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Let’s Go Ridin’ – for Feb. 12, 2009

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Ever thought of breeding your mare? Maybe you have, or maybe you’re in the breeding business, so you know all of the options available to you nowadays. But if you are considering it for the first time, it can be an overwhelming project. The first step is to objectively analyze your mare for her breeding
News, Other livestock

U. S. farm leader defends COOL

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A North Dakota farm leader has suggested U. S. meat packers are exaggerating the extra costs with which obeying country-of-origin food labelling (COOL) will allegedly burden them. Robert Carlson, North Dakota Farmers Union president, said he doesn’t believe it’s as hard or expensive to segregate animals at slaughter plants according to their country of origin
Cereals, News, Other livestock

What’s up – for Feb. 5, 2009

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] call 204-944-5762 Feb. 5 – Farm succession seminar, 9 a. m. to 3 p. m., Tyndall Village Community Centre. $20 pre-registration required. For more info and to register call MAFRI in Beausejour at 204-268-6094. Feb. 5 – Crop Day, 9 a. m. to 3:30 p. m., Legion Hall,
Country Crossroads, Other livestock

From fleece to yarn

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WANT TO KNOW MORE? SHEEPLES FINE FIBRES Inwood-based sheep producer and wool processor www.sheeplesfinefibres.com/ 2009 DIRECT FARM MARKETING CONFERENCE February 27-28, Brandon www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/news/direct. html – UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF NATURAL FIBRES 2009 www.naturalfibres2009.org/ It’s been decades since woollen mills operated next to pens of live sheep in rural Manitoba. But Joe and Kim Streker’s
News, Other livestock

Salmonella outbreak may spur U. S. food safety

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The latest U. S. salmonella outbreak could spur food safety reform in the U. S. Congress, but the process will be slow and consumers will remain at risk until the shattered regulatory regime can be fixed. “Congress is poised to take early action on food safety legislation,” said Caroline Smith DeWall, a director of food
Livestock, Opinion, Other livestock

Pre-marketing preparation pays off

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Recent Sheep and Goat Market Reports come off as somewhat negative and scary for many producers. I would like to address these reports and the many phone calls I have received from other producers worried about their impending fate. The first article (Page 11, Nov. 27) titled “Beginning of the end for some goat producers?”
Cereals, News, Oilseeds, Other livestock

What’s up – for Jan. 29, 2009

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] call 204-944-5762 Jan. 28-30 – Keystone Agricultural Producers 25th annual meeting, Delta Winnipeg, 350 St. Mary Ave., Winnipeg. Theme: “A quarter-century of progress.” For more info visit www.kap.mb.caor call 204-697-1140. Jan. 28-30 – KAP’s young farmers committee annual meeting, Delta Winnipeg. Speakers to focus on marketing, business planning,
Forages, Livestock, News, Other livestock

Winter takes care of horses

CAROL SHWETZ DVM Tracking body condition by placing your hands on the horse to feel through the thick winter coat will tell you whether its body condition is adequate. A horse’s lifestyle changes in winter. It must. His external environment changes. The outside changes initiate changes to the inside of the horse that affect his

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