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Producers Must Now Register Livestock

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Attention Manitoba livestock producers. Tell the government where your animals are. A new program launched this month requires producers to register the land on which their livestock are kept with the province. Called premises identification, it’s part of a national initiative to develop a livestock traceability program which identifies farm animals, spots their location and
Country Crossroads, Hogs

An Apple A Day – for Sep. 9, 2010

Suddenly apples are everywhere. If you’re fortunate to have a few Prairie-hardy apple varieties grown to gnarly maturity around your homes, you’ll be enjoying the many different flavours and textures of homegrown apples right now. Eating Manitoba-grown apples is a pleasure we owe to the apple-breeding efforts of the Morden Research Station, where most of
Hogs, Livestock

Variable-Rate Hog Manure Still Needs Work – for Sep. 2, 2010

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Precision agr icul ture isn’t ready for natural fertilizer. That’s the finding of a recently completed study by Nivervillebased Agra-Gold Consulting researcher Scott Dick, who along with Farmer’s Edge Precision Consulting, tested whether the cutting-edge technology could work with a drag-hose application system to apply hog manure. In the MRAC and Manitoba Pork Council-funded study
Hogs, News

Hog Farmers Decide Not To Exit – for Jul. 29, 2010

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Dozens of hog farmers who agreed to close their barns and leave the industry under a government program appear to have had a change of heart. So far, 50 producers who placed successful bids in the federal Hog Farm Transition Program have decided not to accept their buyouts, the Canadian Pork Council confirmed July 21.
Hogs, Opinion, Poultry

Letters – for Jul. 8, 2010

Urban chickens a healthier option I was very interested by the article “Winnipeg group seeks backyard chicken option” (Manitoba Co-operator June 18, 2010). I am actually surprised that there are not more urban and rural people interested in raising their own chickens. There are tremendous benefits, such as much healthier eggs, free from antibiotics and
Hogs, Livestock

Hogs Neglected, Barn Destroyed Near Notre Dame

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An air of mystery hangs over a small southern Manitoba community following the deaths of hundreds of pigs and a fire which later destroyed their barn. Provincial authorities are investigating a case of animal neglect in which approximately 2,200 feeder hogs were found starving in a barn near Notre Dame de Lourdes. About 400 pigs
Hogs, Livestock

New Report Alleges Systemic Livestock Transport Abuse

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“Do the math. It’s less than half a per cent.” – CRYSTAL MACKAY, OFAC Anew and controversial report by the World Society for the Protection of Animals claims farm animals routinely arrive at Canadian livestock auction markets and slaughterhouses dead, sick or severely injured. It bases its findings, not on anecdotal evidence, but on the
Hogs, Livestock

Manitoba Eyes Alberta Hog Plan

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“We would expect the Manitoba government to do the same thing.” – ANDREW DICKSON, MPC Manitoba pork producers are carefully watching a proposed hog price insurance program in Alberta to see how it plays out. If it goes into effect and if it works, producers will demand the Manitoba government implement a similar model. “If

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