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Trade touted as cattle industry’s salvation

By Ron Friesen December 18, 2008

“We’ve always made our living in the marketplace.” – brad wildeman, cca Increased trade is the solution to the Canadian cattle industry’s economic woes, Manitoba cattle producers were told last week. The Manitoba Cattle Producers Association annual meet ing heard a rous ing endorsement of global trade and free enterprise as an answer to the

Livestock Markets, Other livestock

Sheep & Goat Market Report – for Dec. 18, 2008

By Mark Elliot December 18, 2008

Promising December sales The end of November, 2008 held many surprises on the variety of lamb prices, throughout the country, as well as the differences in the Manitoba market. The results can be determined based upon the number of sales per month or minimizing the number of sales. The producer has to be aware of

Livestock, News

Cattle producers let loose at wildlife problems

December 18, 2008

Manitoba cattle producers took dead aim and blasted away at varmints last week. The need to control predators and other problem wildlife was the subject of nine out of 23 resolutions debated at the Manitoba Cattle Producers Association annual meeting Dec. 10-11. Members passed resolutions calling for: Increased funding to hunt and trap wolves and

Country Crossroads

Create your own recycled reindeer

By Karen Chic December 18, 2008

Here’s a quick crafting project that will give new life to an old bulb. Materials: Christmas light bulb (outdoor type) 2 wiggly eyes 1 red pompom Tinsel pipe cleaners – 5 inches Red satin ribbon – 5 inches for hanger, approx. 5 inches for bow Hot glue gun Directions: To make the reindeer’s antlers, slightly

Beef cattle, Livestock, Livestock Markets

Cattle producers plan COOL survival strategy

By Ron Friesen December 11, 2008

Canadian livestock producers have finally succeeded in getting the federal government to initiate a World Trade Organization challenge to the U. S. country-of-origin meat labelling rule. Their task now is to live with COOL while the WTO case makes its long and torturous way through the system. It could take up to three years to

Beef cattle, Livestock, Other

Alberta plans cattle price insurance

December 11, 2008

Alberta’s farm financing agency plans to roll out the first price insurance program in Canada for cattle producers as early as mid-2009. Agriculture Financial Services Corp. (AFSC) said Alberta beef producers will be the first among the province’s livestock sectors to have such insurance. “This type of insurance doesn’t currently exist in Canada and will

Livestock, Opinion, Other livestock

Livestock guardian dogs are valuable employees

By Lorna Wall December 4, 2008

LGDs are just like children and go through all the same stages. David Brennan with Alberta Agriculture Predator Management control offered some useful insights into reducing lamb losses due to coyotes in the Nov. 20 issue of the Manitoba Co-operator. However, although Brennan described the coyote’s hunting style, he did not include that a coyote

Livestock, News

Wolves attacking cattle in south-central Manitoba

By Ron Friesen December 4, 2008

“You can’t just run out and kill every wolf you see.” – Martin Unrau, MCPA Bill Guenther is missing a quarter of his calves and he’s pretty sure he knows why. About six weeks ago, Guenther surprised a large wolf – “a big grey bugger” – eating on a freshly killed 600-pound heifer calf on

Country Crossroads

109 years of Christmas Bird Count

By Donna Gamache December 4, 2008

With binoculars in hand, and a trusted bird book nearby, volunteers begin their count. An interesting activity at this time of year is the annual Christmas Bird Count organized in various communities around the province. Usually about 20 Manitoba centres have a bird count during a three-week time slot over the Christmas/ New Year’s period.

Beef cattle, Livestock, Opinion

Hamster wheel business

By Laura Rance-Unger November 27, 2008

”The worst business of all is the one that grows a lot, where you’re forced to grow just to stay in the game at all and where you’re reinvesting the capital at a very low rate of return. And sometimes people are in those businesses without knowing it.” Warren Buffett, 1998 Between 1990 and 2003,

Daily Network News

Prairie wheat bids mixed to start December

More U.S. soybean shipments to China due to load through mid-December

Prairie forecast: Northwest flow ushers in a wintery pattern across the Prairies

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