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PED not sole factor in hog price increase

Even without PED hog prices would have been strong last year

By Shannon VanRaes December 2, 2014

No one wants to rejoice in their neighbours’ suffering — or at least no one admits to it — but the ongoing PED outbreak south of the border has undoubtably aided Canadian hog producers. Speaking at a Farm Management Canada’s Agriculture Excellence conference in Winnipeg, J.P. Gervais said that the continued presence of the porcine

de-feathered chickens on a food-processing line

Livestock, Poultry

Chicken industry reaches long-delayed allocation agreement

The provinces had to either find consensus or risk losing supply management

By Ron Friesen December 2, 2014

Canada’s broiler chicken industry has reached a new quota allocation agreement, avoiding a potential showdown with a federal regulator that could have thrown the system into chaos. The Farm Products Council of Canada had threatened not to approve Chicken Farmers of Canada’s allocation requests unless it came up with an agreement reflecting provinces’ comparative advantages

Weather Vane

Weather pattern becoming more active

Issued: Monday, Nov. 24, 2014 – Covering: Nov. 26 – Dec. 3, 2014

By Daniel Bezte November 27, 2014

Last week’s forecast didn’t turn out exactly as the weather models predicted. A large storm system moving across the central Prairies last weekend washed out as it moved into Manitoba, and was replaced by a second system that was forecast to move by us to our south. This system became much stronger than forecast and,

"Canada is in a great position compared to the United States when it comes to this outbreak." – Tim Snider

Hogs, Local news

Canadian case of PED virus provided link for researchers

Biosecurity measures are still key, but preventing the contamination of feed  will help slow the spread of PED

By Shannon VanRaes November 12, 2014

The porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus has hit producers hardest south of the border, but it was the first Canadian case that helped researchers find the source of the disease. Speaking to pork producers in Niverville, Tim Snider of the University of Minnesota said that the emergence of the disease in Canada provided the biggest

Two people in one week were arrested for packing heat at a Washington congressional building.

Did you know?, Hogs, News

Livestock industry lobbying, American style

Pork council spokesman says incoming  president might have been talking turkey

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 14, 2014

The incoming president of the National Pork Producers Council in the U.S. was arrested July 23 when officers at a congressional office building found a loaded 9-mm Ruger handgun in his bag, the Washington Post reports. Ronald William Prestage, 59, who lives in Camden, S.C., was charged with carrying a handgun outside a home or

Hogs, Livestock

New PEDv study looks at manure pits

Researchers want to know whether the virus is lurking in manure pits and how long it can survive

By Meghan Mast August 11, 2014

Researchers are hoping the province’s manure pits will hold some clues to controlling the porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus. The council, the Manitoba Livestock Manure Management Initiative and Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development are asking producers to submit manure samples to help assesses where the virus could be lurking and how long it survives.

News, Oilseeds

Neonic insecticides widespread in Iowa waters

Government researchers say the broad use of neonicotinoids  should be closely examined

By Carey Gillam August 5, 2014

A class of insecticides popular with corn and soybean farmers in the U.S. Midwest but feared as a factor in the decline of U.S. honeybee colonies and other crop pollinators, has been found to be widespread through rivers and streams in Iowa, according to a government study released July 24. The study, released by the

Most North Americans use velvet antler as dried powder in capsules, for recovery from injury or exercise, to boost testosterone, and improve circulation.

Livestock, Oilseeds, Opinion, Other livestock

Regaining access to China markets

Tainted food scandals have convinced Chinese buyers that imports are safer

By Ian Thorleifson July 22, 2014

Cervid (elk and other deer) products have been used and prized in China for at least 2,700 years. That makes China a very valuable marketplace for cervid products. Indeed, it was a good market until Canada and the U.S. took action to contain and eradicate BSE in early 2003. China immediately closed its markets to

Opinion, Poultry

The rooster’s wake-up call

By Laura Rance-Unger July 22, 2014

Anyone who has lived on or near a farmyard with chickens is well aware of the rooster’s ability to trumpet the arrival of morning long before the sun peeks over the horizon. But roosters have been delivering a wake-up call of a different sort lately — sounding the alarm over the risks inherent with the

Genetic tweaking caused a fertility problem in Ross roosters, which sire 25 per cent of the commercial broiler flock in theU.S.and virtually all of Canada’s.

Livestock, Poultry

Infertile roosters increase shortage in U.S. chicken supplies

Canadian hatcheries depend on U.S. imports but have been unaffected to date

By Ron Friesen July 21, 2014

A genetic problem in a key breed of U.S. rooster could affect Canada’s broiler chicken industry, which imports nearly all its parent breeding stock from south of the border. The U.S. is already experiencing a shortage of breeder birds and the genetic issue could make supplies even tighter, American officials say. If that happens, it

Daily Network News

India, Japan canola crops to be steady in 2026/27 – USDA

ICE Weekly: Trade waits for canola to break out

Advance Payments Program interest free limit set at $250,000 for 2026

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