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File photo of a case of lumpy skin disease in Bangladesh. (Md Babul Hosen/iStock/Getty Images)
Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Livestock

Australia buys vaccines for lumpy skin disease to safeguard cattle exports

Recent scares halted some live export trade

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Canberra | Reuters — The Australian government said on Wednesday it had bought a supply of vaccines for lumpy skin disease (LSD), a highly infectious condition affecting cattle, as part of efforts to control the disease and maintain live animal exports. The government says Australia is free of LSD but infection scares in recent months
File photo of moose in a Saskatchewan field. (BobLoblaw/iStock/Getty Images)
Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Livestock

Saskatchewan expands wildlife testing to include bovine TB

CFIA probe of cattle herd finds 10 infected so far

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Recent confirmed cases of bovine tuberculosis (TB) in a Saskatchewan cattle herd have led the province to expand its annual wildlife monitoring program for chronic wasting disease (CWD) to also include TB. The province each year since 1997 has asked hunters to submit heads from harvested deer, moose and elk to test for CWD. It
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Dairy cattle, Livestock, Markets

New Zealand, Canada each claim wins in CPTPP dairy dispute

Dispute panel knocks Canada's dairy access rules

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A dispute settlement panel called by New Zealand under the Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) trade pact has ruled Canada’s limits on dairy market access cramp its agreed-upon obligations. But despite the panel’s findings in New Zealand’s favour, Canada is also framing the panel’s ruling as a win — as it also generally upholds Canada’s ability to
David Wiens. (Photo: CNW Group/Dairy Farmers of Canada)
Dairy cattle, Livestock

Manitoba dairyman named to lead national body

David Wiens elected president of Dairy Farmers of Canada

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The vice-president of Dairy Farmers of Canada has levelled up to lead the organization following elections at its annual meeting Wednesday in Winnipeg. David Wiens, who farms with his brother at Grunthal, Man., about 50 km southeast of Winnipeg, replaces Pierre Lampron, an organic dairy farmer in Quebec’s Mauricie region and DFC president since 2017.
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Dairy cattle, Livestock

Dates moved up in dairy sector’s CUSMA compensation calendar

Calculation date will shift to Aug. 31

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Changes are being made to the timetable for the remainder of the program compensating Canada’s dairy farmers for market share lost to recent multilateral trade deals. The Dairy Direct Payment Program (DDPP), which issued $1.75 billion over four payments from 2019 to 2023 to compensate for the Canada-European Union (CETA) and Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) trade
Meagan King of the University of Manitoba is delving into the link between human and livestock well-being.
Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

Do healthy humans make for happy cows?

Study looks to link human well-being with animal welfare outcomes

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Meagan King of the University of Manitoba’s Department of Animal Sciences has noted a lot of progress in how cows are kept, particularly dairy cows. Now she’s rounding up data on the welfare of another social species important to the well-being of domestic cattle: their human minders. “We’re so focused on healthy animals and animal
Cows in loose housing on a Grunthal-area dairy farm.
Dairy cattle, Livestock

Calf housing, stocking rate changes likely to affect Manitoba dairy farms

Producers, animal welfare groups praised a new NFACC dairy cattle code of conduct, though some drawbacks were noted

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A phase-out of tie-stalls in dairy barns may have minimal impact on Manitoba farms, but other portions of a new code of practice may require farmers to make changes. “My own farm, I would experience very few changes here, but it ranges from farm to farm depending on the kind of facilities they have,” said
Cows on a Grunthal, Man. dairy farm. (Manitoba Co-operator photo by Geralyn Wichers)
Dairy cattle, Livestock

Continuous tie-stall housing to be phased out in new dairy code of practice

Producer, animal welfare groups praise new code; some drawbacks were noted

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New guidelines for dairy cattle care will improve animal welfare while also potentially increasing farm productivity, Dairy Farmers of Canada says. “I think that we’ve come to a very solid revised code,” David Wiens, DFC’s vice-president, said in an interview. The National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC) on Thursday released its revised Code of Practice
File photo of a Canadian Holstein dairy cow outdoors. (Diane Kuhl/iStock/Getty Images)
Dairy cattle, Livestock

New U.S. ag trade chief demands Canada broaden dairy quota access

USTR's new ag rep's eyes also on Mexico GM corn ban

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Washington | Reuters — Canada must let U.S. processors of cheese, ice cream, yogurt, milk powder and other dairy products have access to its import quotas to resolve a second U.S. dairy trade challenge, Washington’s new agricultural trade boss told Reuters. Doug McKalip, chief agricultural trade negotiator for the U.S. Trade Representative’s office, told Reuters

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