Insights and Stories on Livestock

B.C. to offer forage supply insurance coverage

Oct. 22, 2008 at 12:52 am CDT

Livestock producers in British Columbia’s northern, central and Peace regions will be offered forage supply coverage for 2009 through their provincial forage production insurance program. “When faced with regional challenges such as drought, producers struggle with decreased forage supply and increased operating costs,” the province said in a release Tuesday. […]

Mexico lifts ban on Alta. breeding cattle

Oct. 21, 2008 at 1:01 am CDT

Big cheesemakers take milk rules to court

Oct. 20, 2008 at 6:09 pm CDT

Some meats cleared to leave Maple Leaf plant

Oct. 20, 2008 at 5:39 pm CDT

Feed grains seen “ample” for domestic market

Oct. 20, 2008 at 4:56 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Ont. raw milk advocate in contempt: reports

Oct. 20, 2008 at 3:11 pm CDT

An Ontario organic dairy producer has been found in contempt of court over charges that he defied a court order to stop selling raw milk, the Canadian Press news agency reported Monday. A sentencing decision was reserved Monday in the Ontario Court of Justice in Newmarket in the case of […]

Former N.B. ag minister now Tory leader

Oct. 20, 2008 at 1:52 pm CDT

Former New Brunswick agriculture minister David Alward has been elected leader of the province’s Progressive Conservatives. Alward, 48, a provincial MLA since 1999 and the Tory minister for agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture from 2003 to 2006, was elected at the party’s leadership convention Saturday in Fredericton. Born in Massachussets, Alward […]

Manitoba pledges funds for ag show venue

Oct. 17, 2008 at 6:31 pm CDT

One of Manitoba’s best-known venues for agricultural shows and events may soon pick up a longer-term funding agreement from the provincial government. The Keystone Centre in Brandon would get provincial grant assistance of up to $250,000 per year for five years under a proposal announced Friday in Brandon by Agriculture […]

Tyson to tighten meat labelling: Reuters

Oct. 17, 2008 at 6:00 pm CDT

Tyson Foods’ plan to follow new U.S. country-of-origin labelling (COOL) laws on meat by using one “Product of U.S., Canada, Mexico” label has been derailed, according to the Reuters news service. Reuters reported Wednesday that Tyson, the leading beef producer and second-biggest pork producer in the U.S., has reconsidered its […]

Maple Leaf reaches double shift at Brandon

Oct. 17, 2008 at 5:23 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Maple Leaf Foods has achieved its goal of a full double shift at its hog processing facility at Brandon, Man., an official with the company confirmed Friday. “The facility is now licensed to slaughter 86,000 hogs per week,” said Jeanette Jones, director of communications for Maple […]

By Dwayne Klassen