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USDA Tries To Speed New H1N1 Flu Vaccine For Hogs

September 17, 2009

The U. S. Agriculture Department is trying to speed the development of an H1N1 flu vaccine for hogs by providing two master seed viruses to five veterinary vaccine makers, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Sept. 10. The new pandemic flu strain, a mix of human, avian and swine vi ruses of ten referred to as

News, Pulses

Health And Agriculture Need Joint Strategy: Capi

By Lorraine Stevenson August 27, 2009

Linking agriculture and health policy could improve Canadians’ health and, at the same time, revive this country’s agricultural sector, says a new report released by the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI). Canada’s health crisis, a result of rising rates of obesity and diet-related chronic diseases and the farm income crisis could be tackled by what

Country Crossroads

Use A Pressure Canner For Low-Acid Food

By Deb Botzek-linn August 27, 2009

If you are planning to home can green beans, peas, carrots or other low-acid vegetables this summer, process in a pressure canner. The acidity in the food determines if fruits or vegetables are processed in a pressure canner or a boiling water bath canner to control botulism bacteria. Low-acid vegetables and meats contain too little

Beef cattle, News

New Beef Company Tries Online Marketing

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 20, 2009

Keystone Processors Ltd. has opened an online store to sell Manitoba-raised hormone-free beef direct to consumers. The beef-processing plant, which opened earlier this year on Marion Street in St. Boniface, is working with Natural Prairie Beef to bring NPB’s brand of premium, locally raised, hormone-free beef to the Winnipeg market. Consumers can now purchase steaks,

Crops, Oilseeds

U. S. Food Safety Worries Hit Canadian Canola Meal

By Rod Nickel August 20, 2009

Salmonella-tainted Canadian canola meal has run into a headwind of American food-safety concerns, a trend that threatens to pressure canola futures during a rapid expansion period for the industry. Since March, the U. S. Food and Drug Administration has refused one Canadian shipment of canola (a variant of rapeseed) and three shipments of canola meal.

Country Crossroads, Hogs

On-Farm Food Safety Is Crucial, MPs Say

By Alex Binkley August 6, 2009

They quarrelled on many issues, but the MPs on the Commons food safety subcommittee agreed an effective food safety system has to begin on the farm. The committee reported to Parliament in mid-June with the Conservative MPs offering 22 recommendations and the opposition parties 14 proposals. The only idea that was immediately rejected by Agriculture

Livestock

No Escape For Government Bodies In Listeria Report

By Alex Binkley July 30, 2009

Health Canada, the Public Health Agency and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency have all been cited for contributing to a breakdown in the food inspection system during last summer’s deadly listeria outbreak. To prevent a repeat of it, special investigator Sheila Weatherill proposed 57 recommendations to improve food safety. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said they

News

In Brief… – for Jul. 23, 2009

July 23, 2009

Big crop coming: U. S. farmers will harvest their largest soybean crop and the second-largest corn crop ever, leading to softer prices for the commodities, the government said July 10. Crop prices will return to “more normal” levels after last summer’s problems in the world’s top corn and soy producer helped drive prices to record

Opinion

Traceability Important But Elusive

By Ian Wishart July 23, 2009

Earlier this month, Keystone Agricultural Producers attended a research and development conference for agriculture and food traceability. Trace R&D was hosted by the University of Manitoba and it focused on examining traceability technology and looking into a national traceability research strategy. A considerable portion of the event highlighted perspectives on traceability from different points in

Beef cattle, Livestock

Hong Kong Further Loosens Beef Ban

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 9, 2009

Hong Kong’s Centre for Food Safety (CFS) has further relaxed its BSE-related import controls on Canadian beef. The CFS, in a release June 30, said it has officially implemented the second phase of its agreement with Ottawa to allow imports of Canadian boneless beef, beef rib cuts and other bone-in products (except vertebral column cuts)

Daily Network News

The Canadian GMO mustard wars: Dijon vs canola

Australian farmers shift to less fertilizer-intensive crops as Iran war costs surge

India, Japan canola crops to be steady in 2026/27 – USDA

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