Poultry & Farming Articles - Manitoba Co-operator

Wood Ducks: Let’s Help Their Comeback

By Donna Gamache June 9, 2011

One of Manitoba’s most photogenic water birds, with its bright, iridescent feathers, is the wood duck. For a time this colourful duck was in decline across North America, but with a little help from humans, it is making a definite comeback. Still, its numbers in Manitoba remain relatively small, and I’m always pleased when I

Country Crossroads, Livestock, Poultry

Low-Priced Drumsticks Beat Path To U.S. Dinner Tables

By Bob Burgdorfer June 9, 2011

Chicken drumsticks are finding their way to American dinner tables as a slowdown in exports has kept more of the dark meat in U.S. grocery stores and warehouses. Historically, chicken dark meat – long shunned by U.S. consumers in favour of white meat chicken breast – has largely been exported by U.S. chicken companies. China

Livestock, Poultry

EFC Funds Research Chair In Poultry Welfare

By Ron Friesen June 2, 2011

Canada’s egg producers are funding a poultry welfare chair at the University of Guelph to help them develop new housing systems for their birds. Egg Farmers of Canada will contribute $110,000 a year for the next seven years to research alternative housing for layer hens. The research will be headed by Tina Widowski, a University

Country Crossroads, Poultry

Manitoba’s Wild Turkeys

By Donna Gamache May 26, 2011

Over the years attempts have been made to introduce or reintroduce a number of birds into southern Manitoba. Some of these – pheasants and chucker partridges, for example – have been unsuccessful, mainly due to our harsh winters. But one success story is that of the eastern wild turkey whose spread throughout the province is

Livestock, Poultry

Feds Looking To Boost Small Meat Plants

By Alex Binkley May 19, 2011

Winnipeg Old Country Sausage is among 12 Canadian meat plants that may get help achieving federal- inspection status in a bid to create opportunities for livestock producers. Ontario, Saskatchewan and Quebec both have three plants under consideration while P.E.I. and Alberta have one each. Federal and provincial agriculture ministers want to encourage provincially inspected plants

Livestock, Poultry

Tornadoes Blast Chicken Farms

May 12, 2011

Tornadoes and violent storms destroyed 200 chicken houses that held up to four million chickens in Alabama. Alabama is No. 3 U.S. chicken producer, and has about 14,000 chicken houses that hold approximately 200 million chickens. Power outages and loss of drinking water could worsen the situation, officials said. Tyson Foods Inc. and Pilgrim’s Pride

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Poultry

U.S. Meat Sales Holding Despite Higher Prices

April 28, 2011

Consumer spending at U.S. meat counters is steady to up slightly over the past two years as worries about the economy and high unemployment have waned, according to surveys presented at a meat industry convention Apr. 13 “At this point consumers are relatively happy because they are coming out of the other side of the

Country Crossroads, Other livestock, Poultry

Recipe Swap – for Apr. 21, 2011

By Lorraine Stevenson April 21, 2011

What’s the weather like?” inquired the office clerk one day last week when I dropped in on an errand. Her smile said it all. She just wanted to hear someone say it again; it was a brilliant sunny day outside, warm enough for shirt sleeves. These first days of warmth and light after another long

Livestock, Poultry

$7 Corn Makes Chicken Producer Pinch Pennies

By Bob Burgdorfer April 7, 2011

High-speed dryers will replace paper towels in company washrooms at Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. as the chicken producer looks to save money as the price of feed corn rises. Rival Tyson Foods Inc. is replacing freezers with more efficient models, streamlining production, and reducing product movement between plants to help offset feed costs. U.S. chickens consume

Livestock, Poultry

Chicken Farmers Keeping Up With Rising Grain Costs

By Ron Friesen April 7, 2011

Manitoba chicken producers are holding their own so far against the high price of feed grain but they admit it’s a struggle to keep up with rising costs. “The pressure is there,” said Jake Wiebe, Manitoba Chicken Producers vice-chair. Wiebe said he currently pays an average of $376 a tonne for feed on his broiler

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Poultry

Wood Ducks: Let’s Help Their Comeback

Low-Priced Drumsticks Beat Path To U.S. Dinner Tables

EFC Funds Research Chair In Poultry Welfare

Manitoba’s Wild Turkeys

Feds Looking To Boost Small Meat Plants

Tornadoes Blast Chicken Farms

U.S. Meat Sales Holding Despite Higher Prices

Recipe Swap – for Apr. 21, 2011

$7 Corn Makes Chicken Producer Pinch Pennies

Chicken Farmers Keeping Up With Rising Grain Costs

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