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Long-Awaited Hog Recovery Finally Happening

By Ron Friesen March 11, 2010

Relief is finally in sight for Manitoba’s beleaguered hog farmers after a financial battering that’s lasted nearly four years. Producers can expect to see profit margins of $20 to $25 a hog for most of 2010, beginning this spring, according to a Manitoba Pork Marketing Co-op outlook. The expected average fixed forward contract price from

News

Food Safety System Falls Short

By Lorraine Stevenson March 4, 2010

“If we’re at all concerned about periodic outbreaks of foodborne illness that are very dramatic in terms of newsworthiness, or public interest, then we really have to get at the nuts and bolts of the food safety system.” – RICK HOLLEY Canada’s system for protecting its citizens against foodborne illness is no better today despite

Livestock, Other livestock

Bovine Rabies Cases Seen Dropping

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 4, 2010

Cases of bovine rabies in Canada continued to drop in 2009, with just eight cases recorded, according to new figures from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. That count includes two cases reported in Manitoba and six in Ontario, the CFIA showed in a new chart on its website, logging clinical cases and laboratory submissions. No

Livestock

Livestock Producers To Receive Free On-Farm Veterinary Visits

By Mvma Release February 25, 2010

When’s the last time you had a veterinarian onfarm to discuss your production practices? Manitoba veterinarians are pleased to participate in new federal-provincial programs that offer the province’s livestock producers on-farm herd assessments paid for by the Growing Forward Food Safety Program for Farms. These programs, developed in conjunction with livestock producer groups and Manitoba

Livestock

Rossburn Farmer Faces Three Counts

By Daniel Winters February 18, 2010

An April 16 trial date has been set for Rossburn-area farmer Rodney Checkowski, who has been charged with three violations of the Health of Animals Act, all of which are related to testing for bovine tuberculosis. Court documents allege that on June 6, 2008, Checkowski refused to present his animals for TB testing, obstructed or

News

Hypothermia And Frostbite Harmful In Herd

By NDSU Release February 18, 2010

All herd bulls should have breeding soundness exams 45 to 60 days after the last severe cold spell. Hypothermia and frostbite can be harmful to livestock, especially the newborns. “Hypothermia is a profound drop in body temperature,” says Charlie Stoltenow, North Dakota State University Extension Service veterinarian. “Animals less than 48 hours old or animals

Hogs, Livestock, News, Other livestock

New Program To Combat Animal Disease

By Kate Kelland February 18, 2010

Animal diseases like African swine fever and goat plague are jeopardizing the livelihoods of millions in poor nations and could take hold in Europe unless the fight against them is stepped up, scientists said Feb. 15. Researchers from the Britain’s Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) said deadly and debilitating animal diseases are rampant

Country Crossroads

Does Eating Comfort Food Reduce Stress?

By Julie Garden-Robinson February 4, 2010

Some people consider a casserole as “comfort food.” Brian Wansink and associates at Cornell University have defined comfort foods as those foods “whose consumption evokes a psychologically comfortable and pleasurable state for a person.” What’s your comfort food? Some may seek comfort in the familiarity of their favourite childhood casserole. Others may seek out cake,

Country Crossroads, Oilseeds

Prairie Fare: Can You Pass This Heart-Smart Quiz?

By Julie Garden-Robinson February 4, 2010

What waxy, fatlike substance sometimes is the topic of conversations, especially after a health appointment? In fact, if your level was high, you wouldn’t have any symptoms. You’re right if you were thinking “cholesterol.” Recently, cholesterol levels have been in the news, but not pertaining to adults. According to a report by the Centers for

Hogs, News

Pork Sector Assesses H1N1 Damage

By Meristem News January 28, 2010

“H1N1 has been another poster child for active, ongoing risk management.” If there was any lingering doubt of the huge economic and psychological blow dealt to the pork industry in the wake of H1N1 influenza, it was quickly erased for those attending the Banff Pork Seminar, a leading seminar for the pork industry held annually

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Soy futures pull back as Brazil harvest advances

McDonald’s, Cargill fund youth councillor position with Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef

U.S. livestock: Cattle rise, hogs fall as traders watch other commodities

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