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Livestock, Opinion

Industry Should Lead Change Not Balk At It

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I personally believe that North Americans will never stop eating their burgers or bacon and eggs. This means the only remedy is to improve living-dying conditions for the animals in our food chain. Iwas born and raised in the city and am exactly the Public mentioned in the Feb. 11 article “Some advice for the
Livestock

Ohio Creates Board To Set State Livestock Policy

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“This is just another layer, plain and simple, of bureaucracy they are going to have to deal with.” – ROGER WI SE, OHIO FARMERS UNION Ohioans have voted to create a board to set state policy on livestock handling, a move state farm groups had sought to head off laws or ballot initiatives similar to
Opinion

Sow Stalls: Ethics, Perceptions, And Animal Welfare

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What if we granted that, of course animals can be raised for food, but that tightly caging them in gestation stalls is unethical because they are mammals? Dana Medoro is associate professor of American literature at the University of Manitoba and a member of the Farm Animal Welfare Committee with the Winnipeg Humane Society. The
Hogs, Livestock, News

Debate Reflects Deep Divide Over Sow Stall Ban

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“It’s about the pigs and the people, not just the pigpen.” – LAURIE CONNOR, U OF M Arecent speakers’ panel of animal welfare specialists generally agreed on phasing out sow gestation crates, but differed widely on how to get there. Sow stall opponents called for immediate action to eliminate sow crates, while others urged a
Hogs, Livestock, Opinion

Looking Beyond The Bars

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One of the perks of writing a column about agriculture in a major city daily is the feedback one gets from urban folks about farming issues. The level and intensity of interest is surprising at times. For instance, a column last summer outlining the gist and possible implications of the proposed federal support package for
Hogs, Livestock

High Litter Size Requires New Approach

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Hogs, Livestock

Practical Control Of Sow Feed Costs

Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Western Hog Journal. His columns will run every second week in the Manitoba Co-operator. Many aspects of gilt and sow management affect feed use efficiency and getting these right can help to control sow feed costs, says Andrew Jackson, with
Opinion

Letters – for Apr. 23, 2009

Confinement systems fail “freedoms” test In mid-March a group of animal welfare organizations met here in Winnipeg to discuss agricultural confinement systems. The organizations that gathered included the Humane Society of the United States, the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies, the British Columbia SPCA, and the Canadian Coalition for Farm Animals, Humane Society International, and
Hogs, Livestock, News

Manitoba Pork Producers Ease Toward Sow Stall Ban

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“We think this is something we can’t ignore.” – MIKE TEILLET, MPC The Manitoba Pork Council may be edging toward supporting the eventual elimination of gestation crates for pregnant sows. A proposed policy statement in a sustainable development strategy being developed by the council calls for more research on, and a possible switch to, alternative
Beef cattle, Livestock, Opinion

Time To Rethink The Beef Business

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We are encouraged by a growing consumer movement towards not only organic foods, but just as important, local foods. Has anyone paid much attention to the NFU’s November 19, 2008 report on The Farm Crisis and the Cattle Sector? Among other things, the report reveals that average cattle prices are nearly half what they were

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