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| Maritimes host Canadian Simmental Association AGM |
| Source: AtlanticFarmer.com |
| Date: 30-Aug-2012 |
| The Canadian Simmental Association’s (CSA) 44th Annual General Meeting was held on August 25, 2012 in Truro, Nova Scotia. Simmental breeders and guests from across Canada and the United States were welcomed by the Maritime Simmental Association.
The three open Director positions were filled by new Director Wes Mack of Estevan, SK and returning Directors for a second term Randy Mader, Carstairs... (read more) |
| Lobster prices were foreseeable, says industry group |
| Source: CBC.ca |
| Date: 30-Aug-2012 |
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This year's poor fall lobster prices are a wake-up call for the industry that, for the most part, people should have seen coming, says the head of a group that works to improve the fishery's markets and prices.
The industry knew markets are poor, with struggling economies in Europe and the U.S., said Geoff Irvine, executive director of the Halifax-based Lobster Council of Canada.
... (read more on CBC.ca) |
| PEI: Province shuts down chicken peddlers in Village of Murray Harbour |
| Source: The Eastern Graphic, by H.J. Ross |
| Date: 30-Aug-2012 |
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The Department of Health has stopped two Murray Harbour residents from peddling chickens following complaints they were selling the birds from the back of their vehicle.
Joseph Bradley, Manager of Environmental Health, confirmed there was a concern over the lack of refrigeration and potential risk to public health in this instance.
He said the department received two complaints about the M... (read more on The Eastern Graphic) |
| Livestock Producers May See Reduced Fertility |
| Source: TheDairySite.com |
| Date: 29-Aug-2012 |
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US - As if drought damage to pastures and high hay and feed prices aren’t enough, livestock producers may see reduced fertility in their breeding herds this fall, says Dr David Fernandez, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Cooperative Extension Programme livestock specialist.
“The exceptionally high heat could impair the ability of bulls, bucks, rams and boars to produce viable sperm,” he s... (read more on TheDairySite.com) |
| Canada - Animal feed companies pumping drugs into livestock |
| Source: MeatTradeNewsDaily.co.uk |
| Date: 28-Aug-2012 |
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"This is a good example of how government and industry can partner to harness research and help industry fill a need in the marketplace," said MP Block.
"This is the kind of innovation that's keeping Canada's agricultural sector strong and sustainable."
This investment of more than $101,000 will help Prairie Plant Systems develop new technologies that have t... (read more on MeatTradeNewsDaily.co.uk) |
| Sheep, goat industries to implement food safety programs |
| Source: Island Farmer |
| Date: 28-Aug-2012 |
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The federal government is working with the sheep and goat industries by helping to improve on-farm food safety
practices.
Parliamentary Secretary Pierre Lemieux (Glengarry- Prescott-Russell), on behalf of Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz,
recently announced an investment of $289,000 to assist sheep and goat farmers to reduce the risk of food-borne illness.
"Our Government is committe... (read more on Island Farmer) |
| Beef cattle numbers decline; industry stable |
| Source: AgriSuccessExpress, by R. Friesen |
| Date: 28-Aug-2012 |
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Canada's beef herd is the smallest it has been in 18 years, but the industry is showing signs of stabilizing, recent figures indicate.
Statistics Canada reported Tuesday that the number of cattle and calves on farms was down 0.1 per cent from the previous year, making national inventories the lowest since 1994.
Canadian farms were home to 13.52 million head of cattle as of July 1, 201... (read more on AgriSuccessExpress) |
| Atlantic beef plant seeing financial improvement |
| Source: CBC.ca |
| Date: 27-Aug-2012 |
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| Finances are improving at the Atlantic Beef Products plant in Albany, P.E.I., according to the company's president.
Though he wouldn't reveal the numbers, Mike Nabuurs says the financial picture at the plant has steadily improved over the last three months.
The plant had been losing about $3 million a year. The province capped its funding for the plant this year at $1.5 million.
