Beef Grading Agency (CBGA) set an admirable goal to have technology and objective measurement in place of today’s human and subjective graders by the year 2013.
Beef cattle, Livestock

Smaller Herd Fuels Higher Beef Prices

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Argentines ate more beef than ever last year as prices lagged other staples, but now a shortage of livestock is driving up steak prices and raising the spectre of tougher government controls in the market. In the rambling pens at Buenos Aires’ main cattle market, traders say the recent rise in prices was long overdue

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