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Horse shipping crates at Richardson International Airport.

Animal rights group pursues charge against Swan River horse farmer

Case revolves around overlong air shipment in 2022

By Don Norman March 7, 2024

A Manitoba judge has allowed an animal rights group to proceed with a private prosecution against a meat horse exporter under a rarely used provision in the Criminal Code. Carolyle Farms of Swan River, Man., is accused of violating the federal Health of Animals Regulations by failing to have a contingency plan in place if

News

Stranded livestock land back in Australia after Red Sea turn-back

By Peter Hobson February 23, 2024

Reuters – Thousands of sheep and cattle that were stuck on a ship forced to abandon passage through the Red Sea in January have begun disembarking at the same Australian port they left nearly six weeks prior, Australia’s agriculture ministry said Feb.12. The MV Bahijah sailed from Fremantle, Western Australia on Jan. 5 for Israel

Livestock, Markets

Ag minister talks Proposition 12, VCOOL with the U.S.’s Vilsack

The trip marks MacAulay's first ministerial visit to the U.S. since regaining the role

By Geralyn Wichers, GFM Network News January 19, 2024

Proposition 12 and voluntary country of origin labelling (VCOOL) were among topics raised during federal Ag Minister Lawrence MacAulay's first ministerial trip to to the U.S. after being appointed to the portfolio late last year.

Livestock, Other livestock

Managing your stallion

A stallion's psychological health should be given as much weight as physical health

By Carol Shwetz January 16, 2024

Stallions play an integral role in equestrian pursuits as they impact both performance and reproductive success. But stallion welfare is often marginalized due to historical practices, misconceptions or business considerations. Stallions often receive excellent physical care, but their basic psychological needs for social interaction and movement are frequently disregarded in favour of breeding priorities and

Recommendations include allowing greater flexibility for livestock transporters at the beginning and end of their trips.

Livestock, News

Emergency definition in hotseat in transport report

Emergency management and hours of service among concerns for House ag committee

By Jonah Grignon January 10, 2024

Glacier FarmMedia – Truck drivers can legally exceed their regulated hours if it’s an emergency, but when does animal welfare meet that description? That was among the topics tackled as the House of Commons standing committee on agriculture released its report on challenges facing the livestock transport sector. The report, “Striking a Balance: Electronic Logging

Pre-weaned calves can be easily stressed in cold weather, which can affect their future health and productivity.

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Taking the bite out of cold-weather livestock care

Strategies for keeping calves warm and healthy

By Ralph Pearce January 3, 2024

Glacier FarmMedia – The youngest calves on the farm are the most sensitive to temperature changes and, in the case of a turn toward colder weather, producers can have problems managing morbidity, mortality and suboptimal growth rates, said Sarah Morrison. She is a research scientist with the William H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute in Chazy,

Letters

Letters: Why the cover up?

By John Fefchak December 4, 2023

In response to the Nov. 2 article,“The Catch-22 on animal activism.”: Cam Dahl, general manager of Manitoba Pork, voices concern about the threat of disease outbreaks to the Manitoba hog industry. He tells readers that legislation like the now-law Bill 62 is a necessary step for those who trespass onto farm operations. However, he does not

“Laws that are really narrow and tightly focused ... can often create more deliberate and rational responses, instead of these kinds of laws that respond to hyperbole.” – Rob Danisch, University of Waterloo.

News

The Catch-22 on animal activism

‘Ag-gag’ laws might comfort producers, but they could cause more polarization and amplify the issue

By Geralyn Wichers November 2, 2023

The photo, texted by a tipster to a Co-operator reporter this fall, showed a dead pig of about market size. The image was taken outside a barn in southeastern Manitoba after the tipster gained permission to access the property by claiming to look for a lost dog, they said. The tipster claimed there were 15-20

Conservative agriculture critic John Barlow speaks Nov. 24, 2021 in the House of Commons. (Screengrab from supplied video)

Livestock

Anti-activist bill back before Commons committee

Bill adds protections for biosecurity, farmers' mental health, Barlow says

By Geralyn Wichers, GFM Network News October 6, 2023

A bill to create harsher penalties for unlawful entry onto farms and biosecure zones is back before the House of Commons after a previous iteration died on the order table in 2021. Conservative MP John Barlow brought forward Bill C-275, “an Act to amend the Health of Animals Act (biosecurity on farms),” as a private

Livestock, Markets

‘Shocking’ farm videos barred at egg-price antitrust trial in Chicago

Food firms sought to show animal care claims not genuine

By GFM Network News September 20, 2023

Reuters — A U.S. judge has barred Kraft, Kellogg and other major food producers from showing what the court called “shocking” and “heart-wrenching” videos of conditions inside certain hen houses at an upcoming antitrust trial against egg producers and marketers. In a ruling on Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Steven Seeger in Chicago said the risk

Daily Network News

Strong 2025 could mean complications for Canadian grain sector in 2026 says analyst

Egyptian wheat imports to be firm as domestic output increases

Federal government to ease some restrictions on temporary foreign workers

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