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Responsible Use Of Drugs In Treating Beef Animals

May 5, 2011

With today’s tighter and tighter controls on residues in meat and milk, we must have the utmost responsibility how we treat our livestock. Beef Quality Assurance benefits by this, and with human antibiotic resistance increasing, we as producers must be prudent in the use of antibiotics and other drugs. This article will review some areas

Country Crossroads

Be Good To Your Heart

April 28, 2011

Your beating heart is a fist-sized pumping system with four valves and four chambers. Various blood vessels carry blood to and from the heart. It circulates blood to every cell in your body as it pumps an average of 100,000 times per day. The pumping action carries oxygen and nutrients that we need to stay

Livestock, Other livestock

Access To Drug Gives Goat Producers New Hope

By Daniel Winters April 7, 2011

The goat market is booming in Manitoba and now a streamlined approval process for an effective liver fluke medication promises to put one of the industry’s biggest headaches behind it. “Supply cannot keep up with demand,” said Bill Paulishyn, president of the Manitoba Goat Association, “but the downside is that this liver fluke infestation is

Hogs, Livestock

Summer Brings A Reduction In Fertility In Breeding Pigs

April 7, 2011

Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Wes tern Hog Journal. His columns run every second week It’s difficult to think about seasonal infertility, which is associated with hot weather and declining day length, when we are still in the grip of winter. However, some things can

Crops, Dairy cattle

U.S. FDA Will Step Up Food Inspections From Japan

March 31, 2011

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said March 17 it was working on new steps to ensure food imports from Japan were safe as that country works to contain radiation from stricken nuclear power facilities. “As FDA assesses whether there is a potential health risk associated with FDA-regulated food products imported from Japan, the agency

Crops

Legal Pot Production Offers Nice Profit

March 31, 2011

It has been called a lot of things over the years: grass, pot, Mary Jane, wacky weed. Now, researchers are suggesting a new moniker for marijuana: alternative investment. A new report on the U.S. medical marijuana market estimates the unconventional business already generates $1.7 billion in economic activity a year. But the market could grow

Livestock, Poultry

No One In Charge Of Antibiotic Issue

By Alex Binkley March 24, 2011

A2002 Health Canada report mapped out a plan for veterinary medicines that would have solved many of the current controversies about antibiotic resistance in meat products, says John Prescott, a professor at the Ontario Veterinary College in Guelph. “This was an absolutely outstanding report which involved considerable work and effort from many people across the

News

Include Children In Your Farm Safety Plan

By Theresa Whalen March 17, 2011

Unlike most other industries, in farming, the workplace is also usually the home. Adults frequently work with their children nearby and that can increase the risk of children getting injured. “Farm life can put families in situations that are uncommon to the average household,” says Greg Stewart, president and CEO of Farm Credit Canada (FCC).

Crops, Oilseeds

Potential Fantastic For Flax, Boosters Say

March 10, 2011

Flax, it seems, is the forgotten crop. Canadian acreage is declining and when farmers do grow the blue-flowered oilseed, it’s often the last crop to be planted, usually with fewer inputs than the rest. But boosters see lots of potential for flax because of its health attributes and mega-star endorsements. “When you have Oprah calling

News

Anaplasmosis Reappears In Southeastern Manitoba

By Ron Friesen March 3, 2011

More cases of anap lasmosis have been detected in southeastern Manitoba cattle after an outbreak in the region appeared to have died down last summer. Five new herds in the Rural Municipality of Stuartburn have been identified with anaplasmosis-positive cattle since October 2010, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirmed. Eight positive animals in two of

Daily Network News

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Gene edited, PRRS resistant pig approved in Canada

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end week higher

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