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Stall-Free Petition Tops 10,000 Signatures

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Bill McDonald hauled a garbage bag half full of paper into the deputy agriculture minister’s office last week to press his case against sow gestation stalls in Manitoba. The bag contained petitions carrying over 10,000 signatures demanding the province pass laws to eliminate the stalls. “We thought it was significant to show the government physically
Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Livestock, Opinion

Flying For 79 Floors

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Twice a week,New York Timescolumnist Thomas L. Friedman drives political and economic policy-makers into full rant on topics as opposite as global free trade (he loves it) and national industrial policy (he loves it, too). Kiss him or kick him, Friedman can turn a phrase. A current Friedmanism notes that “If you jump off the
Beef cattle, Livestock

Sales Expected To Turn Down Towards Christmas

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Ca t t l e cont inued to be sold at a steady pace at Manitoba auction marts during the week ending November 26, despite a snowstorm that dropped in the neighbourhood of 15 centimetres in many parts of the province. Robin Hill, manager of Heartland Livestock Services in Virden, said volume was close to
Livestock, News

Human Waste Could Be Phosphate Source

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Human excreta could have a key role in securing future food security, helping prevent a sharp drop in yields of crops such as wheat due to a shortage of phosphorus inputs, a U.K. organic body said Nov. 29. “It is estimated that only 10 per cent of the three million tonnes of phosphorus excreted by
Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

Industrial Milk Supports To Rise Feb. 1

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Canadian dairy farmers can expect about a 1.5 per cent increase in perhectolitre revenue from industrial milk starting Feb. 1. The Canadian Dairy Commission on Friday rolled out the increases for support prices for butter and skim milk powder to take effect Feb. 1, 2011. “The current situation is that farm revenues are lagging behind
Forages, Livestock

One-Man Silage Rig Helps Beat The Deluge

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What do you do when it’s the end of June and the first cut is ready, but there’s rain in the forecast? The answer, generally, is silage. The problem is a silaging operation typically requires at least three people operating three machines – unless you have a self-loading silage wagon. Don Green, who runs a
Livestock

Premise ID Mess Drags Down Livestock Traceability

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Agovernment -imposed 2011 deadline for livestock traceability in Canada looks increasingly unattainable because of “dysfunctional” premise identification. Provinces are all over the map on premise ID, which pinpoints the locations of livestock farms and is one of the three key elements in livestock traceability. Some provinces are making headway while others have hardly begun. “If
Livestock

Ontario Vet Sanctioned

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An Ontario veterinarian who illicitly harvested dairy embryos, falsified documents and misrepresented them to export customers has had his licence to practice suspended for six months. Dr. Brian Hill of Woodstock, Ont. was sanctioned by the College of Veterinarians of Ontario following a recent disciplinary hearing. He was earlier convicted of criminal fraud and sentenced
Livestock

CCIA Call Centre Hours Changed

The Canadian Cattle Identification Agency (CCIA) has adjusted call centre customer service hours effective Monday, Nov. 22, 2010 due to a low volume of calls. The new call centre hours will be Monday to Friday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. Customer support for the Canadian Livestock Tracking System (CLTS) can be
Beef cattle, News

Canada Gets Foot In EU Beef Door

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An agreement giving Canada access to an EU beef import quota could provide a beachhead for increased Canadian beef sales to Europe. Canada will have duty-free access to a 20,000- tonne quota for hormone-free beef exports to the EU which could be worth $10 million a year, according to the Canadian Beef Export Federation. More

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