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Lameness: A stealthy thief that robs performance

By Bernie Peet May 14, 2012

Lameness in sows is a stealthy thief because losses from this health problem often go unnoticed or unrecognized, says Mark Wilson of Zinpro Corporation in Eden Prairie, Minn. “Lameness is one of the major reasons for culling in gilts and sows,” Wilson said at the recent London Swine Conference. “There are several causes of lameness

Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Livestock, Livestock Markets

California’s BSE case has no lasting impact here

By Dwayne Klassen May 3, 2012

Cattle movement at auction yards in Manitoba slowed somewhat during the week ended April 27 as farmers start to concentrate on spring field work. However, the big news that had the Manitoba cattle market buzzing was the discovery of an animal in the U.S. with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or more commonly known as mad

Dairy cattle, Did you know?, Livestock, News

Surely it beats serving in Iraq?

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 30, 2012

U.S. employment firm CareerCast has issued its annual ratings of best and worst jobs, and it isn’t good news if you are trying to hire someone for your dairy farm. Dairy farmer ranked as the second-worst job for 2012, worse than last year, when it ranked 16th. Poor working environment and stress coupled with physical

Cereals, Dairy cattle, Opinion

Moving beyond supply management

By Sylvain Charlebois April 7, 2012

Now that we have some clarity on the economic future of the Canadian Wheat Board, attention is slowly turning toward the issue of supply management, which has arguably served our agricultural economy well for decades. Economically speaking, these sectors have been unwavering, and consumers have long benefited from stable retail prices for these products. However,

Crops, Dairy cattle, Forages, Livestock, News

Alberta firm records first alfalfa sale to China

March 24, 2012

Staff / Green Prairie International, a global wholesale supplier of quality forage products located in Alberta, has become the first Canadian company to ship alfalfa into the Chinese market. Twenty containers of Canadian alfalfa hay have been shipped to China and 40 more containers have been ordered; the total estimated $600,000, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz

Beef cattle, Cereals, Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

Trucking front and centre in talks on new beef code

By Daniel Winters March 5, 2012

What’s the most commonly raised topic in the letters that land on federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz’s desk? If you guessed the Canadian Wheat Board, you’d be wrong. “Animal transport is the issue that he gets the most letters on from constituents,” said Canadian Cattlemen’s Association vice-president Martin Unrau at a recent town hall meeting.

Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

When cost is no object, things can get weird

By Daniel Winters February 15, 2012

What happens when cost of production is removed from the equation in beef ranching? The results can end up being bizarre, said Bart Lardner, a research scientist at the Western Beef Development Centre in Lanigan, Sask., who recently visited beef operations in Finland. In that Scandinavian country, which lies north of 60 degrees latitude, European

Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

DFC president praises supply management but says improvements are needed

By Alex Binkley February 15, 2012

Dairy farmers have to think long term and get on with creating a national milk pool, says Dairy Farmers of Canada president Wally Smith. “We have to get out heads around a pool,” he said at DFC’s annual policy conference, complaining negotiations so far have resembled the seemingly endless WTO trade talks. “Nothing is getting

Cereals, Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

Dairy farmers shoot back at critics

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 15, 2012

With their system of revenue under renewed jabs from various angles, Canada’s dairy farmers have compiled their retorts into a new online campaign. Dairy Farmers of Canada on Feb. 1 launched a website dubbed YourMilk.ca, which organizes the case for the country’s dairy industry into three sections: one on the industry’s benefits to the public,

Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

“Natural” is their middle name

By Lorraine Stevenson January 27, 2012

St. Claude dairy farmers Roger and Rachel Philippe were raising their male calves instead of disposing of them, but they weren’t happy with the prices they received when they sold them for slaughter. The couple, who has 200 milk cows, don’t use antibiotics or growth hormones and use feed regimes that produce quality meat. But

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U.S. livestock: Cattle futures turn lower

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Seeds Canada announces Dan Wright as new CEO

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