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‘The hog sector is transitioning to Canadian Pork Excellence, a set of programs that allow registered pork producers to demonstrate compliance with food safety and animal care requirements.’ – Cam Dahl
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Farmers and the ‘prove it’ generation

Be real about modern agriculture because there’s much to be proud of

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What is a farmer’s relationship with environmental and animal welfare certification programs? Would it be right to say that it’s complicated? On one hand, farmers feel targeted by those in the activist community who reject the realities of modern agriculture. No genetically modified anything. No fertilizer. No pesticides. Small holdings with a few chickens, a
Farm animals like chickens are among the best-cared-for creatures, says animal welfare consultant.
News

Animal welfare on social media: speak up or shut up?

Transparency not optional for livestock, meat industry – but wisdom required

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Farmers are a small group, so standing up for each other is necessary when it comes to online attacks — even those as fraught as animal welfare concerns. However, responding requires wisdom, says one animal welfare expert. “Don’t argue for the sake of arguing but try to find a proper channel and respond to those
A McDonald’s restaurant sign in San Diego on March 31, 2015. (File photo: Reuters/Mike Blake)
Hogs, Livestock

Icahn drops proxy fights with Kroger’s, McDonald’s

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Reuters — Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is dropping a proxy fight focused on the treatment of pregnant pigs at Kroger Co. after losing a similar fight with McDonald’s Corp last month, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. “I congratulate the McDonald’s team on their victory in this proxy engagement and, after much contemplation, given the
Hogs, News

California court delays enforcement of part of pig welfare law

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Reuters – A California court said it will delay enforcement of part of a law aimed at ensuring more humane treatment of farm animals, which opponents warned could lead to pork shortages and higher food prices in the most populous U.S. state. Supporters of Proposition 12, approved by California voters in November 2018, say it
Germany plans state animal welfare label on meat in shops
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Germany plans state animal welfare label on meat in shops

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Germany’s new government plans this year to introduce proposals for a state system to label meat in shops produced with improved animal welfare, German Agriculture Minister Cem Oezdemir said. The proposal is part of the coalition agreement for Germany’s new government which took office in December involving the Social Democratic, Green and Liberal parties. A
Co-operator reporter Geralyn Wichers says there’s always value in seeing both sides of an issue.
News, Other

Let’s court controversy

FIRST PERSON | Animal rights, deconstructing the ‘farm wife,’ and criticizing charity: what could possibly go wrong?

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There’s this moment I think sums up my year well. It was October, and in the span of a few hours I, a) booked off time to go deer hunting and b) registered to go to an animal rights conference. It did break my brain a little. This year Co-operator editor Gord Gilmour advised me
More people are interested in adopting dogs from the Barrhead Animal Rescue Society, says Terry Colborne.
Farmit Manitoba, News, Other

Pandemic fads: Are puppies, plants and backyard chickens still popular?

Nearly two years on, how are newbie pet owners, gardeners, and poultry enthusiasts making out?

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Glacier FarmMedia – Puppies, plants, and backyard chickens became hot trends when the pandemic took hold — but are they still popular almost two years in? Pandemic pets “At the beginning of the pandemic, we were swamped with people,” said Sharla Willis, who has operated a dog-breeding business for 16 years with her mother Dorrie
Protesters with activist group Toronto Chicken Save outside a poultry-processing facility in Ontario.
News, Other

Anti-activism bill dead, their actions killed it, say animal rights advocates

Federal biosecurity Bill C-205 was amended to target anyone, not just trespassers, before parliament dissolved

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Animal rights advocates say a federal bill targeting activists is almost certainly dead, thanks in part, to their legal arguments and “turning” of MPs. Bill C-205, which proposed to increase penalties for trespassers on agricultural property in the name of biosecurity, died when parliament dissolved prior to the 2021 federal election. However, before this, it
File photo of piglets grazing in a U.K. pasture. (Grandbrothers/iStock/Getty Images)
Hogs, Livestock

Britain facing mass cull of pigs due to butcher shortage

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London | Reuters — Britain’s farming industry has warned that hundreds of thousands of pigs may have to be culled within weeks unless the government issues visas to allow more butchers into the country. An acute shortage of butchers and slaughterers in the meat processing industry has been exacerbated by COVID-19 and Britain’s post-Brexit immigration
Letters, Op/Ed

Letters: Invitation to discuss hog production accepted

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I accept Cam Dahl’s invitation to join the conversation about modern agriculture, pig production and public trust. A couple of years ago I visited the Greenfield Maple Leaf hog facility. ML Greenfield takes sows that have been confined almost their entire lives in crates a little bigger than their bodies and “teaches” them how to

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