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Sheep &Goat Sales – for Apr. 14, 2011

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The producers provided an excellent supply of sheep and goats for the April 7 Winnipeg Livestock Auction. The Easter season was on everyone’s mind; buyers were ready. There were over 500 sheep and goats for this sale. The ewes were selling steady, as the demand was fairly high. The majority of the ewes were in
Livestock, Other livestock

Bulgaria Culls 130 Cattle For FMD

Veterinary teams will cull 130 cattle in a southeastern Bulgarian village after tests showed another outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the Balkan country. The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency said six out of seven samples taken from a herd tested positive for the highly contagious disease. This is the fifth outbreak of foot-and-mouth since the beginning
Livestock, Other livestock

Sheep &Goat Sales – for Mar. 24, 2011

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There was nothing green at the Winnipeg Livestock Auction on St. Patrick’s Day March 17, 2011. The bidding prices were more constant than the weather of the day – rain followed by rain pellets and then snow. The classification of ewes remained within a steady price range, for this sale, from $0.675 to $0.86 per
Livestock, Other livestock

Prices High, But Sheep Numbers Still Slump

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The latest Stat ist ics Canada numbers show Manitoba’s ewe herd is bucking the national trend – but in the wrong direction. Even though Canada’s flock of 813,600 grew by one per cent in 2010 (and replacement lamb numbers for the whole country grew by 7.6 per cent as of Jan. 1), Manitoba sheep numbers
Livestock, Other livestock

Agassiz Lamb Co-Op Aims To Boost Shepherds’ Fortunes

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Asmall flock of longtime shepherds has hit the road to recruit members for a proposed lamb-marketing co-operative in Manitoba. Proponents of the fledgling Agassiz Lamb Co-op want to get better prices for their lambs and boost the sheep industry’s long-term fortunes in Manitoba. So far, after two of five scheduled meetings in Brandon and Souris,
Livestock, Opinion, Other livestock

Letters – for Mar. 10, 2011

Time to change directions Your recent editorial “A Change In Thinking,” February 17, hits the nail on the head. Past farmer thinking has concentrated too much on income support and not enough on change and innovation. Taxpayer-sourced payments made simply for producing and selling a commodity, interest-free loans and advances, rewards for year-to-year income variability
Livestock, Other livestock

Sheep &Goat Sales – for Mar. 3, 2011

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Ablowing snowstorm did not prevent producers from providing sheep and goats for the Feb. 17 sale at the Winnipeg Livestock Auction. There were 160 sheep and goats on offer. There were some concerns among the audience, when two groups of sheared ewes entered the arena. However, the high bidding soon overcame this concern. The younger
Livestock, Other livestock

Take Steps To Prevent Abortions In Sheep

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Sheep producers need to watch for abortions, stillbirths and weak lambs during the upcoming lambing season, according to North Dakota State University Extension Service sheep specialist Reid Redden. “Numerous infectious agents are commonly found in U.S. sheep flocks, and they can cause diseases such as chlamydia, vibriosis and toxoplasmosis,” he says. Chlamydia is caused by
Livestock, Other livestock

Too Much Market, Not Enough Sheep To Fill It

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Too much demand, and not enough supply. That’s not often a problem in the livestock business, and if you’re a sheep producer right now, it’s a nice problem to have. However, it has thrown a wrench into efforts to organize a value chain connecting producers, slaughterhouses and retailers, says the treasurer of the Manitoba Sheep
Livestock, Other livestock

Wool Prices Up, But Less For Local Product

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Record-high cotton prices have pulled the price of wool higher, said Brian Greaves, a Miniota-area sheep producer and local director of the Canadian Co-operative Wool Growers. Good-quality fine wool has doubled in value to $1.50 per pound, up from about 75 cents last year, he said. But the so-called “domestic” wool commonly shorn from Manitoba

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