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| Pork loans not helpful, group says |
| Source: TheChronicleHerald.ca, by T. Peters |
| Date: 07-Oct-2009 |
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New government-backed loan programs are of little value to Nova Scotia hog producers, says the chairman of Pork Nova Scotia.
"The biggest reason is we are in a high-cost feed area and loans aren’t going to help because the cost of production is too high," said Gerald Vermeulen. "We just can’t operate in this scenario."
A reduction in North American production is the ans... (read more on TheChronicleHerald.ca) |
| Slaughter cows, bulls trade lower at the Winnipeg livestock market |
| Source: commandnews.com |
| Date: 07-Oct-2009 |
| Slaughter cows and bulls traded slightly lower compared to Friday's trade at the Winnipeg livestock market.
Total head count: 283.
Slaughter cattle 200: Dry fed $35-$38 per cwt; good fleshed $32-$35; lean $23-$32; young/age verified $36-$43.50; good bulls $40-$50.25.
Feeder cattle 83: There were not enough prices to establish trends and prices.
... (read more on commandnews.com) |
| Eat it to save it: mass production to spare rare Canadian chicken from extinction |
| Source: commandnews.com |
| Date: 07-Oct-2009 |
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MONTREAL - For several years, a small group of poultry enthusiasts has been pushing to save an authentic Canadian chicken from extinction.
They finally cooked up a plan to save the rare breed of barnyard fowl from oblivion _ and it involves tossing thousands of them on the barbecue.
The Chantecler chicken, a bird once believed to be extinct, remains alive, but only around 2,000 of them are... (read more on commandnews.com) |
| BIXS prepares for October public launch |
| Source: CCA Action News |
| Date: 06-Oct-2009 |
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Working with a group of about 100 dedicated and supportive cow-calf producers and platform partners across Canada, BIXS recently moved into the ‘soft launch’ phase of development. The national, voluntary, web-based database is designed to capture and exchange data linked to the individual animal’s unique electronic ID tag number. The system assists in gathering and tracking useful animal and c... (read more) |
| Pork Producers to be Eligible for Restructuring Loans |
| Source: ThePigSite.com, by B. Cochrane |
| Date: 06-Oct-2009 |
| The Canadian Pork Council is confident most Canadian pork producers will be eligible for loans being made available under a new restructuring plan being offered by the federal government for the Canadian pork industry ---
Last week Ottawa unveiled details of a comprehensive restructuring plan for Canadian pork producers originally announced in August.
The plan includes funding for domestic a... (read more on ThePigSite.com) |
| Group would save lobster grounds |
| Source: AtlanticFarmer.com |
| Date: 05-Oct-2009 |
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FPMB seeks names and dollars to support research ---
Friends of Port Mouton Bay, a Nova Scotia group seeking to block continued use of inshore lobster grounds for farming salmon and trout, has embarked on a campaign to raise $8000 to support a scientific study relating to fish farm pollution.
The Dalhousie University research team will monitor the length of time required for the marine e... (read more) |
| NS: Mink farm hearing sparks heated debate |
| Source: dailybusinessbuzz.ca, by T. Comeau |
| Date: 01-Oct-2009 |
| A proposed setback amendment for mink farms and other operations was a hot topic at a recent public hearing in Yarmouth.
Many of the people who spoke at the public hearing in front of municipal councillors on Monday night felt a 500-foot setback from watercourses, lakes or rivers for mink, fox, fowl or hog operations isn’t far back enough, but they felt it was a start and an improvement over th... (read more on dailybusinessbuzz.ca) |
| Hog plant grants defended by former minister |
| Source: CBC.ca |
| Date: 30-Sep-2009 |
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P.E.I.'s agriculture minister under the Pat Binns administration was called before a legislative committee to explain why that government gave $2 million in grants to the provincial hog plant.
When the Liberal Ghiz government came to power in 2007, it stopped financial support for the Quebec-based owners of NOFG, and put it into receivership.
