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B. C. Cattle Found With Brucellosis

June 3, 2010

The Canadian government’s food regulator has placed animals on two farms under quarantine in the Pacific Coast province of British Columbia after U. S. testing found three cows were carrying brucellosis, a contagious bacterial disease that can cause abortions, weakened offspring an infertility in animals. Three beef cows from the farms were found carrying the

Country Crossroads

Fewer Sugary Drinks May Lower Blood Pressure

By Julie Steenhuysen June 3, 2010

Drinking fewer sugary drinks may help lower blood pressure, U. S. researchers said May 24 in findings adding to a growing body of research supporting cutting back on sweetened beverages. They found overweight people with high blood pressure who drank one less sugar-laden beverage a day significantly lowered their blood pressure over 18 months. For

Country Crossroads

Milk-, Wheat-Free Diet May Not Help Autism

By Maggie Fox May 27, 2010

Apopular diet that eliminates wheat and milk protein does not appear to help children with autism, but early behavioural treatments do, researchers reported May 19. The findings are sure to disappoint many parents who have been trying to manage autism. “It would have been wonderful for children with autism and their families if we found

Opinion

Letters – for May. 20, 2010

May 20, 2010

Will taxpayers pay for hog barn cleanup? As I read about “Empty Hog Barns Tumbling Down” in the May 6 Manitoba Co-operator, I again began to wonder who is going to foot all the bills for the decommissioning and cleanup costs of the manure storage facilities, those outside and inside the barns. When I previously

Livestock, News

Livestock Tracking Gets $2 Million Federal Boost

By Ron Friesen May 20, 2010

“What it will do is give us a huge step forward in determining whether one-half of Canada is still clean.” – BETTY GREEN A program to monitor livestock shipments between Eastern and Western Canada is a step closer toward operating around the clock. Ottawa last week announced up to $2 million to help track animal

Beef cattle, Crops, Livestock

Alta. Weighs Idea Of “Client-Driven” BSE Tests

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 13, 2010

Anew Alberta-backed study will consider whether the “market premiums” would outweigh the costs if BSE tests were to be allowed whenever an importer asks. The project is meant to help see if pre-or post-slaughter testing would allow Canadian products into some still-unavailable export markets. “Alberta’s beef industry is market driven (and) we need to constantly

News

Liberals Propose National Food Policy

By Alex Binkley May 13, 2010

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

News

Tractors Moving Faster In Brazil With Cheap Loans

By Roberto Samora May 13, 2010

Farm machinery sales in Brazil should recover in 2010 from a crisis-driven slump, as producers take advantage of state-subsidized loans to renew equipment or mechanize for the first time. The government of the South American agricultural powerhouse introduced subsidized loans for the purchase of machines like tractors and harvesters in an effort to staunch an

Opinion

Science Loses In Raw Milk Debate

By Ronald Doering May 6, 2010

While most healthy people will recover in a week or so from small exposure to the pathogens that can be present in raw milk, for people with weakened immune systems such as the elderly, children and people with cancer, organ transplants or HIV/AIDS, exposure is dangerous, even fatal. There is a broad scientific consensus that

Beef cattle, News

New Results Boost Health Promise For Natural Dairy And Beef Trans Fat

By Dan Piraro May 6, 2010

New study results from the University of Alberta indicate that natural trans fat found in dairy and beef products may reduce inflammation, a key risk factor for heart disease. In a three-week animal model trial, researchers succeeded in reducing inflammation from elevated to normal levels by feeding dietary vaccenic acid (VA), a type of natural

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Soybeans continue gains on Trump’s China comments

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end week higher on tight supply

Pea, lentil outlooks have some positive signals – Penner

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