Insights and Stories of Daniel Winters

Feb. 29, 2012 at 7:26 pm CST

Three cattle operations and a veterinarian in western Manitoba have been charged for allegedly failing to accurately record ages of cattle shipped to the United States. Lisa Gauthier, a spokesperson for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, said in an email that the charges under the Health of Animals Act and […]

By Daniel Winters

Jan. 16, 2012 at 5:01 am CST

Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz has pledged to push the Canadian Wheat Board to allow no-cost buybacks for farmers who’d like to market grain ahead of the official end of the single desk. Ritz told the recent annual meeting of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association in Moose Haw that […]

By Allan Dawson, Daniel Winters

Dec. 29, 2011 at 2:28 pm CST

Everybody, it seems, wants forage and that had speakers at the recent Canadian Forage and Grasslands Association conference in Saskatoon questioning why it’s still an afterthought on many Prairie farms. “That’s one of the problems with our industry. We don’t recognize the importance of forage,” said Ed Shaw, owner of […]

By Daniel Winters

Sep. 28, 2011 at 12:08 pm CDT

Funding for a new diagnostic test for bovine tuberculosis in cattle that will be simpler and more cost-effective for regulatory agencies to administer was announced Tuesday by Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. Nearly $320,000 has been set aside through the Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program (CAAP) to help the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association […]

By Daniel Winters

Apr. 15, 2011 at 4:19 pm CDT

Cattle emit less methane in the winter than in summer, a recent study has discovered. And now that the results have been sent to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), scientists will use it to develop a more accurate picture of the true contribution of ruminants to global warming. […]

By Daniel Winters