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Indonesia To Enforce Stricter Cattle Codes

September 15, 2011

Indonesia will register all importers of live cattle and beef from next month in a bid to improve standards and achieve self-sufficiency, a trade ministry official said last Friday. Under the new regulation, effective Oct. 1, importers must comply with strict regulations on feeding and slaughter facilities before the government approves their registration. Australia s

Livestock, Opinion, Other livestock

Is Agriculture Image Being Blindsided By Social Media?

By Will Verboven September 8, 2011

Aspeaker at a recent national cattle industry event showed a video which both bemused and shocked the audience. The speaker and her research company, on behalf of an industry group, was investigating public response to the image of beef. Part of the research involved a focus group to ascertain their opinions on the topic. The

Livestock

Sales Volumes Rise On Dry Conditions

By Brent Harder September 8, 2011

Ne a r l y all cattle auction marts in Manitoba were back in business during the week ended Sept. 2, and many saw their largest volumes in quite some time. A total of 712 animals were sold at the Gladstone Auction Mart at its Aug. 30 sale, its second auction since returning from the

Livestock, Other livestock

Counting Sheep In Manitoba A Murky Business

By Shannon VanRaes September 8, 2011

It’s nothing to be sheepish about, Manitoba’s flock has been increasing over the last year. “It’s not as much as we’d like to see, but for sure our flocks are expanding,” said Lucien Lesage, chairman of the Manitoba Sheep Association. According to Statistics Canada, Manitoba’s sheep inventory increased by 7.7 per cent between July 2010

Hogs, Livestock

Extending The Sow’s Productive Lifetime

By Bernie Peet September 8, 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. While many producers use pigs per sow per year as the benchmark for success in the breeding herd, there is now much more focus on lifetime

Livestock

Dry Weather Drives Supply, Demand Remains Up

By Phil Franz-Warkentin September 1, 2011

Activity is slowly starting to pick up at cattle auction yards around Manitoba, with good demand and solid prices reported for the animals moving during the week ended Aug. 26. Pastures are on the dry side in many areas of the province, bringing some yearlings to market a little earlier than normal. Top-end bids were

Forages, Livestock

Cattle Producer Impressed With Twice-Over Rotational Grazing System

By Lorraine Stevenson September 1, 2011

BSE wasn’t the only crisis that Grande Clairiere beef producer Gerry Bertholet faced in 2003; the native grass in this part of Manitoba was so dry that year he was feeding cows in August. It was around that time Bertholet struck up conversations with staff from Manitoba’s Critical Wildlife Habitat Program about the native grassland

Beef cattle, Livestock

Rumour Mill Wrong About Packers Dragging Their Feet

By Sheri Monk September 1, 2011

There is no validity to rumours that meat packers may be reluctant to embrace the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association’s (CCA) Beef InfoXchange System (BIXS), says spokesman Larry Thomas. “On the packer question I can share that yes, we have not been public in sounding the horns about packer support for BIXS, but rest assured we are

Livestock, Other livestock

Sheep &Goat Sales – for Sep. 1, 2011

By Mark Elliot September 1, 2011

On August 4, 2011; the Winnipeg Livestock Auction had approximately 340 sheep and goats delivered for the sale. The arena seats were filled with numerous buyers both young and old. Many of the ewes delivered for this sale were sheared, which did not indicate any differences in the price range. The buyers responded with higher

Livestock

Prices Strong Well Ahead Of Fall Run

August 25, 2011

Ma n i – toba cattle auction yards are starting to shake out the cobwebs after the summer slowdown, with a number of locations that had shut down for the season reopening during the past week. The fall run is still some time away and cattle remain out to pasture for the most part, but

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Tag Archives Zoology

Indonesia To Enforce Stricter Cattle Codes

Sales Volumes Rise On Dry Conditions

Counting Sheep In Manitoba A Murky Business

Extending The Sow’s Productive Lifetime

Dry Weather Drives Supply, Demand Remains Up

Cattle Producer Impressed With Twice-Over Rotational Grazing System

Rumour Mill Wrong About Packers Dragging Their Feet

Sheep &Goat Sales – for Sep. 1, 2011

Prices Strong Well Ahead Of Fall Run

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