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British meat industry warns new red tape could hammer exports to EU

By Reuters November 4, 2022

New U.K. government regulations set to come into force in December could prevent thousands of British meat producers from exporting to the European Union, the industry has warned. The British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) said a requirement that farms wishing to export to the EU provide documents signed by veterinarians that confirm visits to farms

File photo of cattle on pasture. Several drought-stricken rural municipalities in Manitoba have declared an agriculture disaster, in an effort to kickstart action by senior levels of government. (MikeEntertainment/iStock.Getty Images)

Livestock, Weather

RMs declare ag disaster in Manitoba’s Interlake

By GFM Network News August 29, 2019

Twelve rural municipalities in Manitoba’s Interlake and WestLake regions have declared a state of agricultural disaster due to severe dry conditions. The RMs of Alonsa, Armstrong, Bifrost-Riverton, Coldwell, Ethelbert, Fisher, Grahamdale, Lakeshore, McCreary, Ste. Rose, West Interlake and Woodlands announced the motion in a news release Thursday. The municipalities are calling on the province to

France’s Agriculture Minister Stephane Le Foll says “nearly 10 per cent” of the country’s livestock operations “are on the verge of going bankrupt.” (Agriculture.gouv.fr)

Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

France says livestock crisis putting thousands of farms at risk

By GFM Network News, Reuters July 18, 2015

Paris | Reuters –– A downturn in France’s livestock sector has put thousands of farms close to bankruptcy, the government said Friday, as it seeks to contain a crisis that has undermined a flagship pledge to improve the livelihood of livestock producers. Farmers say a deteriorating international market, marked by a Russian food embargo, slowing

Livestock

Manure Expo Showcases Management Advances

By David Hendee July 28, 2011

What’s your idea of a fun outdoor activity on a day with temperatures topping 35 C? How about a manure show? Norfolk, Nebraska, the hometown of the late U.S. television personality Johnny Carson, hosted the 2011 North American Manure Expo in the midst of the recent heat wave. The trade show was billed as the

Livestock

Feds Hand Income Tax Break To Soggy Ranchers

By Daniel Winters November 11, 2010

Ranchers caught without winter feed due to excess rainfall during the summer haying season have been thrown a lifeline from the federal government. Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced last week that livestock producers in northern Manitoba, the Interlake and Westlake regions struggling as a result of excess moisture will be able to tap tax

Livestock, News

U. S. Ethanol Makers Seek Renewal Of Tax Breaks

By Charles Abbott October 28, 2010

Attacked as subsidy addicts, U. S. ethanol makers may need help from friends in high places, including the White House, to hold on to lucrative tax breaks set to expire at the end of the year. The industry says it is ready to discuss revisions in the incentives, worth $6 billion a year. An amalgam

Forages, Livestock

Pioneer Forage Inoculant Receives Approval

July 1, 2010

Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business, has received temporary registration for Sila-Bac brand 11GFT forage inoculant. The company says this product offers livestock producers an additional avenue to enhance the nutritional quality of silage for reduced feed cost. “The fibre technology platform was launched in 2008 with 11CFT developed for corn silage. We now have expanded

Livestock, News

Electrical Process Produces Barn-Cleaning Product

By Andrew Allentuck April 2, 2009

– FRED VOS “The system got my counts down from over one million on some test plates to 6,000. A few weeks after that success, I was exempted from further tests. We even got our coliform counts down to zero.” Some Canadian livestock producers are reporting success with an on-farm unit which produces a disinfectant

Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

Another Report Repeats Attacks On Supply Management

By Ron Friesen March 19, 2009

Anew report calls for the abolishment of Canada’s supply management system just as non-supply-managed American dairy farmers are suffering their worst economic crisis in years. The report by the Fraser Institute labels supply management “a growing financial burden for taxpayers and consumers (which) is unjustified.” It says “the only viable alternative is to remove the

Livestock, News

Wolves get around

By Glen Nicoll January 29, 2009

For every one they have confirmed there are probably two that they haven’t found or confirmed.” – RAY ARMBRUSTER CHAIR MCPA ANIMAL HEALTH COMMITTEE One of the 17 wolves trapped at the Sylvandale pasture north of Fisher Branch in early fall was a female that had travelled 600 kilometres north from central Minnesota. She was

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Tag Archives livestock producers

British meat industry warns new red tape could hammer exports to EU

RMs declare ag disaster in Manitoba’s Interlake

France says livestock crisis putting thousands of farms at risk

Manure Expo Showcases Management Advances

Feds Hand Income Tax Break To Soggy Ranchers

U. S. Ethanol Makers Seek Renewal Of Tax Breaks

Pioneer Forage Inoculant Receives Approval

Electrical Process Produces Barn-Cleaning Product

Another Report Repeats Attacks On Supply Management

Wolves get around

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