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Livestock, Opinion

Monitoring Wildlife Disease Key To Protecting Livestock

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“You cannot effectively find the source if you are only testing cattle.” The Manitoba Cattle Producers Association read with interest the article on the front page of the Manitoba Co-operator April 29 edition on the issue of anaplasmosis and disease surveillance in Manitoba. However, there were vital points not covered in the article. The CFIA’s
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Liberals Propose National Food Policy

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Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff has served up a five-point National Food Policy with entrees for both consumers and farmers on the menu. Speaking on a farm just north of Toronto in late April, Ignatieff said a Liberal government would work toward making more homegrown food available, while pulling the farm sector back from the financial
Cereals, Forages, News

U. S. Supreme Court Hears GM Alfalfa Arguments

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WASHINGTON, D. C. The U. S. Supreme Court was asked last week to rule on whether the courts have the authority to block genetically modified crops due to environmental concerns. The case involving Monsanto’s genetically modified Roundup Ready alfalfa heard here April 27 marks the first time the controversies over commercializing new technology have reached
Livestock, News

In Brief… – for May. 6, 2010

Safety lapse: Four children were injured April 28 after they were thrown from an ATV they were riding on a public road in the Rural Municipality of La Broquerie. The 13-year-old male driver and two of his passengers, aged one and two, were taken to Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre. A 10-year-old female passenger was treated
Cereals, Opinion

The Urbanization Of Farm Policy

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It has often been difficult over the past decade or so to find the word “farmer” or “agriculture” in the avalanche of policy statements put out by federal parties during election campaigns. Oh sure, there’s been the hot-button issues such as the Canadian Wheat Board, listeria and more money for hard-pressed farmers, but getting the
Cereals, Crops

Grain Industry Worried By New Toxin Limits

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Canada’s grain industry wants safer food, but it doubts pending regulations to restrict exposure to ochratoxin A (OTA), a suspected carcinogen in grains and other foods, will be effective. In the meantime, those regulations threaten to add costs throughout the pipeline from farmer to food processor. “There really needs to be a supply chain solution,”
Oilseeds, Opinion

European boycott counterproductive

KAP’s call for a boycott of European goods in response the EU’s zero tolerance of GM contamination in flax in the (April 15 Manitoba Co-operator) is an ill-considered response to a ban which we have long known about, and which is our problem and not theirs. In calling for a boycott, we deny Europe’s right
Crops

Are U. S. Regulators Dropping The Ball On Biocrops?

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“Science is not being considered in policy setting and deregulation. This research is important. We need to be vigilant.” – ROBERT KREMER Robert Kremer, a U. S. government microbiologist who studies Midwestern farm soil, has spent two decades analyzing the rich dirt that yields billions of bushels of food each year and helps the United
Crops, Forages

Regulatory Oversight Inadequate

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Fourteen years after commercialization of the world’s first biotech crop, the U. S. regulatory agencies charged with overseeing biotech crops – USDA, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the U. S. Food and Drug Administration – are under attack on several fronts. The USDA is most directly in the line of fire after a string of
Livestock

Livestock ID System Now Dial-Up Friendly

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The Canadian Cattle Identification Agency (CCIA) has launched a new, quick-loading version of the Canadian Livestock Tracking System (CLTS) named CLTS Lite. This application is designed to provide the same functionality and information to CLTS users as the original system, but without the extras that usually delay access for rural users with dial-up connections. The

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