Insights and Stories on Livestock

Alta. to skew BSE surveillance younger

May. 22, 2008 at 3:13 pm CDT

Younger Alberta cattle at high risk for BSE will be the new focus of the federal/provincial surveillance program for the disease. Starting July 1, the Canada-Alberta BSE surveillance program, run by Alberta’s agriculture department and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, will shift its focus to testing younger cattle for which […]

Masterfeeds to buy Land O’Lakes Ont. business

May. 21, 2008 at 3:18 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Sask. stock growers name new GM

May. 21, 2008 at 12:35 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Premium Brands CEO Fred Knoedler, 62

May. 20, 2008 at 3:05 am CDT

By FBC staff

Menu Foods posts smaller loss in Q1

May. 15, 2008 at 6:28 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Higher pork prices may just be temporary

May. 15, 2008 at 4:19 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — The rate of North American sow liquidation and reduced pork production has been a key factor in rising prices for Canada’s hog producers, but the jury is still out on whether these values will continue to move higher in 2008, according to a forecast by a […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Sow cull program to spread out funds

May. 15, 2008 at 3:52 pm CDT

The federal cull program for breeding swine is moving into a second phase to spread out remaining funds across all provinces. The Canadian Pork Council, which operates the $50 million program, said Thursday that in this second phase, funds will go only to hog farmers in provinces that haven’t yet […]

By FBC staff

N.B. boosts ag investments in budget

May. 15, 2008 at 1:17 pm CDT

The New Brunswick government plans to budget an extra $1 million for “strategic investments” in its agriculture and aquaculture sectors. Agriculture Minister Ron Ouellette announced the funds Thursday as part of the ag and aquaculture department’s $37.6 million ordinary, capital and loans advances accounts budget for 2008-09. “The additional funding […]

By FBC staff

Leave workers’ comp coverage optional: KAP

May. 14, 2008 at 5:26 pm CDT

Manitoba’s farmers shouldn’t have to take on mandatory coverage by the province’s Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB), its general farm group said Wednesday. In a media commentary, Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) president Ian Wishart said the family farm is a “unique workplace” in comparison to almost all other industries and doesn’t […]

By FBC staff

Feed supplement’s gain claim approved

May. 14, 2008 at 5:02 pm CDT

Bio-Mos, a supplement for hog and poultry feeds, has picked up Canadian Food Inspection Agency approval for its claims on gain. The product’s manufacturer, U.S. animal feed firm Alltech, announced Wednesday that CFIA had approved its description for Bio-Mos, specifically: “Bio-Mos is a yeast cell wall supplement for swine, broiler […]

By FBC staff