Meat industry Archives - Page 13 of 26

Animal stress affects meat quality

By Shannon VanRaes April 30, 2012

Quality pork depends on a lot of factors, among them is how pigs are transported to the slaughterhouse. Yolande Seddon and other researchers at the Prairie Swine Centre have been investigating the causes of swine stress during transportation and notes the Prairies have some particular transportation challenges to overcome. “We know there are very challenging

Livestock, Opinion

Beef producers must engage the public on animal welfare

By Cam Dahl April 30, 2012

Animal welfare. These two words often evoke a strong response from livestock producers across the country who feel that their way of life is under siege by those who don’t understand them and don’t grasp what they do for society. One just has to look at a few headlines to understand why farmers may feel

Beef cattle, Livestock, Livestock Markets, News

Sector’s profitable streak helpful for flood recovery

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 15, 2012

Activity at cattle auction yards across Manitoba was somewhat subdued during the week ended April 6, with a number of facilities taking the week off ahead of the Easter long weekend. For what was traded, prices held relatively firm on lighter-weight cattle, with demand from eastern and western feedlots continuing to provide support. However, recent

Cereals, Dairy cattle, Hogs, Livestock, News, Opinion

Letters, April 12, 2012

April 15, 2012

Government should help fund transition Regarding the article, “Time to start thinking about group housing” (March 22, 2012), Bernie Peet is right to alert pork producers to the reality that gestation crates are on the way out. While transitioning to new housing systems, this is an opportune time for producers to improve housing conditions for

Beef cattle, Livestock, Livestock Markets

Values hold strong for replacement heifers, bulls

By Dwayne Klassen April 7, 2012

Cattle marketings in Manitoba during the week ended March 30 generally held the levels at which they’ve run over the past couple of weeks, though weather issues in certain parts of the province resulted in a slowdown in sales. “With the frost out of the ground earlier than normal, the excess moisture made a few

Beef cattle, Livestock, Livestock Markets, News

U.S. feedlot cattle supply at a four-year high

By Theopolis Waters March 29, 2012

Placements rose three per cent in February Cattle supplies in U.S. feedlots rose to their highest in four years last month, a U.S. government report showed March 23, as surging prices in the cash market and improved wheat pastures in the drought-stricken southern Plains lifted placements. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s cattle-on-feed report showed that

Livestock, News

Certification and training for livestock transport

March 29, 2012

The federal government is giving $320,000 to the Alberta Farm Animal Care Association to help develop a certification program that will lead to training for livestock and poultry transporters. The support is for an industry-led initiative to develop national standards for the safe and humane transport of farm animals to help address public concerns and

Livestock, Livestock Markets, News

Producers ship cattle ahead of muddy season

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 23, 2012

Large volumes of cattle moved through Manitoba auction yards during the week ended March 16, as good weather conditions had producers looking to move the most animals seen yet this spring. “We had big volumes in Manitoba this week,” said Rick Wright of Heartland Order Buying. From a pricing standpoint, larger animals over 750 pounds

Livestock, News

CFIA lays charges over cattle shipments to U.S.

By Daniel Winters March 14, 2012

Three cattle operations and a local veterinarian have been charged for allegedly failing to accurately record the ages of cattle shipped to the United States. Lisa Gauthier, a spokesperson for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, said in an email that the charges under the Health of Animals Act and regulations were approved by prosecutors following

Crops, Dairy cattle, Livestock, News, Oilseeds

Plant product to go toe to toe with meat and dairy?

By Tamara Leigh March 14, 2012

A researcher says the global food problem is not feeding people, but animals Livestock agriculture is an obsolete technology, says Stanford researcher, Patrick O. Brown. “Animal farming is by far the biggest ongoing global environmental catastrophe,” says Brown. “It’s an inefficient technology that hasn’t changed for a millennia.” In a presentation to the American Association

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Tag Archives Meat industry

Animal stress affects meat quality

Sector’s profitable streak helpful for flood recovery

Letters, April 12, 2012

Values hold strong for replacement heifers, bulls

U.S. feedlot cattle supply at a four-year high

Certification and training for livestock transport

Producers ship cattle ahead of muddy season

CFIA lays charges over cattle shipments to U.S.

Plant product to go toe to toe with meat and dairy?

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