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U.S. “Coalition To Save Our Gps”

March 24, 2011

The U.S. Farm Equipment Manufacturers Assn. (FEMA) has joined a wide variety of industries and companies supporting the efforts of the “Coalition to Save Our GPS” in an effort to resolve what it says is a serious threat to Global Positioning Systems (GPS). FEMA says the threat stems from a recent U.S. Federal Communications Commission

News

Food Safety Offenders To Be Revealed

By Alex Binkley March 24, 2011

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency will start posting the names of importers and domestic food companies that run afoul of food safety laws. “This is a fair and balanced way to protect consumers,” Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz told a media briefing at a small community grocery store. “While consumers have a high degree of confidence

Crops

Manitobans Urged To Buckle Up

By Lorraine Stevenson March 17, 2011

RCMP surveys of seatbelt use in rural Manitoba show a percentage aren’t bothering to buckle up. Visual surveys done by police officers in unmarked cars find as many as one in three rural residents in some locations fail to fasten their seatbelts. Survey numbers show where 92 per cent of motor vehicle occupants were wearing

Livestock, Other livestock

Traceability Funds Allocated

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 17, 2011

The federal government is putting $487,000 towards improving traceability in Canada’s sheep and goat industry. The investment will go to the Canadian Sheep Federation (CSF) and the Canadian National Goat Federation (CNGF) to be used for finalizing the development of a national animal identification and traceability plan, creating various communications products and educating the industry

Livestock, Other livestock

More Funds Pledged For Sheep And Goat Tracking

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 17, 2011

Nearly half a million dollars in federal funding has been budgeted to help finalize a national ID and traceability plan for Canada’s sheep and goat sectors. The government on Jan. 31 announced over $487,000 for the Canadian Sheep Federation (CSF) and the Canadian National Goat Federation (CNGF) to set up “various communications products” and educate

Hogs, Livestock

Hog Traceability Gets Second-Phase Funding

By Ron Friesen February 17, 2011

Canada’s national hog traceability system moved into a new phase last week, courtesy of $3.7 million in federal funding. The money will go toward developing a national centralized database to record the movement of pigs across Canada. It comes on top of a previous $3.3 million from Ottawa last May to create the first phase

Crops

Deere To Help Indian Farmers Mechanize

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 3, 2011

Deere &Co. is making 500 tractors available for use by farmers in the Indian state of Gujarat to help them mechanize their farms and potentially increase crop yields, the company says in a release. John Deere, in partnership with the local government, will open small agricultural implement resource centres across Gujarat, making tractors available to

News

In Brief… – for Jan. 27, 2011

By Reuters January 27, 2011

Saudis to raise wheat reserves:Saudi Arabia plans to increase wheat reserves to one year from six months in around three years, the head of the grains authority said Jan. 16. The kingdom would increase grain storage capacity by 550,000 tonnes in four cities within three years to reach that goal, Waleed ElKheriji told reporters. Last

Livestock

National Traceability System Moving Slowly Ahead

By Alex Binkley January 27, 2011

The federal government is inching towards completion of the national livestock traceability system promised for this year, but there’s still no sign of enabling legislation. In mid-January, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced applications for funding for projects under the Livestock Auction Traceability Initiative will be accepted until April 1. Jean-Pierre Blackburn, minister of state for

Hogs, Livestock

Good Pig Handling Starts With Understanding Behaviour

January 20, 2011

Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Western Hog Journal. His columns will run every second week in the Manitoba Co-operator. Effective pig handling for transport starts with understanding the pig’s herd responses and movement patterns, according to Nancy Lidster, an animal-handling specialist based in White Fox,

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