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A Primer On UHF And RFID Tag Readers

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EAR TAG RULES: Required for all cattle, sheep, and bison leaving the herd of origin in Canada. The national livestock identification program is administered by the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency in cooperation with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID) TAGS: Several low-frequency RFID tags are approved for use in Canada; all operate
Livestock

RFID May Go The Way Of Bar Codes If New Technology Catches On

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What does the cattle industry have to learn from Walmart? When it comes to ear tags, the answer is “more than you might think,” said David Moss, chief operating officer of Livestock Identification Services Ltd. Moss is a passionate supporter of replacing the radio frequency identification (RFID) cattle ear tags with passive (non-battery-equipped) Ultra-High Frequency
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Wal-Mart To Boost Buying From Small And Local Farms

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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is planning to double the sales of fresh produce from local farms in its U. S. stores by the end of 2015, part of a strategy to revamp its global produce supply chain. The world’s largest retailer said it would also sell more than $1 billion each year in food from one
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In Brief… – for May. 6, 2010

Safety lapse: Four children were injured April 28 after they were thrown from an ATV they were riding on a public road in the Rural Municipality of La Broquerie. The 13-year-old male driver and two of his passengers, aged one and two, were taken to Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre. A 10-year-old female passenger was treated
Country Crossroads

Staying Home Just Fine For Young Folks

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SOURIS In the old days, growing up in a small town meant two things. First you got yourself a car, then when you reached legal age, you jumped in it and headed for the nearest big city at top speed. These days, following the lemmings over the cliff doesn’t seem like such a swell idea.
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Wal-Mart Adopts Sustainability Index

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Canada’s Wal-Mart stores will soon adopt the company’s “sustainable product index,” meant to help customers find products made and used in a sustainable way. Wal-Mart Canada’s major suppliers will be asked to answer a 15-question assessment survey to evaluate their sustainability efforts, the company said in a Feb. 10 release. The questions are to cover
Opinion

Participate, Or Be Dictated To

JOHN MORRISS EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Two news items you may have missed from the U. S.: Item 1: Carbon dioxide is a pollutant. No, this isn’t some off-the-cuff statement from a tree hugger. It’s the law, according to a ruling in a case that went all the way to the U. S. Supreme Court in 2007.
Beef cattle, Country Crossroads, Livestock

Commodities Down But Food Prices Lag

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“It’s not likely we’re going to be reducing prices in the near term.” – DOUGLAS CONANT, CAMPBELL CEO Commodity costs may be off their record highs and consumers may be struggling, but that doesn’t mean food manufacturers are about to slash prices. Many companies such as Campbell Soup Co. and Hormel Foods Corp. are still
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Price To Be Key At U. S. Consumer Conference

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How much recession-wracked consumers will pay for brand names will be a key focus when executives behind the best-known food, drink and cleaning products meet Wall Street analysts next week. That is a far cry from last year’s Consumer Analyst Group of New York (CAGNY) conference, when companies were boasting how much they were able
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Grocery margins seen rising, but not for long

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Supermarkets in Canada seem to have taken price hikes to “bold new levels” in the third quarter of 2008, but shouldn’t expect wider margins to last, according to the George Morris Centre. A Nov. 13 essay by Kevin Grier, senior market analyst for the Guelph-based farm think-tank, points to a seven per cent increase in

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