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| North American cattle numbers on the decline |
| Source: OntarioFarmer.com |
| Date: 27-Aug-2012 |
| A joint inventory report by the USDA and Statistics Canada shows a two per cent decline in North American cattle numbers this summer.
The report pegs the total number of cattle and calves on boh sides of the border at 111.3 million head as of July 1, down two per cent from July 1, 2011. All cows and heifers that have calved, at 44.6 million head, were also down two per cent from a year ago.
... (read more on OntarioFarmer.com) |
| Rabbit farmers narrowly reject marketing board |
| Source: AgriSuccessExpress, by O. Roberts |
| Date: 27-Aug-2012 |
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For Ontario rabbit farmers, the drive towards their own marketing board is moving more like a tortoise than a hare.
Earlier this month, news broke that rabbit farmers in Ontario rejected the opportunity to organize through a marketing board, opting instead to continue individual marketing.
A producer vote in June on a proposed marketing board, submitted to the Ontario Farm Products Marketi... (read more on AgriSuccessExpress) |
| Testing Cattle for BSE |
| Source: TheDairySite.com |
| Date: 27-Aug-2012 |
| Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency are reminding cattle producers in Alberta to call their veterinarians to collect brain tissue samples to be tested for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Cattle producers play a key role in monitoring and eradicating this disease from the Canadian cattle herd by presenting eligible animals for testing.
It is... (read more on TheDairySite.com) |
| NS government stepping in to help grass-fed beef farmers |
| Source: atlanticfarmfocus.ca, by Jocelyn Turner |
| Date: 24-Aug-2012 |
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| Amherst, NS – A long-time Cumberland County (Nova Scotia) farmer said it’s about time the government started investing in grass-fed beef in the province.
A $5.6 million investment has been made to support grass fed beef, agricultural innovation and green energy facilities; $2.2 million is going to support grass-fed beef as a specialty product.
Frank Foster of Linden Leas Ltd., recently made... (read more on atlanticfarmfocus.ca) |
| At Lambstock 2012, Fire, Bourbon and Fat Back |
| Source: NYTimes.com, by J. Tesauro |
| Date: 24-Aug-2012 |
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What do you get when you blend a Southern revival and an episode of “Top Chef” with a pinch of summer camp and prison break, all dry rubbed and left to cook on the spit?
That would be Lambstock 2012 — the third annual leave-no-trace camping trip for the farm-to-table set.
From Aug. 18 to 21, 125 intrepid farmers, chefs and mixologists assembled at Border Springs Farm in Patrick Springs, Va... (read more on NYTimes.com) |
| P.E.I. buffalo may be sold off-Island |
| Source: CBC.ca |
| Date: 23-Aug-2012 |
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| A first effort by the P.E.I. government to find a new owner for Buffalo Land Provincial Park has failed, leading the government to consider selling the animals to someone in another province.
Buffalo Land, in eastern P.E.I., was founded after the province of Alberta provided a small herd as a gift in 1973. About two dozen buffalo graze on 40 hectares of pasture and woodland. The park does not g... (read more on CBC.ca) |
| Research to Replace Antibiotics in Livestock Feed |
| Source: TheBeefSite.com |
| Date: 23-Aug-2012 |
| A new investment from the Harper Government will support research into an innovative substitute for antibiotics in livestock feed. Member of Parliament Kelly Block (Saskatoon-Rosetown-Biggar), on behalf of Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, announced an investment that will help Prairie Plant Systems Inc. deliver benefits to livestock producers and consumers.
"This is a good example of how g... (read more on TheBeefSite.com) |
| No takers for buffalo park |
| Source: The Eastern Graphic, by Jonathan Charlton |
| Date: 22-Aug-2012 |
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PEI: The deadline for requests for proposals for the Buffaloland Provincial Park passed Monday without a single submission.
Tourism and Culture Minster Robert Henderson said he was surprised by the lack of response. After the news broke his department was looking to sell the 100-acre park he had had three informal inquiries looking for more information.
The government would have been open ... (read more on The Eastern Graphic) |
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