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WSGA wants investigation into XL beef recall

By Phil Rowland November 30, 2012

The Western Stock Growers’ Association (WSGA) has respectfully asked the Government of Canada to launch an independent investigation into the crisis surrounding the closing and long process to reopen the XL beef plant in Brooks. Recently, producers at the Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) zone meeting in Fort MacLeod supported a motion to call for an

Beef cattle, Livestock

Common errors in handling vaccines

By Roy Lewis November 29, 2012

In order to achieve the maximum benefit out of vaccines or antibiotics this fall they must be handled properly right up to the time they are administered. You as producers pay good money for these products and the pharmaceutical companies want to ensure you get the maximum benefit. Vaccine failures are not desirable in anyone’s

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Free hunting offered near Riding Mountain to beat TB

By Daniel Winters November 21, 2012

It’s not quite an all-you-can-shoot buffet, but a limited number of free deer hunting licences and an extended season are the latest tools being used in the ongoing effort to eradicate bovine tuberculosis near Riding Mountain National Park. So far, 140 free deer harvest tags have been handed out by Manitoba Conservation covering the special

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Hopes high for soon-to-be-appointed TB co-ordinator

By Daniel Winters November 15, 2012

The imminent appointment of a TB co-ordinator will hopefully end the “bureaucratic gridlock” and reform the effort to eradicate bovine tuberculosis in the Riding Mountain area, says the general manager of Manitoba Beef Producers. “It hasn’t been announced, but it’s very close,” Cam Dahl told attendees at the association’s recent District 12 meeting. “It’s something

News, Other livestock

Province urges caution to avoid exposure to hantavirus

November 9, 2012

The virus has recently claimed another victim Manitoba Public Health is urging Manitobans to use caution when working around or cleaning out areas where it appears that mice are living. Hantavirus infection, also known as hanta virus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), is a very rare viral disease which can be fatal. The virus is found in

Livestock, News

Swine dysentery is back and in a new strain

By Shannon VanRaes October 26, 2012

For years it has been absent from western Canadian hog barns, but now swine dysentery is back in Canadian and American herds. “From my understanding it was in the mid-1990s when classical swine dysentery, brachyspira hydosenteriae, sort of went off the radar,” Joe Rubin told the 2012 Canadian Swine Health Forum in Winnipeg last week.

International news, Livestock, News

Farmers square off against animal lovers over badger cull

By Alessandra Rizzo October 26, 2012

Reuters / Senseless massacre to some, a necessary evil to others, a plan to cull thousands of wild badgers to stem the spread of tuberculosis in cattle is sharply dividing rural England. Marksmen could start the cull any day but details are being kept secret for fear of clashes between farmers determined to protect their

Livestock, News

Research looks for antibiotic alternatives

By Shannon VanRaes October 17, 2012

Plant-based peptides could offer alternatives to antibiotics currently used in livestock production, if research at Prairie Plant Systems pans out. The Saskatoon-based company is examining the possible applications of peptides possessing antibacterial properties. “It’s pretty preliminary research, but the idea behind it is to see if it’s possible to have feed amendments that could prevent

Country Crossroads

What’s wrong with my tomatoes?

By Albert Parsons September 22, 2012

I get phone calls from gardeners all the time, and this year I have received a lot concerning tomatoes. Many seem to be experiencing problems on their tomato plants so here’s an update on some of the diseases. The most serious is late blight which is caused by a fungus, develops very quickly and invariably

News, Opinion

Measuring food safety

By Ronald Doering July 30, 2012

How safe is our food? What is the economic cost of foodborne illness? How does Canada’s food safety performance compare to other countries? In spite of what you may have read recently, we don’t have clear answers to any of these questions, nor will we anytime soon. Not everything that counts can be counted, as

Daily Network News

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

Record large Canadian wheat and canola crops: Statistics Canada

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