Insights and Stories on Livestock

Apr. 19, 2009 at 1:18 pm CDT

Coming under public pressure to fix a bill seen as giving the Alberta government “unfettered powers to take land,” the province now plans amendments to give landowners “greater certainty.” The province’s Bill 19, introduced last month, is a “land assembly” act that lays out the process for the province to […]

Apr. 18, 2009 at 3:48 am CDT

The Springhill Farms pork processing plant at Neepawa, Man. has finalized an agreement with the town to allow for upgrades to the packer’s wastewater treatment plant. The upgrades, if completed by early April 2010 as planned, could allow Springhill to expand its processing capacity to nearly 1.4 million hogs per […]

Apr. 18, 2009 at 3:47 am CDT

The non-profit association that runs Canadian Western Agribition has posted a 14 per cent increase in revenue from the major fall farm show for 2008 over 2007. During its annual meeting this week in Regina, the CWA board heard show revenues, including admissions, tickets, program sales and food sales rose […]

Apr. 17, 2009 at 4:44 pm CDT

An Alberta fresh pork processor has moved to a “state-of-the-art” DNA traceability system that can trace its pork from the retail meat case back to the processor and farm of origin. Sturgeon Valley Pork, a federally inspected facility supplying the western Canadian market from St. Albert, northwest of Edmonton, said […]

Apr. 17, 2009 at 4:00 pm CDT

An Ontario poultry processor has launched a new high-pressure processing system designed to protect its deli meats against bacteria such as listeria. Maple Lodge Farms of Brampton said in a release Wednesday that it’s the first poultry processor in the country to invest in the SafeSure high pressure processing (HPP) […]