Reporters Take A Peek Inside A Culled Elk

“Once in a while we get some large ones. When you cut it open, you see that the inside is much like the cream filling of a doughnut. It’s just disgusting. It’s offyellowy white, gooey, hideous stuff.” – Ken Kingdon Of the 28 elk killed this spring in Riding Mountain National Park, all have so

Livestock Horses For Sale

6 YR OLD REGISTERED Paint gelding broke to ride & Registed 4 yr old Black Quarter horse mare broke to ride, several 2 & 3 yr old young horses that need to be broke to ride, some will make very good barrel racers. Don Ferguson (306)435-3634, Moosomin. ALL ABOUT LEATHER LTD., Peter Schueler. Harness Leather:


Livestock Livestock Equipment

180-BUS GRAIN CREEP FEEDER on wheels. Excellent condition, has 2 fold down calf panels, $1,800. Call (204)379-2840. No Sunday calls please. 2006 MODEL 3550 MEYERS manure spreader, 550-bu, double apron, double beater. Phone: (204)966-3868. 600 Du-Al manure spreader. Phone: (204)858-2573 ALTERNATIVE POWER BY SUNDOG SOLAR, portable/ remote solar water pumping for winter/summer. Call for pricing

Livestock Sheep For Sale

4 GREAT PYRENEES KUVAT cross pups from working parents, $200 each. 15 ewe lambs ready to lamb, mixed, $250. 5 Rambouillet yearlings rams, $250. (204)864-2709. HYDRAULIC WOOL PACKER, ROUND bag, $2000. Phone: (204)838-2174


Put Age Verification On Hold

Our national mandatory program for age verification for cattle needs to be put on hold until there is careful study and round table discussions with farmers. Governments need to talk to actual farmers, not merely to organizations that claim to represent farmers and to the so-called industry leaders. The federal Standing Committee on Agriculture needs

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


Packers Not Villains In Beef Profits: Study

“There is no case to be made that packers are taking an unwarranted share of the revenue.” – CHARLIE GRACEY Although cattle producers receive only a small share of the beef dollar, packing plants are not the reason for their lack of profitability, according to a recent study. In fact, retailers get vastly more value

Cervid Industry Receives Federal Funding

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz has announced an investment of over $1 million to the Canadian Cervid Alliance to help the cervid industry capture new market opportunities and respond to the growing consumer demand for full traceability in livestock and poultry. The Canadian Integrated Food Safety Initiative (CIFSI) is funding two projects that will help producers


Sheep & Goat Report

Weekly Livestock Market Review Ewes Lambs 110 lbs.+ 95 110 lbs. 80 94 lbs. $85.84 $152.80 $143 -$159.50 n /a $112 $142.50 under 80 Market Lambs ( 95 109 lbs.) 70 79 lbs. 60 69 lbs. 50 59 lbs. March 26 / 2010 March 19 / 2010 March 12 / 2010 March 2 / 2010

Loose Sow Housing No Panacea, Producers Say

“Removing a crate from the barn has a huge ripple effect.” – MARG REMPEL, STE. ANNE PRODUCER Mention activists who oppose sow gestation stalls and Marg Rempel gets so frustrated she can hardly talk. It isn’t just anti-stall people who upset her. It’s their lack of knowledge about what eliminating gestation crates would really mean