Insights and Stories on Livestock

N.S. to fund farm energy audit pilot

Sep. 15, 2008 at 12:07 pm CDT

Development of an energy audit system for Nova Scotia farms by the provincial ag federation will get some funding from the province’s EcoTrust fund. The EcoTrust for Clean Air and Climate Change will put up $37,000 for the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture to create an auditing system that can […]

New directors named to Alberta’s AFSC

Sep. 13, 2008 at 3:44 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Maple Leaf’s hog demand steady at Brandon

Sep. 12, 2008 at 3:47 pm CDT

By Dwayne Klassen

Bee Maid boosts processing capacity

Sep. 12, 2008 at 3:07 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Editors’ Picks: Eagles blamed for lamb losses

Sep. 12, 2008 at 2:56 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Ont. groups to collect livestock drugs, sharps

Sep. 11, 2008 at 2:47 pm CDT

Ontario farmers will be able to take unused livestock drugs and sharps to collection sites in November under a new pilot program. The Ontario Farm Animal Council, in a release Tuesday, said its “clean sweep” pilot program will be held between Nov. 20 and 22 at six locations in southwestern […]

By FBC staff

Alta. reorganizes agriculture programming

Sep. 8, 2008 at 6:38 pm CDT

Alberta’s provincial agriculture department has “strategically restructured” its program and service delivery, putting more emphasis on support services for agribusinesses and livestock producers. “When I announced the Alberta Livestock and Meat Strategy (ALMS) earlier this summer, I also asked for an internal department review to help the livestock industry with […]

By FBC staff

Man. cattle producers vote to dump KAP

Sep. 8, 2008 at 5:21 pm CDT

The Manitoba Cattle Producers Association’s board of directors has voted to pull its membership from the province’s general farm group. MCPA, in this week’s edition of its Cattle Country newsletter, said its directors passed a motion at their September board meeting to withdraw the group’s membership in Keystone Agricultural Producers […]

By FBC staff

Slicers likely source of listeria: Maple Leaf

Sep. 6, 2008 at 8:46 pm CDT

Processors that produce ready-to-eat meats are being asked to take on “aggressive” cleaning of their meat slicing equipment after Maple Leaf Foods found such machines to be the likely source of a serious listeriosis contamination. Federal and provincial health officials have been investigating an increase in cases of listeriosis infections […]

By FBC staff

Ruling consolidates BSE class action suits

Sep. 6, 2008 at 10:05 am CDT

An Ontario cattleman’s lawsuit against the federal government over losses due to BSE is now certified as a class action, with its “class” expanded to include all Canadian cattle producers outside Quebec. Justice Joan Lax of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled Tuesday that the suit — with Niagara […]

By Dave Bedard