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Maple Leaf to shut N.S. prepared meats plant

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Maple Leaf Foods plans to close its Larsen Packer further-processing and deli meat operations in Nova Scotia by the end of April 2011. The Toronto food processing firm on Wednesday said it would start the gradual wind-down of operations at the pork facility at Berwick, about 20 km west of Kentville, in February. The 200,000-square-foot
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Klassen: Calf prices holding at higher levels

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Calf prices in Western Canada were steady to $2 higher last week with 570-weight steers moving at $130 per hundredweight; tan steers weighing 540 pounds sold for $134/cwt. We continue to see strong demand from both feedlot operators and backgrounding operations. New technology implants and treating methods have caused the large feedlot operator to feel
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“All peril” hog mortality insurance on drawing board

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The Canadian Swine Health Board aims to have a new “all peril” mortality insurance product ready for pork producers by the new year. The board has confirmed it’s working with the pork industry groups in Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec to develop a national mortality insurance product. The package is being modeled after a program developed
Livestock

All peril hog mortality insurance on drawing board

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The Canadian Swine Health Board aims to have a new "all peril" mortality insurance product ready for pork producers by the new year. The board has confirmed it’s working with the pork industry groups in Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec to develop a national mortality insurance product. The package is being modeled after a program developed
Beef cattle, Livestock

Beef Mentorship Goes Nationwide

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Following up on its pilot program this year in Alberta, the Cattlemen’s Young Leaders program will now accept applications for mentorship spots available nationwide in 2011. Beef enthusiasts between ages 18 and 35 may apply online to seek one of 16 eight-month CYL mentorships available beginning in April 2011. Applications close Jan. 25, 2011. The
Livestock, Other livestock

Livestock Plague Could Hit Southern Africa

A viral disease which broke out in Tanzania earlier this year could spread to southern Africa, putting at risk more than 50 million sheep and goats in 15 countries, the UN’s food agency said Nov. 2. Known as peste des petits ruminants (PPR), or small ruminants’ plague, the disease does not infect humans but is
Livestock, Other livestock

Ranchers Say Livestock And Wildlife Can Coexist

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The buffalo will roam – and the ducks will swim – in perpetuity near Elkhorn, thanks to a conservation agreement that the Johnson family has signed with Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) to protect 1,040 acres of habitat for waterfowl and other wildlife. An official dedication ceremony hosted by Tundra Oil and Gas Partnership and DUC
Beef cattle, Livestock

Cattle Industry Gets New Industry Code Of Practice

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Canada’s cattle producers will get a new beef industry code of practice to guide their on-farm operations. The revised code, expected in 2013, will replace the existing one which dates back to 1991. The process will bring together producers, humane societies, scientists, veterinarians, transporters, government representatives and food industry officials to develop voluntary guidelines for
Livestock

To Catch A Wolf, Think Like One

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To catch a wolf, you first have to learn how to think like one. A round of “Think Like a Wolf” seminars in three northern towns was held earlier this month to help ranchers learn how to protect their herds from predators, said Barry Verbiwski, head of Manitoba Conservation’s fur-bearer and problem wildlife management unit.
Opinion, Poultry

The Luckiest Generation

In the past year, Canada lost its last veteran of the First World War, and as those who have lost parents who served in the Second World War know so well, fewer – now about 400 per week – are with us all the time. That raises concern for those of us brought up in

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