RECIPE SWAP – for Nov. 13, 2008

SEND RECIPES OR RECIPE REQUESTS TO: Manitoba Co-operator Recipe Swap Box 1794, Carman, Man. R0G 0J0 or e-mail [email protected] With hunting season just beginning, Joe Kozak of Manitou has sent us this very nice recipe for venison ribs. Joe is perhaps known for his association with the honey and garlic food festival in Manitou. An

Canada, Korea to restart beef talks

Officials from Canada and South Korea were set to resume technical negotiations Nov. 3-4, focused on restoring Korean market access for Canadian beef, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz confirmed recently. Korea’s ports have been closed to imports of Canadian beef since May 2003, after officials confirmed Canada’s first homegrown case of BSE in an Alberta cow.


RECIPE SWAP – for Nov. 6, 2008

SEND RECIPES OR RECIPE REQUESTS TO: Manitoba Co-operator Recipe Swap Box 1794, Carman, Man. R0G 0J0 or e-mail [email protected] To help get the swap started this week, members of the Manitoba Women’s Institute kindly agreed to contribute a series of recipes from their new MWI Cookbook being published as a fundraiser and keepsake for the

Fusarium burgers? They’re scientifcally safe

Though grain and oilseed prices have fallen dramatically over the past few weeks, it’s clear that’s largely due to fallout from the international credit crisis. That hasn’t changed the fundamentals of the marketplace. The recovery in production this year has helped move off the knife edge between supply and demand that was talked about so


BSE ban cost U. S. $11B in exports

U. S. ranchers and processors lost almost $11 billion in revenue between 2004 and 2007 after major importers barred U. S. beef following the discovery of BSE in the United States, according to a government report issued Oct. 7. The International Trade Commission said trade restrictions put in place because of mad cow disease cost

Tyson to tighten beef, pork COOL labelling

U. S. meat company Tyson Foods Inc. said this week it will tighten its country-of-origin labelling (COOL) practices starting early next year to identify more of its beef and pork products as sourced exclusively from the United States. The leading U. S. beef and No. 2 pork producer had initially planned on categorizing its beef


U. S. plants start rejecting Canadian cattle

“It’s a very significant disruption. – John Masswohl, CCA Canada’s cattle shipments to the United States are plummeting as the new country-of-origin labelling (COOL) rule takes effect. Some U. S. packers are taking a hands-off approach to Canadian cattle as uncertainty reigns over how to handle slaughter animals from another country. The impact became noticeable