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Welcome To Country Crossroads – for Mar. 4, 2010

March 4, 2010

If you have any stories, ideas, photos or a comment on what you’d like to see on these pages, send it to Country Crossroads 1666 Dublin Ave., Wpg., Man. R3H 0H1 Phone: 1-800-782-0794 Fax: 204-944-5562 email: [email protected] We’d love to hear from you. Please remember we can no longer return submitted material.

Beef cattle, Livestock, Opinion

Potential Benefits From Livestock ID

By Kevin Hursh February 25, 2010

Here in Canada, we’re enhancing our livestock identification programs. Individual cattle ID with radio frequency eartags (RFID), age verification, premise ID, animal movement records – about the only thing that isn’t planned is a GPS locator attached to each individual animal. Incredibly, American efforts for a National Animal Identification System are back to Square 1.

Opinion

Letters – for Feb. 25, 2010

February 25, 2010

Serve domestic markets first The recent federal commitment to spend up to $6 million to eradicate disease, enhance traceability and improve on-farm food safety practices in the sheep and goat industry directs all monetary support to directions that will ultimately not benefit the sheep and goat producer – only sectors trading for export. What we

News

Advertising supplement

February 25, 2010

A decade ago, grain bin manufacturers were reporting 3,500-bushel, hopper-bottom bins as the most common on-farm storage units demanded by farmers. Today, however, things are very different; bins with capacities of 10,000 bushels or more have become hot sellers. Filling these giants at harvest requires big augers with performance to match. Buyers also want augers

Crops

Government Delivers Energy Loans For Farmers

By AAFC February 25, 2010

Canadian agriculture producers and agribusiness operators who are considering the use of renewable energy sources in their business will soon have a new financing option thanks to a new Energy Loan announced Feb. 22 by Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. The Farm Credit Canada (FCC) Energy Loan is designed to assist producers and agribusiness owners who

Cereals, News

Canadian Wheat Board Gains From Soft Freight Costs

By Rod Nickel February 25, 2010

Areduction in ocean freight rates has made the Canadian Wheat Board more competitive in shipping grain to distant markets such as Southeast Asia, a CWB official said Feb. 16. Dry bulk freight rates have weakened in recent weeks due in part to slower demand for commodities. The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks

Livestock

Livestock Producers To Receive Free On-Farm Veterinary Visits

By Mvma Release February 25, 2010

When’s the last time you had a veterinarian onfarm to discuss your production practices? Manitoba veterinarians are pleased to participate in new federal-provincial programs that offer the province’s livestock producers on-farm herd assessments paid for by the Growing Forward Food Safety Program for Farms. These programs, developed in conjunction with livestock producer groups and Manitoba

Country Crossroads

Editor’s Note: Welcome To Country Crossroads – for Feb. 18, 2010

February 18, 2010

If you have any stories, ideas, photos or a comment on what you’d like to see on these pages, send it to Country Crossroads 1666 Dublin Ave., Wpg., Man. R3H 0H1 Phone: 1-800-782-0794 Fax: 204-944-5562 email: [email protected] We’d love to hear from you. Please remember we can no longer return submitted material.

News

U. S. Will Narrow Scope Of Livestock-Tracking Plan

By Charles Abbott February 11, 2010

The government will redraft its moribund livestock-tracking program, attacked as a violation of privacy, so it covers only animals that cross state lines, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Feb. 5. In a speech to state agriculture directors, Vilsack said the revamped system would be run by states, with the Agriculture Department bearing much of the

Beef cattle, Country Crossroads

Beware Of Reusable Bag Contamination

By Julie Garden-Robinson February 11, 2010

Cloth grocery bags are more environmentally friendly, but are there potential sanitary issues with reusable cloth grocery bags? As you might guess, any time you reuse something related to food, the risk of cross-contamination is present. The Canadian Environment and Plastics Industry commissioned a study to determine the presence of bacteria, yeasts and moulds in

Daily Network News

Feed Grain Weekly: Corn affecting barley prices in Lethbridge

Cargill to close Wisconsin beef plant, cut 221 jobs

Future of Food conference underscores need for unity in agriculture sector

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