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Mud and fallen motorcycles are seen following a Sept. 24, 2022, crash near Steinbach.

Mud slick sparks lawsuit against Manitoba dairy

MPI suing eastern Manitoba farm following motorcycle crash

By Don Norman May 3, 2024

Keystone Agricultural Producers says it’s closely following a lawsuit filed against a Steinbach-area dairy farm. The lawsuit centres around a local highway mudslick believed to have caused a deadly motorcycle accident in 2022. The Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation, which filed the suit, says it was left behind by the farmer or farm staff. MPI has

Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Livestock

Carrier identification coming for dairy genetic defects

GENETICS | Lactanet partners with Angus group to help producers optimize beef-on-dairy genetics

By Stew Slater April 5, 2024

More dairy producers are interested in getting a slice of the beef pie these days. That’s led Lactanet to work with an U.S.-based Angus association to share genotyping of Angus bulls from Canada, the U.S. and Australia and improve breeding decisions for those hybrid farms. Brian Van Doormaal, chief services officer for Lactanet, described the

Livestock

Dairy farms urged to take precautions against bird flu

Migrating birds like ducks and geese a likely vector for the disease

By GFM Network News, Jeff Melchior March 28, 2024

Alberta Milk is urging Canadian dairy producers to take precautions against migrating birds after avian influenza was detected in dairy cattle in three U.S. states.

Livestock

Disease affecting U.S. dairy cows re-identified as bird flu

U.S. officials say threat to the public is low; cows don't appear to spread infection within herd

By GFM Network News, Jeff Melchior March 26, 2024

A wild waterfowl-borne disease creating milk production problems in Texas, Kansas and New Mexico dairy herds has been identified as a strain of bird flu, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) says.

Farmers and community members help to rescue stranded cattle from a farm at Abbotsford, B.C. on Nov. 16, 2021, after rainstorms caused flooding and landslides in the area. (Photo: Reuters/Jesse Winter)

Dairy cattle, Livestock, Weather

Road closures mean disposal for B.C. milk

Dairy farmers in Kootenays can still move milk east to Alberta

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News November 17, 2021

Many of British Columbia’s dairy producers can expect to have to dump raw milk for the near future as highways and other roads are rendered impassable. The B.C. Milk Marketing Board on Tuesday said milk won’t be picked up until further notice in several areas where roads are closed and/or trucks can’t enter the Lower

U.S. grains: Corn rebounds from contract lows on short covering, bargain buying

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures come down from highs

Entomologist tests trap crops and marigolds to repel flea beetles at an Ag in Motion

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Corn rebounds from contract lows on short covering, bargain buying

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures come down from highs

Entomologist tests trap crops and marigolds to repel flea beetles at an Ag in Motion

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Mud slick sparks lawsuit against Manitoba dairy

Carrier identification coming for dairy genetic defects

Dairy farms urged to take precautions against bird flu

Disease affecting U.S. dairy cows re-identified as bird flu

Road closures mean disposal for B.C. milk

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