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Are You Ready For Calving Season?

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Cows are getting ready for the calving season, but producers may not be prepared, says North Dakota State University Extension Service beef specialist Carl Dahlen. Leading up to the breeding season, a portion of the cows in beef herds will be cycling. Even in situations where producers have good fences, bulls can manage to find
Livestock, Other livestock

Processed Horse Feed May Not Be The Best Choice

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Modern horse owners have embraced processed feeds as a convenient way to deliver supposed high-energy complete nutrition to horses. However, as the percentage of processed feeds increases in a horse’s diet, so does the incidence of gastrointestinal problems such as colic, gastric ulcers, choke, and diarrhea. Skin diseases, immune system compromise, cribbing, and wood and/or
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Ideas Sought For The “Great Manitoba Food Fight”

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Manitobans with a great new food or beverage idea are invited to enter the “Great Manitoba Food Fight” scheduled in April as part of the 2011 Capturing Opportunities event. Competitors pitch their product ideas and provide a product sample to a panel of judges. First-, second-and third-place finalists receive product development awards valued at $15,000,
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As Usual Moderation Is The Key

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Who can resist the aroma, texture and flavour of fresh-baked bread? Unfortunately, bread sometimes has been viewed as a villain in the world of weight management and weight loss. Some fad diets completely cut out grains and lots of nutrients in the process. Can we gain weight by regularly eating more calories from bread than
Country Crossroads

Fast-Food Restaurants Target U.S. Kids, Study Shows

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Fast-food restaurants are stepping up efforts to market unhealthy food products to children and toddlers, according to a study by Yale University. It said efforts by the industry to regulate itself have failed and urged government to declare children a protected group and stop marketing efforts that are fuelling child obesity. “What we found in
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Produce Can Cause Foodborne Illness

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When I teach food safety classes, I often ask my students which foods they associate with particular foodborne illnesses. They usually associate chicken or eggs with salmonella. But what about produce? Salmonella infections can cause fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. For young children, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems, the illness
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Salt Intake Unchanged In 50 Years

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Despite decades of attempts to get people to shake their salt habit, there is little evidence that sodium intake has changed in over 50 years, a new study says. And, as authors of an editorial published in the November American Journal of Clinical Nutritionpoint out, more regulation of sodium in processed foods isn’t likely to
Livestock, Poultry

Scientists Attacked Over Egg Cholesterol Claims

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How much cholesterol is there in an egg? The question has egg producers and University of Western Ontario scientists at each others’ throats. Egg Farmers of Canada last week issued a furious statement after the scientists published an article saying an egg contains more dietary cholesterol than a fat-laden sandwich from Kentucky Fried Chicken. EFC

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