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Grinding Beef Shortage Appears In U.S.

By Ron Friesen January 6, 2011

The cost of a Big Mac in the United States could rise in the new year because of a shortage of hamburger beef. A recent U.S. industry report said a sharp decline in the number of Canadian cattle imports could aggravate an already-short supply of grinding beef used to make hamburger patties. According to the

Hogs, Livestock

Eliminating The Weaning-To-Mating Interval

January 6, 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. Arecent roadshow in Western Australia, organized by the Pork Co-operative Research Centre (CRC), based at the University of Adelaide, featured a presentation by Dr. Jeff Downing

Livestock, Other livestock

No TB Found In RMNP This Year

By Daniel Winters January 6, 2011

There were no positive bovine tuberculosis test results in Riding Mountain National Park this past year and that shows eradication measures are working, according to project manager Ken Kingdon. “It makes us feel optimistic that the program is working, but we’re not really ready to say that our program is done,” said Kingdon. “We’re not

Livestock

Further Charges Laid In Hog Abuse Case

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 6, 2011

Asouthern Manitoba hog farmer already charged under provincial legislation with animal cruelty has now been charged under the Criminal Code as well. Martin Grenier is charged with six Criminal Code of Canada offences related to the treatment of over 2,000 pigs in a barn near Notre Dame de Lourdes last spring. According to authorities, the

Livestock, Opinion, Other livestock

Sheep Industry Has Everything Going For It — So Why Is It Languishing?

By Will Verboven December 23, 2010

The recent conference of the Canadian Sheep Federation (CSF) in Calgary brought to light a market situation that other commodities can only dream about – high producer prices, high demand and a declining supply. Such an atmosphere certainly provided for an optimistic mood at the meeting, but there seemed to be some underlying angst to

Opinion

Letters – for Dec. 23, 2010

December 23, 2010

I am responding to the article “Predator control a year-round affair,” in the Nov. 4 issue of theManitoba Co-operator. It is very good people are realizing problem coyotes and wolves are not cute and cuddly neighbours. We’ve had major problems with coyotes and barely got compensation for all the damage they did. Back then, some

Livestock

Marketings Taper Off As Holidays Approach

By MarketsFarm Team December 23, 2010

DWAYNE KLASSEN The app roach of the Christmas and New Year holidays, combined with some winter issues, resulted in a decline in the number of cattle moving through the auction yards in Manitoba during the week ended Dec. 17. Prices for the most part held steady, with values for select types of cattle seeing some

Grain Markets, Livestock

U.S. Fed Cattle Supply At Three-Year High

By Bob Burgdorfer December 23, 2010

The U.S. feedlot cattle supply on Dec. 1 was the largest for that date in three years as profitable cattle prices and poor pastures had producers rushing young cattle into feedlots rather than into breeding herds, analysts said Dec. 17. The U.S. Agriculture Department said there were 11.609 million cattle in feedlots on Dec. 1,

Country Crossroads

Counting The Birds‚ ‘Til Christmas (And Afterwards Too)

By Lorraine Stevenson December 23, 2010

Atatimeofyearmost arehuddledindoors, orflockingtoshopping malls,afewhardysouls setouteagerlytovisitthe fieldsandwoods. They split up into small teams early in the day, travelling by car to scan the back roads for their quarry. Gathering at day’s end, they talk excitedly about what they saw, lament over what they didn’t, and tally their findings. There’s food and laughter and fellowship too. They

Beef cattle, Forages, Livestock

What Eats Grass And Is Worth $2.25/Lb. On The Rail?

By Daniel Winters December 23, 2010

Jim Lintott’s biggest problem selling grass-fed beef at the St. Norbert Farmers Market last summer was not having enough to sell to all the people clamouring to buy it. “We have more market than we actually have supply,” said Lintott, president of the Manitoba Grass-Fed Beef Association speaking on the sidelines of the recent Manitoba

Daily Network News

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