Insights and Stories on Sheep/Goats

Sep. 10, 2014 at 7:27 pm CDT

A bid to boost sales of Canadian dairy, sheep and goat genetics in export markets has picked up seven-figure federal funding. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz on Wednesday announced $1.6 million for the Canadian Livestock Genetics Association (CLGA), mainly to help the association achieve its target of increasing sales and exports […]

By Staff

Aug. 27, 2014 at 6:36 pm CDT

Sydney | Reuters — Two Australian farmers say they may have found the world’s woolliest sheep, whose estimated 25 kg (55-lb.) coat, if confirmed, could shatter the world record currently held in neighbouring New Zealand. Shaun the sheep was found on Sunday wandering in a country area near the town […]

By Samantha Mountford

Aug. 14, 2014 at 1:57 pm CDT

Canada’s first chance to prosecute a breach of its laws against traffic in dangerous pathogens has ended in a guilty plea from a previously well-regarded researcher over stray vials of brucellosis-causing bacteria. Dr. Klaus Nielsen, who had worked at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s Fallowfield lab southwest of Ottawa, was first […]

By Staff

Jul. 23, 2014 at 4:34 pm CDT

Reuters — A White House advisory committee is expected to acknowledge the link between antimicrobial resistance in humans and livestock being fed antibiotics when it issues its report in the next few weeks, according to the transcript of a committee meeting held earlier this month. But how much of the […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

Jul. 8, 2014 at 12:25 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Flooding and excess moisture causing crop damage across southern Manitoba are also creating extreme obstacles for livestock producers now scrambling to find pasture land. The damage is “pretty well widespread across the whole province,” said Heinz Reimer, president of Manitoba Beef Producers. “In some places guys have […]

By Marney Blunt