Insights and Stories on Livestock

Sep. 7, 2007 at 12:53 pm CDT

Biotech firm Bioniche Life Sciences of Belleville, Ont., plans to use $2 million in Ontario government funding to build up production of a vaccine expected to cut down levels of E. coli 0157:H7 bacteria in cattle. The vaccine, which is “indicated” to reduce the amount of E. coli bacteria cattle […]

By FBC staff

Sep. 7, 2007 at 10:22 am CDT

Winnipeg (Resource News International) —With the addition of a second shift at Maple Leaf Foods’ hog plant at Brandon, Manitoba on September 4, the company expects a ramp-up in slaughter capacity over the next six to eight weeks, according to an official with Maple Leaf. “The current hog slaughter capacity […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Sep. 5, 2007 at 1:48 pm CDT

Feed manufacturer Ridley Inc. is making another legal bid to halt a proposed class action suit before it can begin, this time appealing to the Supreme Court of Canada. Ridley, along with the federal government, is the targeted defendant in four co-ordinated lawsuits filed by cattlemen in Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta […]

By FBC staff

Sep. 4, 2007 at 6:15 pm CDT

Cheques will be in the mail in the next few days to about 30,000 Ontario farmers qualifying for $55 million in funding through that province’s Cost Recognition Top-Up program, the government reported today. The program, first announced June 8 and to be delivered by Agricorp, is a 40 per cent-matching […]

By FBC staff

Aug. 31, 2007 at 12:16 pm CDT

Over 100 farms across Quebec are preparing to open their gates to provincial residents during the fifth annual “Portes ouvertes” (“open doors”) day on September 9. The event, organized by l’Union des producteurs agricoles (UPA), is an “extraordinary occasion” for Quebecois to familiarize themselves with the different aspects of farming […]

By FBC staff