Ohio Livestock Growers Caged By Farm Groups – for Sep. 9, 2010

What was to be a clever, voter-sanctioned effort to fence out the animals- are-people-crowd in Ohio last year is, depending on your perspective, either a progressive way for farm and animal rights groups to work together toward humane livestock production or a total sellout of livestock producers by Big Ag to the Humane Society of

Gestation Stalls Could Become Canada-U. S. Trade Issue

“Do you think they will be friendly to product coming in that’s produced in a different manner?” – ED PAJOR Canada may eventually have to ban gestation stalls for pregnant sows if it wants to continue exporting to the United States, where such bans are occurring. A leading Canadian animal welfare scientist warns the spread



In Briefs continued – for Jan. 14, 2010

Carman truck repair shop destroyed Carman RCMP and the provincial fire commissioner’s office are investigating a Jan. 7 fire that destroyed theTR-S Truck Shop on Second Street Northeast in Carman. The fire, which burned up the business and 10 vehicles in or near the shop for total damages of $3 million to $5 million, is

Ohio Creates Board To Set State Livestock Policy

“This is just another layer, plain and simple, of bureaucracy they are going to have to deal with.” – ROGER WI SE, OHIO FARMERS UNION Ohioans have voted to create a board to set state policy on livestock handling, a move state farm groups had sought to head off laws or ballot initiatives similar to



WHS hails California livestock law

The Winnipeg Humane Society last week congratulated California voters for passing Proposition 2 to phase out farmers’ use of gestation crates for breeding sows, battery cages for laying hens and crates for veal calves. WHS executive director Bill McDonald said the society has asked to meet with Premier Gary Doer “to review farm confinement practices

California cage ban might be contagious

Farm groups have criticized a new California law that bans keeping chickens, calves, and pigs in cages, arguing it will increase production costs, while animal welfare proponents said they hope to get similar laws adopted in other states. California voters passed Proposition 2 on Nov. 4, which bans the confinement of egg-laying chickens, veal calves


Canada, Korea to restart beef talks

Officials from Canada and South Korea were set to resume technical negotiations Nov. 3-4, focused on restoring Korean market access for Canadian beef, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz confirmed recently. Korea’s ports have been closed to imports of Canadian beef since May 2003, after officials confirmed Canada’s first homegrown case of BSE in an Alberta cow.