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Dairy discussions continue

By Shannon VanRaes May 30, 2012

Dairy farmers are looking at quota harmonization across western provinces as a way to improve efficiency. Henry Holtmann, chairman of the Western Milk Pool’s (WMP) quota harmonization committee, said the process of making recommendations is moving forward as representatives from the four provinces work to build trust and mutual understanding. “I think we will move

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New dairy website

By Shannon VanRaes May 30, 2012

Dairy Farmers of Manitoba (DFM) is continuing to encourage its producers to tell their stories in order to defend supply management from its critics. “We should get out there ourselves and talk about it, because it can’t always be government or (DFM) that is doing everything,” farmer Raymond Palsson said following a producer meeting in

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Green Gold early-warning system advises on first-cut alfalfa timing

May 31, 2012

The Manitoba Forage Council’s Green Gold program, which provides a forecasting service for optimizing harvest times for first-cut alfalfa, will be keeping a close eye on the progress of this year’s crop, just as it has for the past 17 years. John McGregor, who gathers and tests alfalfa samples each spring under the program for

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It wasn’t what she ate

May 30, 2012

washington / reuters /Investigators are searching for a dozen herdmates of the elderly California dairy cow that had mad cow disease, the Agriculture Department said May 17, with all signs indicating it was a rare spontaneous case of the fatal brain-wasting illness. Two laboratories associated with the World Organization for Animal Health confirmed the cow

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New regulations match EU

By Shannon VanRaes May 30, 2012

Canadian dairy farmers will have to meet new standards for somatic cell counts beginning this summer. Effective August 1, regulatory limits for producers will be lowered to 399,000 per millilitre from 499,000 per millilitre. But industry representatives said farmers are ahead of the curve and prepared for the change. “The change is not going to

Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Livestock, Livestock Markets

Second- and third-cut cattle heading into system

By Phil Franz-Warkentin May 14, 2012

Cattle traffic through Manitoba auction yards was slowing down during the week ended May 4, as spring field work starts to take precedence over marketing and a number of auction yards moved to reduced schedules. From a pricing standpoint, activity was steady overall. However, on a case-by-case basis, the markets were more mixed, with some

Dairy cattle, Hogs, Livestock

Lameness: A stealthy thief that robs performance

By Bernie Peet May 14, 2012

Lameness in sows is a stealthy thief because losses from this health problem often go unnoticed or unrecognized, says Mark Wilson of Zinpro Corporation in Eden Prairie, Minn. “Lameness is one of the major reasons for culling in gilts and sows,” Wilson said at the recent London Swine Conference. “There are several causes of lameness

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Campaign will highlight local food products

By Lorraine Stevenson May 3, 2012

A $3-million jointly funded industry and government campaign supporting local food kicks off April 25

Manitobans can now clearly identify local food on store shelves with the launch of a new Buy Manitoba campaign at Canada Safeway stores in the province. The three-year local food promotion will see 33 stores decked out with sign-age and product identifiers encouraging shoppers to choose the more than 1,000 grocery products, including meat, fresh

Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Livestock, Livestock Markets

California’s BSE case has no lasting impact here

By Dwayne Klassen May 3, 2012

Cattle movement at auction yards in Manitoba slowed somewhat during the week ended April 27 as farmers start to concentrate on spring field work. However, the big news that had the Manitoba cattle market buzzing was the discovery of an animal in the U.S. with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or more commonly known as mad

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Surely it beats serving in Iraq?

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 30, 2012

U.S. employment firm CareerCast has issued its annual ratings of best and worst jobs, and it isn’t good news if you are trying to hire someone for your dairy farm. Dairy farmer ranked as the second-worst job for 2012, worse than last year, when it ranked 16th. Poor working environment and stress coupled with physical

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Dairy cattle

Dairy discussions continue

New dairy website

Green Gold early-warning system advises on first-cut alfalfa timing

It wasn’t what she ate

New regulations match EU

Second- and third-cut cattle heading into system

Lameness: A stealthy thief that robs performance

Campaign will highlight local food products

California’s BSE case has no lasting impact here

Surely it beats serving in Iraq?

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