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Easter highs didn’t materialize

By Mark Elliot March 25, 2013

Producers and buyers were able to push through the snow from the Alberta clipper, to attend the March 5 sale at Winnipeg Livestock Auction. There were 400 sheep and goats delivered for this sale. The Manitoba buyers were selective on quality, creating some extreme bidding pressures, following similar Ontario patterns. There was no clear separation

Beef cattle, Forages, Livestock

Producer touts benefits of grass-fed beef

By Julienne Isaacs March 25, 2013

Bragi Simundsson says raising beef on grass is just common sense; it’s the marketing that gets complicated. “Ruminant animals like cattle and sheep were built to eat grass,” reads the Arborg farmer’s web page at www.manitoba grassfedbeef.ca. “We think that animals should do the job they were built for. We believe that the protein portion

Beef cattle, Livestock, Livestock Markets

BIXS carcass data available

By Daniel Winters March 25, 2013

Some ranchers are getting a taste of what national traceability  system has to offer in terms of finished beef

If you shipped age-verified calves that were slaughtered at one of the major plants in Canada after May 2010, there may be some interesting information waiting for you online. “There’s two million records in the system, so there’s a good chance you’ll have some in there,” said Marlin Beever, a rancher from Rivers who has

Beef cattle, International news, Livestock, Opinion, Other livestock

Neigh… I mean, nay, I say!

By Alan Guebert March 25, 2013

The coincidence was positively delicious. Shortly after Swedish furniture seller Ikea found itself, shall we say, saddle deep in a saucy mess that featured racier red meat in its Swedish meatballs than you’d normally get from the average European cow, the USDA announced changes to its controversial country-of-origin labelling, or COOL, law for American meat.

Livestock, Other livestock

Goats’ milk speeds recovery from diarrhea

By Uc Davis Release March 25, 2013

Milk from goats that were genetically modified to produce higher levels of a human antimicrobial protein has proved effective in treating diarrhea in young pigs, demonstrating the potential for food products from transgenic animals to one day also benefit human health, report researchers at the University of California, Davis. The study is the first on

Country Crossroads, Recipe Swap

Recipe Swap: RRC and Granny’s cooking up new food ideas

By Lorraine Stevenson March 7, 2013

Many of us love the scent of chicken roasting in the kitchen. It’s an aroma that always makes me think of a Sunday supper. Chicken (or turkey) is always popular for family meals, but how tastes have changed! Thai Chicken Curry Fried Rice or Jamaican Jerk Turkey anyone? Those are the kinds of recipes you

Livestock, Livestock Markets, Other livestock

U.S. sheep numbers resilient despite drought

By Tim Petry March 7, 2013

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released its annual “Sheep and Goats” inventory report on Feb. 1. According to the report, all sheep and lamb inventories in the U.S. on Jan. 1, 2013, totalled 5.34 million head, down just 0.6 per cent, or 30,000 head, from a year ago. Some sheep

Forages, Livestock, News

New sainfoin cultivar promises bloat-free alfalfa pasture grazing

March 1, 2013

Scientists have developed a new variety of sainfoin that offers bloat-free grazing for cattle when paired with alfalfa in a mixed stand. Development of the new cultivar, tested as LRC 3902, was led by Dr. Surya Acharya of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) in Lethbridge. Acharya announced the variety and its proposed name of Mountainview

Hogs, Livestock

Smithfield says it will meet China’s deadline on pork

By Theopolis Waters February 28, 2013

China wants third-party verification that imports are free of the additive that promotes lean muscle growth

Smithfield Foods Inc., the world’s largest pork processor, said Feb. 21 it will be able to supply pork that is free of the feed additive ractopamine in time to meet a March 1 deadline by China. China, the world’s largest pork consumer and the third-largest market for U.S. pork with sales of over $800 million

Country Crossroads

Interesting and unique gasteria

By Albert Parsons February 28, 2013

Gasteria plants are succulents — a term applied to plants that have the ability to hold large amounts of water in their tissues. They belong to a number of different plant families and within each plant family are a number of genera and within each genus are many species. The genus gasteria belongs to the

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: CME cattle tick lower in thin pre-holiday trade

U.S. grains: Wheat extends gains on short covering, war risk

Prairie forecast: Plenty more chances for snow over Holidays

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