Pandemic response bill or ‘vegan bill’?
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A federal bill that purports to protect Canada from the next pandemic is drawing fire from the agriculture sector. In a recent editorial titled “Is Bill C-293 Canada’s ‘Vegan Act ..read more
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Stress, biosecurity and bovine respiratory disease
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1w ago
Shipping fever. Bovine respiratory disease (BRD). Whatever name you give it, it remains the number one cause of death in feedlots. It pops up on cow-calf operations, too. The Beef Cattle Research ..read more
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Biosecurity bill C-275 amended in Senate
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1w ago
A bill drafted to protect livestock farms from intruders who might spread disease was amended in the Senate to include anyone who doesn’t respect biosecurity protocol. “The amendment will make ..read more
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Maritime beef farmer starts with the forage
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1w ago
It’s early July 2024 and Cedric MacLeod is already preparing for winter. He’s knee-deep in harvesting hay and silage that will be bale feed for his herd in cold weather ..read more
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Beef x Dairy Breed Composition Effect on Finished Cattle Heart Scores
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1w ago
Heart failure can occur at any type of operation, at any age, and any level of altitude, according to Isabella Kukor, doctoral candidate at Colorado State University, Fort Collins. Kukor ..read more
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US detects H5N1 bird flu in a pig for the first time
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1w ago
H5N1 bird flu was confirmed in a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon, the first detection of the virus in swine in the country, the U.S. Department of Agriculture ..read more
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U.S. farmers call for vaccine option to fight bird flu as wildfowl migration begins
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2w ago
U.S. farmers are increasing pressure on the Biden administration to allow vaccinations for chickens, turkeys and cows to protect them from bird flu infections that have devastated flocks for three ..read more
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Canada’s productivity decline to hit farmers
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2w ago
Canada’s farmers will suffer if the country’s productivity crisis doesn’t improve. That was the sobering message from Farm Credit Canada’s J.P. Gervais at the Canadian Pulse and Special Crops Convention in September. “I’m super-enthusiastic about ..read more
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Pandemic preparedness bill could tighten noose on animal agriculture: industry
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2w ago
A federal bill that purports to protect Canada from the next pandemic is drawing fire from the agriculture sector. In a recent editorial titled “Is Bill C-293 Canada’s ‘Vegan Act ..read more
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Peterborough Hereford and Angus beef farm awarded farm family of the year
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2w ago
In 2001, newlyweds Scott and Paula Cornish founded a beef farm together on a compromise and an intoxicating name. Nearly a quarter century later, Whiskey Lane Livestock is still distinguished by ..read more
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