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Agency In The Forefront Of High-Tech Changes

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Livestock inspection in Alberta is going high tech. The move from handwritten brand log books to a system relying on leading-edge databases and high-tech livestock-movement tools is being pushed by Livestock Identification Services Ltd. (LIS), the non-profit organization in charge of livestock inspection in Alberta. The goal is to optimize costs, improve the “tool kit”
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MCPA Becomes Manitoba Beef Producers

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The Manitoba Cattle Producers Association is undergoing a makeover to improve its image. At the annual general meeting last week, it unveiled a new logo, a rebranding campaign, and a name change. Henceforth, the organization will be known as the Manitoba Beef Producers (MBP). The old logo, which was a lariat spelling out the letters
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Feds Hand Income Tax Break To Soggy Ranchers

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Ranchers caught without winter feed due to excess rainfall during the summer haying season have been thrown a lifeline from the federal government. Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced last week that livestock producers in northern Manitoba, the Interlake and Westlake regions struggling as a result of excess moisture will be able to tap tax
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
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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
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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
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Feds fund poultry sector brain trust

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The federal government and Canada’s poultry industry stakeholders will put up over $2.5 million in total to connect government, industry and academic researchers for work on the sector’s priorities. Abbotsford, B.C. MP Ed Fast on Wednesday announced the federal contribution of $1.8 million toward a joint research cluster to “address sector priorities and challenges concerning
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Sask. to boost penalties for animal abuse

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Amendments to Saskatchewan’s animal abuse legislation would more than double the maximum fines and quadruple the maximum jail time available for convictions. The amendments, introduced Monday in the provincial legislature, would raise the maximum fines to $25,000 for each convicted offence, up from $5,000 for a first offence and $10,000 for subsequent offences. The maximum
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Sask. rolls out feed, forage funds for drenched ranchers

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Rain-soaked livestock producers in Saskatchewan will be eligible for provincial funding to move either feed to livestock or livestock to feed. The province’s new Feed and Forage Program (SFFP), announced Tuesday, pledges help with those transport costs, as well as $30 per acre for producers to reseed hay, forage or pasture land wrecked by “unprecedented”

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