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The language of meat is changing in the U.S.

By P.J. Huffstutter April 9, 2013

BBQ fans, brace yourselves: “Pork butt” will soon be a thing of the past. In an effort to boost sales just ahead of the U.S. grilling season, and make shopping at the meat counter a bit easier, the pork and beef industries are retooling more than 350 names of meat cuts to give them more

Beef cattle, Livestock, Livestock Markets, Poultry

Cold start to spring slows demand for high-quality U.S. beef

By Michael Hirtzer March 28, 2013

Wholesale prices for choice grade have dipped below lower-quality cuts Persistently cold weather and snowfall on the first day of spring have crimped demand for high-quality cuts of beef in the United States at a time of year that typically sees increased purchases for so-called grilling season, analysts and traders said March 21. In a

Livestock, News, Poultry

No deal on national chicken allocation, deadline to revoke letter passes

Alberta Chicken Producers, Chicken Farmers of Canada representatives say they haven’t given up on getting an agreement

By Victoria Paterson March 16, 2013

The Feb. 22 deadline has come and gone for Alberta Chicken Producers to withdraw its letter of intent to pull out of the national chicken supply management system without a new agreement being struck. “We came as close as we could,” Chicken Farmers of Canada David Janzen said at the Alberta Chicken Producers’ annual general

Livestock, Poultry

Pullet marketing board hearings in the works

By Alex Binkley February 12, 2013

After two years of incubation, Canada’s 550 pullet growers are one step away from getting their own marketing board. The Pullet Growers of Canada filed an application to form a marketing board last summer and now the Farm Products Council of Canada has agreed to launch public hearings into the request. Dates for the hearings

Beef cattle, Livestock, News, Poultry

New rules aimed at preventing nationwide border ban

February 6, 2013

winnipeg / reuters / Canada and the U.S. have agreed to maintain livestock and meat trade during animal disease outbreaks using a new system that targets trade bans more precisely by region. The new system, which won’t take effect until after consultation with industry groups and details are worked out, would prevent a full border

Livestock, Poultry

Antimicrobial resistance monitoring on the way for broiler operations

By Shannon VanRaes January 17, 2013

A rise in antimicrobial resistance has prompted officials to start monitoring chicken operations in four provinces. The Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (CIPARS) will begin monitoring broiler chicken operations early this year, the Public Health Agency of Canada said in a statement. The expanded surveillance project will gather data from farms in Ontario,

Beef cattle, News, Poultry

Insects touted as solution to protein needs

January 4, 2013

Reuters — Scientists in the Netherlands say they’ve found that insect protein may be a more sustainable alternative to milk, chicken, pork and beef. Beetle larvae (called mealworms) farms produce more edible protein than traditional farms for chicken, pork, beef or milk, for the same amount of land used, Dennis Oonincx and colleagues from the

Opinion, Poultry

Why farmers should care

By Laura Rance-Unger November 21, 2012

The debate over backyard poultry taking place inside Winnipeg these days seems far removed from the real world of agriculture. A coalition of citizens is asking the city to reconsider its refusal to allow urbanites to produce eggs in their backyards. They aren’t being taken very seriously. If Councillor Grant Nordman is any indication, the

Opinion, Poultry

Why have hens in your backyard?

By Paul Chorney November 21, 2012

I spent my earliest years growing up in the north end of Winnipeg on Alfred Ave. My memories of that time are of a rich and vital neighbourhood life. We lived next door to Mrs. Lomow’s grocery store, which in addition to stocking fresh produce, seemed to a young boy to be a centre of

Livestock, News, Poultry

Urban poultry enthusiasts want bylaw changed

By Shannon VanRaes November 15, 2012

Winnipeg chicken flocks may still run a “fowl” of the city’s exotic animal bylaw, but activists hope city changes rules

There were a few ruffled feathers at Winnipeg’s city hall when a group came to lobby for the right to keep laying hens in their urban backyards, but city officials are studying the issue. One woman was ordered out of council chambers when she produced a live chicken during a meeting of the city’s protection

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Soybeans turn higher as traders weigh China demand; wheat climbs

ICE Canada Weekly: Canola needs to back away from highs

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures jump back up, hogs fall

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