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DDGS Hailed As Swine Feed Option

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The United States and Canada should join forces to create a win-win situation for ethanol production and hog farming. That was the message from an Alberta scientist to a recent international grains conference in Guatemala. Eduardo Beltranena, an Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development research scientist, said U. S. ethanol plants can broaden their markets by
Beef cattle, Forages, Livestock, News

Selling Grass-Fed Beef

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“The government really wants grass-fed beef to work. From the minister all the way down, we’ve had tremendous support …” – JIM LINTOTT Being 20 minutes from Portage and Main is a big advantage for Jim Lintott, who began direct marketing his beef after BSE sent auction mart prices into the tank. “My cattle have
Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Livestock Cattle –Angus

LIVESTOCK Cattle Holstein LIVESTOCK Cattle Various ORGANIC Organic Grains Livestock Cattle Black Angus 3 PB REG. BLACK Angus bulls born Feb. 2004, $1500 each or $4000 for all 3. Phone: (204)735-2340, Starbuck. 3-YR OLD PB BLACK Angus bull, birth weight 98-lbs. (204)836-2293. Leave message. 4 PB BLACK ANGUS heifers for sale. Call Phil at Penrose
Livestock

Glen Nicoll’s Manitoba Roundup – for Feb. 19, 2009

In response to producers who tracked me down, we’ l l be endeavouring to get you the price breakdowns you desire and get back at the Manitoba Roundup. The professional opinion is that I’m not up to 14-hour days bouncing down the road. So instead of plugging in the truck I’ll be plugging into live
Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Resurgent Grains May Stoke U. S. Food Prices

ANALYSIS BY SAM NELSON A resurgent U. S. grain market, stoked by drought in South America, spells more financial troubles for struggling meat producers and higher food prices for consumers already pinched by the recession. The worst drought in decades in Argentina, and in neighbouring Brazil, is helping to rally prices of corn and soybeans
Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

Midwest Winters Challenge Dairy Calf Survival

If dairy producers need a sweatshirt when working around their calves, they need to start thinking about increasing calf rations. Making sure calves consume enough feed to meet their maintenance needs and grow is especially important in the winter, North Dakota State University Extension Service dairy specialist J. W. Schroeder says. Sufficient nutrition is one
Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Low prices no mystery, says NFU

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The National Farmers Union is hoping to make hamburger from some beef industry sacred cows with a series of meetings publicizing the findings of its report into the root causes of the Canadian cattle industry’s woes. The first of six meetings around the province was held in Oak Lake, where a small crowd of ranchers
Hogs, News

Prairie Orchard eyes Chinese market

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The folks at Max Pro Feed Ltd., were watching with interest as consumers were beginning to snatch up omega-3-enriched eggs and other foods containing the beneficial fatty acid a few years ago. They wondered whether consumers would go for omega-3-enriched meat too. If so, how could it be produced? And was this an opportunity for
Beef cattle, Livestock, Opinion

What’s with the bill for the beef?

Among other interesting articles in the Co-operator, “Grain fed ties grass fed in school taste test” (Jan. 22, page 19) puzzled me enough to write. Why is a patty from grass-fed beef, even without the hamburger helpers and high-priced grain, five times the cost (US60 cents versus 12 cents) of a grain-feed beef patty? How

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