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Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Livestock, Other livestock

Federal Beef-Packing Assistance Welcomed

By Alex Binkley March 18, 2010

“These measures address a real threat to the long-term profitability of the Canadian cattle industry.” – BRAD WILDEMAN Packers and cattle groups say assistance announced in the federal budget will make their sector more competitive. The budget allocated an extra $10 million for the Slaughter Improvement Program, $25 million for packing plants that handle animals

Livestock, Other livestock

Pick A Vet’s Brain On The Government’s Tab

By Daniel Winters March 18, 2010

“You can ask as many questions as you want regarding the animal’s and flock health, what you want to do, what you want to treat, what things you want to see – all those things that normally cost a lot.” – MAMOON RASHID Ever look around your farm and wish you could walk a vet

Country Crossroads, Other livestock

The Man Behind The Lines

By Daniel Winters March 18, 2010

“They are very, very easy horses to work with, I find. They’ve got a look and a style to them that just oozes grace, in my opinion.” – CHRIS ARTHUR Visitors at the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair every year come to get an eyeful or two of the best horseflesh from near and far. At

Opinion, Other livestock

Domestic Market Access Stymied

March 11, 2010

The articles “Trade Rules Stymies Ontario Farmer” (March 4) and “Ewe Numbers Down” (March 4) both explain why there are not more sheep in Manitoba and, in general, Canada. Where are we supposed to market them? How do you serve your customers with limited slaughter and that great a distance to access? Who is butchering

Cereals, Opinion, Other livestock

Letters – for Mar. 11, 2010

March 11, 2010

Unaffordable efficiencies Twelve years ago, I was told that having fewer and bigger elevators would be more efficient and better for me. Today, the tariff at these new, efficient, inland grain terminals is at least 50 per cent higher than it was 12 years ago. I was also told 12 years ago, that if the

Livestock, News, Other livestock

Wildlife Group Opposes Riding Mountain Elk Cull

By Ron Friesen March 11, 2010

“They’re going in there and taking out healthy animals.” – DALE GARNHAM, MWF Manitoba hunters are up in arms over Parks Canada’s handling of a wildlife cull to control tuberculosis among elk in Riding Mountain National Park. The Manitoba Wildlife Federation opposes the cull in principle but says if it has to occur, it shouldn’t

Livestock, Other livestock

$137.75 –$159.50 $145 -$161 $130.90 –$139.73 $124

By Mark Elliot March 11, 2010

110+ lbs.: 95 110 lbs.: EWES LAMBS 80 94 lbs.: under 80 lbs.: 75 lbs.: 55 lbs.: 50 lbs.: 45 lbs.: MARCH 4, 2010 FEBRUARY 18, 2010 The Winnipeg Livestock Auction on March 4, 2010, presented the “taste of spring.” Not only with the melting of snow, with milder temperatures, – the sheep and goat

Livestock, Other livestock

Ewe Numbers Down

By Daniel Winters March 4, 2010

“The first thing they say is, ‘Well, if they raise the price, I’ll produce more lambs.’ But prices have been pretty good.” – JENNIFER MACTAVI SH The latest StatsCan numbers show that the Canadian ewe flock dipped one per cent over last year, down from 522,100 in 2009. That number represents a continuing 18 per

Livestock, Other livestock

Bovine Rabies Cases Seen Dropping

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 4, 2010

Cases of bovine rabies in Canada continued to drop in 2009, with just eight cases recorded, according to new figures from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. That count includes two cases reported in Manitoba and six in Ontario, the CFIA showed in a new chart on its website, logging clinical cases and laboratory submissions. No

Country Crossroads, Other livestock

Novel-Knit Scarf

By Joanne Rawluk March 4, 2010

Here is a simple-to-make scarf which doubles in size and changes the appearance. It is knit in the round like a sock. Once you finish, the stitches you drop are pulled to make the lacy pattern. Materials: A ball of yarn and a set of four No. 10 knitting needles. Instructions: Cast on 30 stitches

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Other livestock

Federal Beef-Packing Assistance Welcomed

Pick A Vet’s Brain On The Government’s Tab

The Man Behind The Lines

Domestic Market Access Stymied

Letters – for Mar. 11, 2010

Wildlife Group Opposes Riding Mountain Elk Cull

$137.75 –$159.50 $145 -$161 $130.90 –$139.73 $124

Ewe Numbers Down

Bovine Rabies Cases Seen Dropping

Novel-Knit Scarf

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