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Culicoides sonorensis. (Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Beef Cattle, Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Sheep/Goats, Weather

Livestock seen threatened as biting insects press north

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Bluetongue’s most recent appearance in the Canadian cattle herd may be a taste of what’s to come as insect species expand northward, a new study warns. Anna Zuliani, previously a graduate student in veterinary medicine at the University of Calgary (UCVM), recently published a paper on how geographical distribution of biting midges relates to the […] Read more
(UoGuelph.ca/Alfred)
Livestock

Guelph animal science department rebrands

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Reading Time: < 1 minute The Ontario Agricultural College’s department of animal and poultry science has hatched a new name meant to better take in the scope of its work. The new name, the Department of Animal Biosciences, “helps describe the department’s evolution from a livestock husbandry department in the 1870s to the highly dynamic and integrated department it is […] Read more
Lake Mead’s Boulder Basin in July 2008. (Andrew Cattoir photo courtesy NPS via Flickr)
Crops, Reuters, Weather

Deal would let southern California buy surplus water from Nevada

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — A US$45 million deal that would let southern California’s biggest water agency access a major supply of water that would normally go to southern Nevada won approval on Thursday from the Southern Nevada Water Authority. The board of the Metropolitan Water District, a wholesaler that supplies public utilities in heavily populated southern California, […] Read more
U.S. consumers’ demand for organic foods, such as this California lettuce, has risen steadily in the past decade — particularly in California, which alone accounted for 41 per cent of U.S. organic sales in 2014. (Eric Brennan photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
General, Markets, Reuters

Sales from organic U.S. farms reached $5.5B last year

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Sales from organic U.S. farms reached US$5.5 billion last year, a 72 per cent increase from 2008, the U.S. Agriculture Department said in a report on Thursday that highlighted the consumer trend toward such products. The USDA data, compiled through farmer surveys, showed that milk was the top organic commodity in […] Read more
(Dave Bedard photo)
Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Study alleges U.S. fast food still mostly raised on antibiotics

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Los Angeles | Reuters –– Most large U.S. fast-food chains still serve meat from farm animals that have been routinely fed antibiotics, consumer groups said in a new report, which concluded that many companies have not yet laid out plans to curb the practice. Subway, Starbucks, KFC and Domino’s Pizza were among the industry leaders […] Read more
Post-secondary students interested in Federated Co-operatives’ ag acholarship program now have until Oct. 15 to apply. (CoopAg.ca)
General

Co-op moves up timetable for scholarship program

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Prairie students planning careers in agriculture or agribusiness now have an earlier deadline to seek funding support through the Co-op Excellence in Ag program. Excellence in Ag, Federated Co-operatives’ (FCL) multi-year scholarship and summer internship program, previously had a Jan. 31 deadline, but for the 2016 round, the application deadline will be Oct. 15 this […] Read more
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Beef Cattle, Dairy Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Sheep/Goats

Yukon to help cover livestock vets’ travel costs

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Reading Time: < 1 minute The Yukon government has launched a pilot program to help cover veterinarians’ travel and service expenses for farm calls. The territory government on Tuesday announced it will accept up to 30 farmers for the pilot of the Veterinary Services Program, running from now to the end of March 2016. The program will reimburse participating veterinarians […] Read more
Australia’s ABARES agency now expects the country’s meat producers to export 20 per cent more beef this year than the agency forecast in June. (BeefAndLamb.com.au)
Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Australia lifts beef export forecast as El Nino bites

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Sydney | Reuters — Australia raised its forecast for beef exports by 20 per cent on Tuesday as drought conditions worsened by an El Nino weather pattern force farmers in the world’s third-largest exporter to maintain near-record slaughter rates. Beef exports are expected to total 1.225 million tonnes in the crop year to July 1, […] Read more
Farm managers seek a few good aggies for awards
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Farm managers seek a few good aggies for awards

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Agriculture students may be eligible for financial encouragement to improve their communication, critical thinking and leadership skills through Farm Management Canada’s national awards program. FMC and the Canadian Association of Diploma in Agriculture Programs (CADAP) recently opened the 2015-16 edition of their Excellence Award for Agricultural Students, with a top prize of $1,500. The awards […] Read more
(Europa.eu)
Fruit/Vegetables, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

EU to give 500M euros to farmers hit by Russia sanctions

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Brussels | Reuters — The European Commission announced a 500 million-euro (C$743 million) package of measures on Monday to provide relief for farmers stung by slumping prices, triggered partly by the loss of exports to Russia due to EU sanctions against the country. The crisis has triggered a wave of protests which culminated on Monday […] Read more

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