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Mandy Furney, Manitoba Fibre Festival volunteer co-ordinator.
Farmit Manitoba

Fibre Festival brings farmers and crafters together

Producers say it’s often more economical to dispose of the fleece

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What to do with a mountain of wool? It’s a question Manitoba sheep producers ask every year. Ingrid Stalman, who was at the Manitoba Sheep Association booth during the recent Manitoba Fibre Festival, talked about the annual problem. “If I don’t do anything with the wool, I still have literally a mountain of wool coming
Fishing accounts for over 90 per cent of the economy on the islands, although there is potential for it to more for more livestock and grains production.
Farmit Manitoba

Fish versus farms on the Faroes

After 1,000 years, the farmers of these islands have some unique insights

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Glacier FarmMedia – In Canada, and indeed in most western countries, agriculture often struggles to be understood by a largely urban public that has little idea of where their food comes from. In the Faroe Islands, a collection of 18 islands midway between Scotland, Iceland and Norway in the North Atlantic, the fight for agriculture
The new program is a centralized system for Canadian sheep traceability.
Livestock, News, Other livestock

New traceability program soon to be available for Canadian sheep farmers

Program aims to help improve flock management and information availability

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The Canadian Sheep Federation (CSF) AgroLedger, a digital traceability program, is launching a pilot program for early adopters before its sector-wide release. The CFS-funded program will be made available at no cost to Canadian sheep producers to bring them in line with government regulatory amendments that close the loop on full traceability. “We understand that all the
Sheep producers usually don’t ask if a flock is free of maedi visna when buying.
Livestock, News, Other

Maedi visna: The hidden sheep disease

What you can’t see can still be hurting your flock

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A fatal disease cost Manitoba sheep farmer Carleen Doerksen about half her flock, but she says few farmers even know the condition exists. Doerksen, who farms near Boissevain, Man., had noticed that some of her ewes couldn’t keep up when moving from pasture to pasture. They couldn’t get enough air, winding up exhausted by the
Lambs at the Borst family’s Nu-Dawn farms near Elm Creek, pictured here in late March.
Livestock Markets, Markets

Hot prices, cold lambs at Easter

High feed costs are putting a damper on sheep farmers’ hopes despite strong lamb prices

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Sheep producers are seeing record prices for their lambs in some categories, with high demand through the recent Easter season. According to Morgan Moore, chair of the Manitoba Sheep Association, that’s consistent with the market patterns of previous years. “The last five years, year over year, our peak price per pound realized for the lambs
“We think that the way wool has been treated in this country in the last few decades is a tragedy.” – Matthew Rowe, Canadian Wool Council.
Markets, News

Funding announced to revive wool market

The Canadian Wool Council hopes to set a new direction for the natural fibre

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The Canadian Wool Council is seeking more visibility for its wares and recently received almost $150,000 to make that happen. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) announced the funding in late February, linking the money to development of environmentally sustainable textiles. Why it matters: Meat rather than wool is the main focus of Canada’s sheep sector
As more consumers are cooking at home and other animal proteins have supply issues, lamb has become a more popular protein choice.
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Lamb sees increased global market demand

Strong sales sparked by supply chain disruption, pandemic-related shortages of other animal proteins

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Glacier FarmMedia – Global meat protein supply gaps sparked by African swine fever (ASF) and the pandemic have created expansion potential for the sheep sector. Melissa Clark-Reynolds, a New Zealand entrepreneur, strategist and foresight practitioner, told those at the recent Ontario Sheep Farmers annual general meeting that the sheep sector has a bright future given
File photo of goats on display at the Hanover Agricultural Fair in Grunthal, Man. in August 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)
Livestock

U.S. to lift BSE-related rules off sheep, goat imports

New scrapie-specific rules take effect next month

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U.S. restrictions that have hindered that country’s imports of live Canadian sheep and goats, going back to the start of the BSE crisis in 2003, are set to be scrapped and replaced with rules applying specifically to scrapie. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service (APHIS) on Friday published a new
More than 1,000 sheep pass through Madrid's city center for the annual event known as La Fiesta de la Trashumancia in Madrid, Spain on October 24. The festival started in 1994 and is designed to pay homage to the area's rural heritage.
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Sheep replace cars as they cross Madrid en route to winter pastures

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The streets of Madrid were filled with sheep and the clanking of bells Oct. 24 as shepherds guided their flocks through the heart of the Spanish capital, following ancient seasonal herding routes. Locals lined the route to welcome back the spectacle, which was cancelled last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The annual event, which

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