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Country Crossroads, Poultry

Wood Ducks: Let’s Help Their Comeback

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One of Manitoba’s most photogenic water birds, with its bright, iridescent feathers, is the wood duck. For a time this colourful duck was in decline across North America, but with a little help from humans, it is making a definite comeback. Still, its numbers in Manitoba remain relatively small, and I’m always pleased when I
Livestock

“Shorter-Term” Cattle In Slim Demand

Wet conditions and flooding continued to play havoc with cattle marketings in Manitoba during the week ended May 27, with some auction yards still closed. For the yards that were open, marketings declined, with values for most types of cattle also on the downtrend. The numbers during the reporting period would best be described as
Country Crossroads, Livestock, Other livestock

Looking After The Goats

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When two pygmy goat does gave birth to two sets of triplets, Spencer Kemp, 13, landed a new job on the family’s 10-acre small holding north of Killarney. “I really help out with the feeding,” said Kemp. “One of the mothers had only two of her baby goats survive, and she rejected one of them.
Livestock, Poultry

EFC Funds Research Chair In Poultry Welfare

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Canada’s egg producers are funding a poultry welfare chair at the University of Guelph to help them develop new housing systems for their birds. Egg Farmers of Canada will contribute $110,000 a year for the next seven years to research alternative housing for layer hens. The research will be headed by Tina Widowski, a University
Livestock, Other livestock

Sheep &Goat Sales – for Jun. 2, 2011

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There were 150 sheep and goats delivered for the May 19, 2011 sale at the Winnipeg Livestock Auction. Buyers were few and the supply of sheep and goats was sparse. However, the price bidding remained strong and exciting. There seemed to be no pattern in the bidding on ewes, either by breed or weight. The
Livestock

Herd-Building Producers’ Interest Sustains Prices

The high Assiniboine River once again forced the cancellation of the weekly cattle sale at Heartland Livestock in Brandon, but that meant big numbers at other areas in the province’s southwest. Keith Cleaver, manager of the Brandon unit, said with the evacuation order still in place, the earliest the next sale could be held in
Beef cattle, Forages, Livestock

Cattle Evacuation Continues Around Lake Manitoba

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Art Jonasson is a farmer by long distance this year, thanks to unprecedented spring flooding on Lake Manitoba. The Vogar-area farmer’s cattle are scattered across the province because of an emergency evacuation of livestock in the region ahead of water spreading inland from the swollen lake. He has no idea when they’ll be able to
Livestock

Groups Increase Pressure

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Canadians for Ethical Treatment of Food Animals (CETFA) and the Canadian Coalition for Farm Animals (CCFA) are asking Manitoba’s pork industry to voluntarily phase out sow stalls by 2017. Manitoba Pork’s own recently released report, Embracing a Sustainable Future, encourages its producers to stop using sow stalls by 2025. “The 2025 target date is 14
Hogs, Livestock

Spot The Sick Pig

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Canadian swine veterinarians and the animal health arm of drug maker Pfizer have set up a new program to train hog producers on how to identify sick animals. The program, dubbed the ABC Pig training program, is to be offered nationwide exclusively through hog veterinarians and is meant to set up a simple system by

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