Insights and Stories on Livestock

Cattle urine may lead to live BSE test

Sep. 6, 2008 at 2:13 am CDT

Canadian researchers say levels of a telltale protein in cattle urine may be the path to a BSE test for live cattle. Scientists at the Public Health Agency of Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory (NML), working with others from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), the University of Manitoba and Germany’s […]

Alta. cattle groups line up behind ALMS

Sep. 5, 2008 at 6:18 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Ottawa boosts Man. forage aid program

Sep. 5, 2008 at 5:35 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Ont., Que. team up on food traceability

Sep. 4, 2008 at 3:44 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Ont. court approves Ridley BSE settlement

Sep. 4, 2008 at 2:47 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Aid pledged for rained-out Cape Breton farms

Sep. 2, 2008 at 3:40 pm CDT

The federal and Nova Scotia governments have promised support for Cape Breton farmers struggling with recent “overwhelming” rains. Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and his provincial counterpart, Brooke Taylor, said Monday that they are “committed” to “find ways to help producers in Cape Breton.” Ritz said he would “immediately” send […]

By FBC staff

Workers’ comp. mandated for Man. farms

Aug. 27, 2008 at 3:09 pm CDT

Manitoba farms and farm-related industries will soon have to carry workers’ compensation coverage for their employees. Following the recommendations of the provincial Workers Compensation Board in a report released in June, the province will extend mandatory WCB coverage to an additional 7,500 employers and 30,000 workers, starting January 1, 2009. […]

By FBC staff

N.B. farmers invited to apply for board

Aug. 26, 2008 at 5:11 pm CDT

New Brunswick’s new pilot project to open the public board appointment process to applications from the public will now include the provincial Farm Products Commission. The province announced Tuesday it is accepting “expressions of interest” from people who are “committed to the sustainability of the province’s agriculture industry,” Agriculture Minister […]

By FBC staff

Yukon moves to thin elk herd

Aug. 26, 2008 at 4:44 pm CDT

Yukon farmers are expected to be among the beneficiaries of a proposed “limited harvest” of elk in the territory in 2009, the government said Monday. The Yukon government, which adopted a new elk management plan in June, said Monday it will begin work with First Nations and other stakeholders on […]

By FBC staff

Editors’ Picks: Cows line up by longitude

Aug. 26, 2008 at 3:41 pm CDT

A new European study suggests your cattle may be among the animal species that have a built-in compass. Quoted Tuesday in an Associated Press report by Randolph Schmid, a joint German/Czech study led by biologists Hynek Burda and Sabine Begall of the University of Duisburg-Essen found that cattle at rest […]

By FBC staff