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Campaign Against GM Alfalfa Intensifies

By Ron Friesen May 7, 2009

“The genie’s out of the bottle.” – JIM LINTOTT, MANITOBA FORAGE COUNCIL Acoalition of 80 farm and food organizations, including Manitoba forage producers, is calling for an immediate halt to field testing of genetically modified alfalfa in Canada. The groups want existing test plots of GM alfalfa uprooted and full-scale commercialization of the crop blocked.

News

Control Action Against Gypsy Moth Considered

By Ron Friesen April 23, 2009

“A notorious defoliator of broad-leaved trees.” A new insect pest has arrived in Manitoba and the government is acting fast to eradicate it before it gains a foothold. Manitoba Conservation hopes this spring to conduct aerial spraying against the gypsy moth in two areas near Winnipeg where it has been found. The province wants swift

Cereals, Crops

New Glenn CWRS Wheat Rated “Fair” For FHB Tolerance

By Allan Dawson April 16, 2009

“We think best management practices still need to apply (with Glenn) and that may include using a fungicide at relevant times. By no means do we think the farmer can walk away from the agronomics and think that the product is going to look after itself.” – RICHARD KIEPER Glenn, a newly registered Canada Western

Beef cattle, News

In Brief… – for Apr. 9, 2009

April 9, 2009

Fair gets its grant: The Manitoba government has given the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair a $100,000 grant as part of a five-year commitment, said Rosann Wowchuk, minister of agriculture, food and rural initiatives. The Royal Manitoba Winter Fair is the only fair in Western Canada designated as royal. Attendance in 2008 exceeded 118,000 visitors. The

Livestock, Other livestock

Batch Of Poultry Feed May Contain SRMs

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 9, 2009

Abatch of poultry feed products from an unnamed Alberta rendering plant is being pulled from sale for disposal on concerns that it may contain prohibited cattle parts. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said March 28 that it’s investigating what it calls “potentially contaminated feed products.” “Information to date indicates that a limited amount of poultry

Beef cattle, Livestock

Calm Attitude Dominates CCA Meeting

By Alex Binkley March 26, 2009

The livestock industry across Canada is reeling from months of gloomy news, but despair was in scarce supply at the annual meet ing of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association as delegates took a long-term view of the industry’s prospects. President Brad Wildeman said in an interview there’s plenty of concern among producers about regaining the equity

Livestock, Other livestock

Parks Canada Proceeds With Selected Elk Cull

By Glen Nicoll March 26, 2009

“Their commitment to start removing animals is really positive.” – RAY ARMBRUSTER, CHAIR OF MCPA ANIMAL HEALTH COMMITTEE. Parks Canada has begun the removal of an increased number of suspect elk and deer from an area of Riding Mountain National Park that has had the highest TB infection rates. “TB Alley” along the Birdtail River

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Dairy Industry Mulls New Approach To Food Safety

By Alex Binkley March 26, 2009

Dealing with actual threats to food safety rather than perceived ones is the goal of the Canadian dairy industry following a special conference that brought together processors and producers. While dairy products have an enviable safety record, the industry wants to make risk assessment a bigger part of the internationally recognized HACCP approach it employs

Livestock

Maple Leaf Steps Up Its Battle With Listeria

By Alex Binkley March 19, 2009

“If one of our facilities doesn’t find it during regular testing, we would audit them to make sure their testing was thorough enough.” – MAPLE LEAF FOOD SAFETY OFFICER RANDY HUFFMAN Maple Leaf Foods is tackling listeria on several fronts in its 27 Canadian food plants to try to keep the wily bacteria out of

News

Cleanup Complete At Other B. C. Bird Flu Site

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 19, 2009

Cleaning and disinfection work have been completed on the second of two poultry farms in the Abbotsford, B. C. area after birds at both sites were found infected with a strain of avian flu. The completed cleanup has been approved by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, the CFIA said in a statement March 13. CFIA’s

Daily Network News

CFIA updates plant protection regulations

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat ease after gains driven by Black Sea jitters

CBOT Weekly: Watching for Chinese soybean purchases

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