Turning Manure to Money on Intensive Operations
CANADA - Intensive farming operations are degrading soil quality at an exponential and dangerous rate, threatening a global disaster if this trend continues. Whilst poorly managed manure can also be environmentally damaging, in the right hands, it can...

Age Confirmed of Canadian Mad Cow
CANADA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed that the case of BSE announced on June 23, 2008, was a five-year-old Holstein cow from British Columbia. As previously noted, no part of the animal’s carcass entered the human food supply...

E. coli O157 Vaccine: Added Value or Added Cost
CANADA - A Canadian biopharmaceutical company, recently hosted a two-day conference in Toronto on how farmers can use E. coli vaccinations to add value to beef and dairy products.

Feed Grain Prices Expected to Increase
CANADA - The Canadian Wheat Board has increased its price projections for wheat, durum, designated barley and feed barley, writes Bruce Cochrane.

Ones Step Ahead: Product Predicts Forage Yield
CANADA - A new forage yield predictor model has been developed in the bid to aid beef producers make sound choices regarding the management of their herds. However, its makers claim that producers must react quickly to the realities of hay predictions...

Lakeside Operation Sinks: Tyson Sells to XL Foods
CANADA – A preliminary agreement has been reached to sell one of Canada’s largest beef processing operations. Tyson say the decision follows a long-term stratergy further afield.

Door Opens for Canadian Beef in Russia
CANADA– After a recent meeting between Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Russian Agriculture Minister Alexey Gordeyev an agreement was reached for Canada to export beef to Russia.

There's Hope for Feed Grain Price Relief
CANADA - A Winnipeg based grain market analyst says the bright light for livestock producers right now is the anticipated large global wheat crop expected to be harvested during 2008, writes Bruce Cochrane.

Mad Cow in Canada
OTTAWA - Yesterday the Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirmed a new case of mad cow disease, making it the 13th since the national surveillance programme began back in 2003.

CIFA Call for Anthrax Protection
CANADA - Canadian Livestock producers are being warned to protect their animals from livestock before it is too late.

OIMP and Homegrown Ontario Join Hands
ONTARIO - Ontario Independent Meat Processors (OIMP) has joined the Homegrown Ontario program. Homegrown Ontario is a brand that launched in June 2007 to help consumers clearly identify meat products from Ontario. Currently the logo, a red barn with a...

New Canadian License Aids Rural Meat Producers
CANADA - A new move in the city of Prince George means that ultra-rural meat producers, and those in the region who qualify, have an easier way to sell their wares.

Cattle Farmers Get Bullish Over Hog Moratorium
CANADA - The Manitoba cattle Producers Association will call on the Manitoba government to abandon plans to impose moratoriums on hog industry expansion when it appears before the Legislative Assembly's Standing Committee on Agriculture and Food, writes...

Canadian Regulations Prove to Tough to Swallow
CANADA - Nine months after it took effect, farmers and elected officials in Powell River are still fighting against the Ministry of Health’s new Meat Inspection Regulation (MIR).

Difficulty of Predicting Anthrax Outbreaks
CANADA - At this time of year producers want to know if the weather conditions might unleash anthrax bacteria spores from the soil, where the disease can survive for up to 80 years.

Canadian BSE Programme Focuses on New Standards
CANADA - Over the past four years, Alberta’s cattle producers have worked closely with the federal and provincial governments to meet international requirements for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) surveillance.

Livestock Manure: Eco Friendly Fertilizer?
CANADA - Research conducted in Saskatchewan has shown, when applied in balance according to manure nutrient analysis and soil testing, livestock manure is an environmentally friendly fertilizer option, writes Bruce Cochrane.

Manitoba Program to Protect Farmers' Livestock
MANITOBA - Manitoba will continue to help farmers protect livestock from natural predators through an agreement with the Manitoba Trappers Association, Conservation Minister Stan Struthers announced today.