Insights and Stories on Livestock

Ont. funds new OVC animal hospital

Feb. 12, 2008 at 11:50 pm CST

The Ontario government will put up $9.5 million toward a new primary-care teaching hospital for small animals at Guelph’s Ontario Veterinary College. “This will give students a high quality and diverse clinical teaching and learning experience and enable the college to expand training in nutrition, health and wellness,” the province […]

Time to re-think WTO strategy: Ont., Que.

Feb. 12, 2008 at 2:06 am CST

By FBC staff

Ecological goods and services pilot funded in N.B.

Feb. 9, 2008 at 12:40 am CST

By FBC staff

Ottawa to put WTO duties on supply-managed goods

Feb. 7, 2008 at 4:45 pm CST

By FBC staff

Governments sitting on Atlantic Beef cash: CBC

Feb. 7, 2008 at 3:17 pm CST

By FBC staff

Manitoba “hog pause” runs to Feb. 29

Feb. 6, 2008 at 4:40 pm CST

The Manitoba government’s “pause” on approvals for new or expanding hog operations will extend to Feb. 29, while the province ponders a report on the industry’s sustainability. The province has received its long-awaited report from the provincial Clean Environment Commission (CEC), reviewing its environmental protection measures already in place relating […]

By FBC staff

U.S. to allow Ont. firm’s E. coli vaccine

Feb. 5, 2008 at 7:22 pm CST

An Ontario firm developing a vaccine expected to cut down the amount of harmful E. coli bacteria in cattle and cow-pies is now eligible to get a conditional license for the vaccine’s use by U.S. cattlemen. The company announced Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture now finds the data […]

By FBC staff

Ridley agrees to $6M settlement in BSE lawsuit

Feb. 5, 2008 at 6:15 pm CST

Winnipeg feed maker Ridley Inc. will pay $6 million to Canada’s cattle producers to end its exposure to class actions over the arrival of mad cow disease. The company said in a press release Tuesday that it will pay $6 million into a plaintiffs’ settlement trust fund to settle claims […]

By FBC staff

Poultry allowed on disinfected Sask. farm

Feb. 4, 2008 at 7:06 pm CST

A Saskatchewan poultry farm quarantined for H7N3 avian flu since last September has been given the all-clear to bring new birds to the property. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Monday that all cleaning and disinfection have been completed on the affected farm and all quarantine measures have been removed. […]

By FBC staff

Hytek seals deal for Springhill Farms

Feb. 4, 2008 at 6:26 pm CST

Manitoba hog production company Hytek Ltd. has finalized its deal to buy the Springhill Farms pork packing plant near Neepawa, Man. Hytek, based at La Broquerie, east of Steinbach, first announced the deal in October to buy the facility, about 75 km northeast of Brandon, for an undisclosed sum. Hytek […]

By FBC staff