Insights and Stories on Livestock

Hog farms get $25M for circovirus vaccinations

Nov. 15, 2007 at 5:44 pm CST

The federal government will foot half the bill for Canadian hog farmers to test and vaccinate herds against circovirus-related disease. Christian Paradis, federal secretary of state for agriculture, on Thursday announced $25 million for a Circovirus Inoculation Program (CIP), for which hog owners or herd managers can apply. Forms will […]

Sask. hog breeders make biggest air drop into China

Nov. 15, 2007 at 4:10 pm CST

By FBC staff

Right to shoo wildlife proposed for Yukon farmers

Nov. 13, 2007 at 6:29 pm CST

By FBC staff

CFIA seeks herdmates of TB-positive bull

Nov. 9, 2007 at 7:08 pm CST

By FBC staff

Cattlemen launch beef nutrition promotion

Nov. 9, 2007 at 2:41 pm CST

By FBC staff

Dollar, higher costs weigh on Ont. cattle prices: study

Nov. 8, 2007 at 7:06 pm CST

Current U.S. beef cattle prices should have a positive, stabilizing effect on Ontario prices, but that’s more than offset by the loonie and recent higher costs for the province’s packers and exporters, according to a new report by the George Morris Centre. In a paper released Thursday, the Guelph-based agricultural […]

By FBC staff

Agropur joins South American venture

Nov. 8, 2007 at 3:25 pm CST

Quebec dairy farmers’ co-operative Agropur will start a new joint venture in with Adecoagro, a South American food company, to develop new dairy business on that continent. Specific details on the two companies’ agreement were not given, but they said in a joint release that their new venture will benefit […]

By FBC staff

“Dysfunctional” markets caused livestock price drop: NFU

Nov. 7, 2007 at 1:58 pm CST

A livestock marketplace in which a few large corporations “heavily influence” both the farm gate and retail prices paid for livestock and meat have led to the collapse in returns to livestock producers, the National Farmers Union said Tuesday. The rising value of the Canadian dollar against U.S. currency is […]

By FBC staff

Potato biogas plant could kill feed source: CBC

Nov. 7, 2007 at 1:22 pm CST

Cattlemen on Prince Edward Island fear they could lose a cheap feed source when the Irving Group’s Cavendish Farms potato plant starts using its peelings to generate biogas for heating. P.E.I. Cattlemen’s Association president Darlene Sanford told CBC News on Wednesday that most cattlemen in the province use potato waste […]

By FBC staff

R-CALF files for “Rule 2” injunction

Nov. 5, 2007 at 7:26 pm CST

R-CALF USA, a legal-action group of northern-state ranchers and cattlemen, has asked a U.S. district court for an injunction to block the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s new rule allowing imports of older Canadian cattle before the rule can take effect. The group, along with 10 other plaintiffs, filed a complaint […]

By FBC staff