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Cold Weather Makes Cattle “Greener”

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Cattle emit less methane in the winter than in summer, a recent study has discovered. And now that the results have been sent to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, scientists will use it to develop a more accurate picture of the true contribution of ruminants to global warming. Previously, the IPCC had not taken
Hogs, Opinion

Silent Hog Barn Marks End Of An Era

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It’s not like I have never been in a hog barn before, and yet this time as I enter the door, it’s very different. Gone are the familiar squeals of someone waiting to be fed. It’s silent. Deathly silent as a matter of fact. I can hear the melting snow dripping off the eaves and
Livestock

Higher Cattle Prices Reach Consumer Level

Ca t t l e prices remained strong at Manitoba auction marts during the week ended April 11, and with talk of restaurants raising prices because of the high cost of food, the slaughter market found exceptional strength. Anne Dunford, general manager of Gateway Livestock at Taber, Alta., said it was only a matter of
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USDA Changes Corn Wording After Ethanol Makers Complain

The U.S. government introduced new wording on corn use on April 8 following complaints from ethanol makers that they were not getting credit for the corn byproducts that are fed to livestock. Instead of saying “corn for ethanol” in its monthly report, the U.S. Agriculture Department now spells out the corn is going to produce
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U.S. Farmers Want Easier Access To Credit

The U.S. farm sector is booming with soaring land values, record-high crop prices and record farm income. For all that, farmers face stricter loan standards than a few years ago, small-farm activists say. They say lending practices, toughened nationwide after the 2008-09 recession, are now so strict they snare creditworthy growers. When they surveyed farm
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Buying Clubs

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Once a month a delivery truck pulls up in front of Anna Weier’s Winnipeg home on Langside containing pre-ordered packages of meat, jars of honey, bags of grain and other farm-grown produce. Over the next hour people pull up to Anna’s house, to collect and pay for their purchases. They chat with each other and
Hogs, Livestock

Foot-And-Mouth Surfaces In Two Countries

China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang has reported an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease among pigs, which killed 25 hogs and sickened 58, the second outbreak in the region so far in the year, the Ministry of Agriculture said. The recent outbreak was less serious than the one reported in February, when 3,941 pigs were culled. The
Livestock

Cattle Demand Comes From All Directions

Th e r e were some pretty good numbers of cattle marketed in Mani toba dur ing the week ended April 1 with values cont inuing to hold steady to firm at most auction yards. Demand for the various classes of cattle remained strong, accounting for the price strength. Marketings at Heartland Livestock Services at
Livestock

Bred Heifers In Demand As Prices Continue Strong

Values for the cattle marketed in Manitoba during the week ended March 25 held up pretty well and in some instances managed to firm. Strong demand for slaughter cows and bulls was also evident. There continued to be strong demand for bred heifers as producers across the province maintained their efforts to rebuild herds. Most
Crops

4-H Reports – for Mar. 31, 2011

TheCo-operatorwill publish 4-H reports once a month. Reports can be submitted by the third week of the month by email to news@fbcpub lishing.com, by regular mail to 4-H Reports, c/oManitoba Co-operator,1666 Dublin Ave., Winnipeg, Man. R3H 0H1 or by fax to 204-954-1422. BINSCARTH HOMETTES “Fuelling the champions of tomorrow” is the purpose of “Project Pitstop,”

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