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Sheep &Goat Sales – for Feb. 3, 2011

By Mark Elliot February 3, 2011

The second sale of the year, was a cold day for the Winnipeg Livestock Auction. The buyers were ready and the bidding kept things in a warming fashion. There were 83 sheep and lambs and no goats. There was only one group of three 100-pound Rideaucross lambs. The Rideau-cross lambs brought $187 ($1.87 per lb.).

Hogs, Livestock

Chef Trumpets Need To Promote Pork

February 3, 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. Edmonton chef Brad Smoliak is passionate about food and especially pork, but he says barriers need to be overcome in order to increase consumption. “Pork has

Opinion

One Plan, Three Men And 50 Years

By Alan Guebert January 27, 2011

When Wes Jackson, Wendell Berry and Fred Kirschenmann get together, conversation, laughter and ideas flow. Other than a closeness in age, the three appear to have little in common. Jackson is a PhD plant breeder and founder, in 1976, of The Land Institute, a Salina, Kansas non-profit organization dedicated to finding sustainable solutions to food’s

Livestock

Buyers Not Hard To Find As Producers Cash Out

By MarketsFarm Team January 20, 2011

BRENT HARDER Even with the price of cattle continuing to improve, more and more producers are getting out of the business, according to an Interlake cattleman. Buddy Bergner, field representative with Ashern Auction Mart, said there have been a number of farms that have gotten out of cattle completely. “There are a lot of guys

Country Crossroads

Our Resident Dove: Lonesome Or Not?

By Donna Gamache January 20, 2011

For the past four years a mourning dove has overwintered in the town of MacGregor. Presumably the same bird, it has come to feed and drink in our backyard almost every day for the past four winters. Because it was always by itself, we named it “Lonesome Dove” (from the Texan town and movie, of

Livestock

Germany Announces Anti-Dioxin Action Plan

By Michael Hogan January 20, 2011

Germany announced a plan to enforce higher standards in animal feed production Jan. 14 after the discovery of toxic chemical dioxin in feed, which has triggered a health alert and hit sales of German eggs and pork. German and European Union authorities are struggling to contain the alert which began on Jan. 3, when German

Beef cattle, Opinion

New Grading Technology Is In Place But Not In Use

By Cindy Delaloye January 13, 2011

Digital cameras get CFIA approval for beef grading” was the announcement in mid-October 2010. So where are we today? Despite the fact that the three largest slaughter facilities in Canada have the technology installed, they have yet to request to use it to facilitate grade assessment. No doubt it is coming, but which packer will

Beef cattle, Livestock, Other livestock

Absence Of Sales Makes Prices Stronger

By MarketsFarm Team January 13, 2011

Ac t i v i t y at the auction marts across Manitoba was generally quiet, with only two sales taking place during the week ending Jan. 7. One of those was held at Heartland Livestock in Virden and although only 124 animals were brought in to be sold, Jim Blackshaw said the market was

News

New Model For Intergenerational Transfers Needed, Say Panellists

By Daniel Winters January 13, 2011

How many times has this drama played out in farm country? Son grows up, goes to college, then comes back with newfangled ideas about how to farm. Son goes to bank, borrows an enormous sum, and buys farm lock, stock and barrel from parents, who in turn, pay a hefty tax bill on the payout.

Opinion

Weather 2010 — Cats And Doggerel

January 6, 2011

Yes, it’s that time again, the annual occasion When we indulge in a bit of agricultural di-verse-ification In badly rhymed couplets, to see that if we can’t Reflect on the year’s stories that seemed most significant Some years that’s hard, especially when trying to rhyme it This year it’s not – the story for sure

Daily Network News

‘Significant’ Canadian GDP slide expected in 2026, FCC says

Gene edited, PRRS resistant pig approved in Canada

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end week higher

Tag Archives US Federal Reserve

Chef Trumpets Need To Promote Pork

One Plan, Three Men And 50 Years

Buyers Not Hard To Find As Producers Cash Out

Our Resident Dove: Lonesome Or Not?

Germany Announces Anti-Dioxin Action Plan

New Grading Technology Is In Place But Not In Use

Absence Of Sales Makes Prices Stronger

New Model For Intergenerational Transfers Needed, Say Panellists

Weather 2010 — Cats And Doggerel

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