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Trappers SayIt’s A Good Year For ‘Rats

By Daniel Winters October 27, 2011

Farmers and ranchers who lost acres to flooding this spring might look to their sloughs for some payback this trapping season. Last spring, top-quality muskrat pelts averaged around $10 each, and industry sources are optimistic that those prices could hold for this year s harvest. Barry Verbiwski, head of the furbearer and problem wildlife management

Livestock

Environmental Group Roasts Modern Livestock Production On “Factory Farms”

By Alex Binkley October 27, 2011

CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR / OTTAWA The rapid growth in modern livestock production is causing environmental damage and spreading serious diseases such as avian influenza and BSE, according to the Worldwatch Institute. Much of the vigorous growth in meat production is due to the rise of industrial animal agriculture, or factory farming, said Danielle Nierenberg, senior researcher

Dairy cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Poultry

Farmers Urged To Take The Lead On Animal Welfare Standards

By Alex Binkley October 13, 2011

Farmers must be able to prove their livestock and poultry are raised humanely or governments will be pressured to do it for them, attendees at a recent farm animal conference were told. Speakers from the National Farm Animal Care Coalition (NFACC), farm groups and Agriculture Canada said animal welfare codes of practice have to be

Hogs, Livestock, Poultry

EU Softens Ban On Eggs From Battery Hens

By Charlie Dunmore October 13, 2011

An EU ban on the sale of eggs from battery chickens to consumers will go ahead as planned from Jan. 1, 2012, but producers may be free to sell non-compliant eggs to domestic processors, the bloc s consumer affairs chief said Oct. 5. The commission does not intend to postpone the deadline of the ban.

Cereals, Opinion

Letters – for Sep. 15, 2011

September 15, 2011

One small step towards marketing freedom Farmers will finally be allowed the marketing freedom they have long been denied. The monopoly powers of the CWB will soon be revoked and it will either be an optional marketing entity available to farmers or it will cease to exist. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz has held fast to

Livestock, Opinion, Other livestock

Is Agriculture Image Being Blindsided By Social Media?

By Will Verboven September 8, 2011

Aspeaker at a recent national cattle industry event showed a video which both bemused and shocked the audience. The speaker and her research company, on behalf of an industry group, was investigating public response to the image of beef. Part of the research involved a focus group to ascertain their opinions on the topic. The

Hogs, Livestock

Danish Research Targets Sow Longevity

July 21, 2011

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. In my previous article, I explained how the Danish industry is improving productivity and reducing production costs through a focused research and development program which quickly

Hogs, Livestock

U.S. Hog Farms Drive Growth With Genetics, Husbandry

By Bob Burgdorfer July 21, 2011

U.S. hog producers are using genetics, modern farm housing, and animal husbandry to maximize pork production without greatly expanding costs for feed and barn construction, industry sources said. With global demand for food growing quickly and production land limited or even shrinking, pressures are mounting to produce more with the same or less throughout agriculture.

Hogs, Livestock

Danes Focus On Efficiency To Counter Lack Of Profit

July 7, 2011

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. Despite losing money for most of the last four years, Danish producers are optimistic they can survive and prosper by improving productivity and efficiency. Danish producers

Beef cattle, Livestock

U.S. Cattle Supply Up But Shrinking

June 23, 2011

U.S. producers sold 11 per cent more cattle to slaughterhouses in May than what they brought in, solid evidence that the cattle supply is shrinking and by year’s end that smaller supply should mean much higher cattle prices, analysts said. The U.S. Agriculture Department reported June 17 nearly 10.93 million cattle in feedlots, up four

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Tag Archives Animal rights

Trappers SayIt’s A Good Year For ‘Rats

Environmental Group Roasts Modern Livestock Production On “Factory Farms”

Farmers Urged To Take The Lead On Animal Welfare Standards

EU Softens Ban On Eggs From Battery Hens

Letters – for Sep. 15, 2011

Danish Research Targets Sow Longevity

U.S. Hog Farms Drive Growth With Genetics, Husbandry

Danes Focus On Efficiency To Counter Lack Of Profit

U.S. Cattle Supply Up But Shrinking

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