It shut down permanently a few weeks later... (read more on CBC.ca) |
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| Cultivate with care |
| Source: TheChronicleHerald.ca, by B. Erskine |
| Date: 30-Sep-2009 |
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| A Malagash oyster farmer is set to become the country’s only supplier of the delicate European flat oyster.
"We appear to be the only one in Canada," Charles Purdy, majority owner of Bay Enterprises Ltd., said Monday in an interview.
The European oyster was farmed widely in Europe before being hit with a massive disease-related mortality in 1920 from which it never fully recovered,... (read more on TheChronicleHerald.ca) |
| 1,400-pound bull escapes slaughterhouse, drags cops during 10-block run down city streets |
| Source: CanadaEast.com |
| Date: 29-Sep-2009 |
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PATERSON, N.J. - Police say a 1,400-pound (635-kilogram) bull that escaped from a northern New Jersey slaughterhouse dragged officers with a lasso down a street and ran 10 blocks before being captured and sedated.
Chief John DeCando, spokesman for Paterson Police's animal control division, says the bull was being unloaded at ENA Meat Packing Inc. when it broke loose just before 8:30 a.m.... (read more on CanadaEast.com) |
| Jolley: Five Minutes With Marty Carpenter & Canada’s Beef |
| Source: CattleNetwork.com |
| Date: 29-Sep-2009 |
| A few weeks ago, I was standing near a great looking cut of beef at a reception hosted by the Beef Information Centre at The North American Meat Processors Association Outlook Conference. I was at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, a glass of fine wine in hand, wondering how I might get a small slice of that beef and patting myself on the back for having such a great assignment. World class ... (read more on CattleNetwork.com) |
| Maritime beef plant gets one more chance |
| Source: CBC.ca |
| Date: 25-Sep-2009 |
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Maritime beef producers are hoping a new board of directors will help turn things around at the Atlantic Beef Products plant in Borden-Carleton, P.E.I.
It is the region's only federally inspected beef plant. It opened with the participation of the three Maritime provincial governments and beef farmers in the region in 2003. Since then it has lost $30 million, $600,000 of that in the last... (read more on CBC.ca) |
| Eight countries join WTO panel to discuss Korea-Canada beef row |
| Source: KoreaHerald.co.kr, by Yoo Soh-jung |
| Date: 24-Sep-2009 |
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The United States, Japan and six other countries have offered to participate in the dispute settlement panel established by the World Trade Organization to resolve the protracted beef trade row between Korea and Canada, Seoul officials said yesterday.
Manifestation of the participating countries allows both Korea and Canada to hypothesize on the success potential of their case.
"The t... (read more on KoreaHerald.co.kr) |
| Alberta's Cattle Price Insurance Program launched: next a national program? |
| Source: Submitted, by Canadian Cattlemen's Assoc. |
| Date: 23-Sep-2009 |
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Alberta’s Cattle Price Insurance Program (CPIP) was launched on September 9, 2009.
The CPIP is designed to provide price and/or basis risk management for cattle fed in Alberta. Feeders are able to buy coverage price levels or basis spreads, in Canadian dollars, directly through the AFSC (Agriculture Financial Services Corporation) website.
The coverage levels are calculated three times per... (read more) |
| Market Comments |
| Source: Chicago Mercantile Exchange |
| Date: 23-Sep-2009 |
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Market participants were expecting the monthly release
of USDA cold storage figures with some trepidation, unsure of the
demand for meat products in August and fearful of the negative
impact of large freezer stocks going into the fall. The latest cold
storage report, however, was generally more positive that
market expectations, especially in the case of pork.
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pork su... (read more) |
| US: Chicken wing prices surpass boneless, skinless breast prices |
| Source: MeatingPlace.com, by A. Bagel Storck |
| Date: 22-Sep-2009 |
| Crediting demand from casual-dining restaurants, carryout stores, retail groceries and exports, the National Chicken Council reported that chicken wings are selling for more than boneless, skinless breasts.
As of Monday, Sept. 21, wings were selling for a weighted average price of $1.48 per pound wholesale in northeastern U.S. markets, while boneless and skinless breast was selling for $1.13 pe... (read more) |
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