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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters, Sheep/Goats

U.S. bill to repeal COOL advances

By Reuters, GFM Network News May 20, 2015

Washington | Reuters — U.S. legislation to repeal country-of-origin meat labelling (COOL) laws, which the World Trade Organization found discriminate against Mexico and Canada, passed a congressional committee on Wednesday and moved one step closer to becoming law. The House of Representatives’ agriculture committee approved the bill on a vote of 38-6, clearing the way […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Sheep/Goats

WTO panel rejects final U.S. appeal on COOL

By GFM Network News May 18, 2015

Canada is set to ask the World Trade Organization to allow a long list of retaliatory tariffs against U.S. agrifoods and other goods, after a WTO panel shot down Washington’s final defense of its country-of-origin labelling (COOL) law on meat. The WTO Appellate Body on Monday released its report on the U.S. government’s appeal of […] Read more

Average sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies (°C) for the week centred May 6. Anomalies are computed with respect to the 1981-2010 base period weekly means. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)

Cow-Calf, Crops, Markets, Reuters, Sheep/Goats, Weather

U.S. sees El Nino as near-certain to last through summer

By Reuters, GFM Network News May 14, 2015

New York | Reuters — The El Nino climate phenomenon is almost certain to last through the Northern Hemisphere summer, the U.S. weather forecaster said, raising the chance of heavy rain in the southern U.S. as well as South America, and scorching heat in Asia that could devastate crops of thirsty food staples like rice. […] Read more

FarmLife, Sheep/Goats

Raising miniature sheep

Sunnyside Sheep takes the 'Olde English' route of raising livestock

By Edna Manning March 10, 2015

It was love at first sight when Jackie Hegel discovered the miniature Olde English Babydoll Southdown sheep. “They are noted for their gentle nature and their cute teddy bear faces,” she says. Jackie and her husband Keith moved out to their farm west of Saskatoon in 2009 and began looking for that perfect hobby farm […] Read more

Cattleman’s Corner, Sheep/Goats

The fine balance of managing copper

Sheep and goats and cattle do not have the same copper needs

By Debbie Chikousky February 3, 2015

We have had several new producers this winter trying to convince us it just isn’t true that sheep cannot be fed copper. Apparently they are doing it without any problems. Since we are coming into lambing season it is a good time to address these ideas. It needs to be clear that sheep and goats […] Read more

Livestock, Sheep/Goats

N.S. sheep producers backed for handling upgrades

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News January 2, 2015

Handling upgrades expected to help Nova Scotia’s sheep farmers cut down parasite loads in their flocks may be eligible for some public funding. The federal and provincial governments and Sheep Producers Association of Nova Scotia (SPANS) recently rolled out a Sheep Handling and Parasite Control Program, which will pay up to 40 per cent of […] Read more

Cattleman’s Corner, Sheep/Goats

Ram selection can really improve flock genetics

By Debbie Chikousky December 2, 2014

Fall is when sheep and goat farmers breed their flocks. This year we made sure we weren’t going to have lambs in February. We didn’t pick up our new ram until we were ready for him. Before shopping for a new ram we spent time deciding what we wanted to improve in our flock. The […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters, Sheep/Goats

French farmers cry wolf over sheep killings

By Reuters, GFM Network News November 27, 2014

Paris | Reuters — French farmers, who regularly bring livestock into Paris to punctuate their protests, drove some 250 sheep into the shadow of the Eiffel Tower on Thursday to highlight an unusual concern — that a growing wolf population is killing their flocks. Wolves were reintroduced to France in the 1990s under an international […] Read more

Cattleman’s Corner, Sheep/Goats

Goats are special, and also profitable

By Debbie Chikousky November 6, 2014

This fall marks 20 years on our farm. We have learned a lot about raising livestock over those two decades and have profited from it all, but the one species that is most misunderstood is the goat. Usually, about this time of year, we start getting calls from people wanting to learn about raising goats. […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Reuters, Sheep/Goats

Australia, China on track to sign lucrative cattle deal

By Reuters, GFM Network News November 6, 2014

Sydney / Reuters – Australia will export up to 1 million head of cattle a year to China, worth around A$1 billion ($856 million), to meet booming demand for red meat under a long-awaited deal set to be signed shortly, Australian officials said on Friday. Shipping live animals from Australia to China has been discussed for many years. Official talks began […] Read more

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Sheep/Goats

U.S. bill to repeal COOL advances

WTO panel rejects final U.S. appeal on COOL

U.S. sees El Nino as near-certain to last through summer

Raising miniature sheep

The fine balance of managing copper

N.S. sheep producers backed for handling upgrades

Ram selection can really improve flock genetics

French farmers cry wolf over sheep killings

Goats are special, and also profitable

Australia, China on track to sign lucrative cattle deal

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