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Beef cattle, Livestock, Livestock Markets, News

Cattle buyers get what they can, while they can

By Phil Franz-Warkentin February 16, 2012

Solid demand for feeder cattle kept values well supported at Manitoba’s auction yards during the week ended Jan. 27, as warmer temperatures saw volumes increase as well. After bitterly cold temperatures slowed movement at some yards the previous week, it was back to business as usual in the last full week of January as temperatures

International news, Livestock, News, Poultry

Germany to seek EU animal welfare label on meat

January 26, 2012

Germany will press the European Union to introduce a label on meat saying it came from humanely raised farm animals, said German Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner. The move would be part of a new German government program to improve farm animal welfare, she said. “Transparency changes buying behaviour and then the production processes and manufacturing

Livestock

Environmental Group Roasts Modern Livestock Production On “Factory Farms”

By Alex Binkley October 27, 2011

CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR / OTTAWA The rapid growth in modern livestock production is causing environmental damage and spreading serious diseases such as avian influenza and BSE, according to the Worldwatch Institute. Much of the vigorous growth in meat production is due to the rise of industrial animal agriculture, or factory farming, said Danielle Nierenberg, senior researcher

Livestock

Back To Basics For Nursery Management

By Bernie Peet October 20, 2011

Doing the basics well, especially during the crucial first week after weaning, is the key to successful nursery management, says Shawn Morton, who operates a 7,000-head specialist nursery barn located just east of Red Deer, Alberta. He focuses strongly on what he calls The Three Basics feed, water and environment. Combined with careful attention to

Livestock

Protocols For Chronically Ill Cattle In Feedlots

By Roy Lewis October 20, 2011

Times are changing and with change comes new ways we should look at our chronic pens in feedlots. Each decision should be based on sound medical judgment, economics and the possibility for salvage. All these factors must be weighed on each individual case to determine the course of action. There are no cookbook answers to

Dairy cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Poultry

Farmers Urged To Take The Lead On Animal Welfare Standards

By Alex Binkley October 13, 2011

Farmers must be able to prove their livestock and poultry are raised humanely or governments will be pressured to do it for them, attendees at a recent farm animal conference were told. Speakers from the National Farm Animal Care Coalition (NFACC), farm groups and Agriculture Canada said animal welfare codes of practice have to be

Livestock, News

Designing Handling Facilities To Minimize Stress

By Alberta Agriculture September 15, 2011

Livestock handling specialist Temple Grandin says handling practices can be less stressful to the animals and safer for the handler if one understands the behavioural characteristics of livestock. They include: ” Genetics Breed differences mean some cattle are more excitable. ” Individual differences Each animal is an individual and has a different reaction to stress.

Beef cattle, Livestock

Rumour Mill Wrong About Packers Dragging Their Feet

By Sheri Monk September 1, 2011

There is no validity to rumours that meat packers may be reluctant to embrace the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association’s (CCA) Beef InfoXchange System (BIXS), says spokesman Larry Thomas. “On the packer question I can share that yes, we have not been public in sounding the horns about packer support for BIXS, but rest assured we are

Crops

Prices Rise But Costs Similar

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 1, 2011

Bayer CropScience is cutting the cost of Liberty herbicide but increasing the price on InVigor canola seed for 2012, saying the change will give growers more flexibility to manage resistance. “We are providing growers with an even more economical resistance management tool and the increased freedom to choose higher labelled rates or a more economical

News, Oilseeds

Syngenta Sues Bunge Over Rejection Of GMO Corn Type

By Carey Gillam September 1, 2011

Syngenta Seeds, a unit of the world’s largest agrochemicals company Syngenta AG, has filed suit against major grain handler Bunge for refusing to accept a type of its biotech corn. Syngenta claims Bunge’s North America operations are illegally refusing to handle a type of genetically modified corn that is designed to protect the crop against

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans higher in technical bounce; wheat firms

Bring focused approach to target systems, not producers says animal activist

Canada’s Food Price Report shows meat, pantry goods prices expected to rise “a lot” in 2026

Tag Archives Industrial agriculture

Cattle buyers get what they can, while they can

Germany to seek EU animal welfare label on meat

Environmental Group Roasts Modern Livestock Production On “Factory Farms”

Back To Basics For Nursery Management

Protocols For Chronically Ill Cattle In Feedlots

Farmers Urged To Take The Lead On Animal Welfare Standards

Designing Handling Facilities To Minimize Stress

Rumour Mill Wrong About Packers Dragging Their Feet

Prices Rise But Costs Similar

Syngenta Sues Bunge Over Rejection Of GMO Corn Type

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