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Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Sheep/Goats

Feds back livestock genetics marketing push

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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 of dairy genetics by 10 […] Read more
Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Sheep/Goats

Ex-CFIA doc pleads guilty over stray brucellosis

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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 arrested in October 2012 on […] Read more
Beef Cattle, Cow-Calf, Finishers, Hogs, Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Sheep/Goats

Panel’s report likely to tie farm antibiotics to human resistance

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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 public health problem can be […] Read more
Prime Minister Stephen Harper (right) and Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger survey flood damage in the Brandon area from the air on Sunday. (PMO photo by Jill Thompson)
Beef Cattle, Livestock, Sheep/Goats, Weather

Excess moisture costs Man. producers pasture, hayland

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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 totally lost all the pastures, […] Read more
Livestock, Sheep/Goats

Ukraine to accept Canadian purebred sheep, goats

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Canadian producers of purebred sheep and goats will be able to export their livestock to Ukraine under a new agreement announced Thursday. The Canadian government said Thursday the deal will allow Canada’s producers to expand their sales into the market and benefit Ukrainian breeders through “greater access” to Canadian genetics. The new agreement on sheep […] Read more

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