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Russia To Lift All H1N1-Related Meat Bans

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 22, 2009

Major meat importer Russia will from Oct. 15 lift all remaining meat import bans related to the H1N1 virus as the risk of infection through food products is low, its animal and plant health watchdog said Oct. 14. The last remaining bans to be removed apply to live pigs and raw pork imports from Great

Livestock, Poultry

McDonald’s Weighs Hen Housing Options

June 4, 2009

McDonald’s USA is participating in a commercial-scale study of housing alternatives for egg-laying hens. The study, which expects to involve tens of thousands of hens, will look at the sustain-ability impacts of different laying hen housing environments on animal health and well-being, safe and affordable food, the environment, and worker welfare, according to a release.

Opinion

Letters – for Apr. 23, 2009

April 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

By Ron Friesen April 16, 2009

“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

Livestock, News

Downer Animals Can No Longer Go To Slaughter

By Ron Friesen March 26, 2009

Recent changes to provincial legislation make it illegal to transport “downer” animals to slaughter plants in Manitoba. Bill 2 (The Animal Care Amendment Act) now only allows downers to be transported to veterinary clinics. The bill recently passed public hearings by the Manitoba Legislature Standing Committee on Agriculture and Food. It defines a downed animal

Livestock, News

Coalition To Step Up Anti-Confinement Activity

By Ron Friesen March 19, 2009

“They don’t really understand what the welfare picture is in Canada.” – SHANYN SILINSKI, MFAC Acoalition of Canadian animal welfare organizations plans to increase pressure on government and the agricultural industry to ban confinement systems for farm animals. The seven-member group met in Winnipeg this past weekend to plan strategy for a national campaign against

News, Poultry

Egg Wars A Thing Of The Past, Producers Told

By Ron Friesen March 19, 2009

When Harold Froese became Manitoba’s representative on the Canadian Egg Marketing Agency’s board of directors, the national egg system seemed about to implode. Bitter arguments between provinces over quota allocations and industrial egg programs threatened to tear the agency apart. What a difference a few years make. Since 2001, there has been “unprecedented peace” in

News

Reframe Animal Rights Debate, Producers Told

By Ron Friesen February 19, 2009

Livestock producers under attack from animal welfare activists should fight fire with fire by appealing to people’s emotions, says a food industry communications strategist. Activists focus on feelings to get people angry about alleged animal abuse. So farmers should counter with emotional arguments based on consumers’ self-interest, Dan Murphy said. Murphy, an American meat industry

Livestock, Livestock Markets, Poultry

Ontario cities ban cage eggs

By Jim Romahn January 1, 2009

Orillia and Pickering have bowed to pressure from the Humane Society of Canada to ban the sale of eggs from caged hens in all municipal facilities. The Humane Society calls it a landmark decision. It follows similar bans in university cafeterias, including the University of Guelph. The Humane Society says the councils are also encouraging

Hogs, Livestock, News, Poultry

California resolution rings alarm for livestock farmers in Canada

By Ron Friesen November 20, 2008

Largely unnoticed during the November 4 U. S. presidential election was the passage of a sweeping California ballot initiative which could have far-reaching effects for livestock production in North America. Proposition 2 will effectively ban gestation stalls, battery cages and veal crates in California by 2015. The initiative, which voters passed by a margin of

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle rally, hogs rise

Extreme heat can overcome honeybees’ ability to regulate hive temperature Arizona study shows

U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat, corn end lower on broad commodities slump

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