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Crops, Forages, Hay, Markets

Hay prices stabilize in Sask., Man.

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada –– Timely rains have drastically improved the forage crop outlooks for Saskatchewan and Manitoba, while also putting prices back into their normal ranges. “Skyrocketing hay prices have stabilized… supplies are good,” said Terry Kowalchuk, a provincial forage crop specialist in Regina. Prices are mostly back down into the $80-$100 per tonne range, he […] Read more
(Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

California adopts tough rules for antibiotic use in livestock

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Los Angeles | Reuters — California Governor Jerry Brown on Saturday signed a bill that sets the strictest government standards in the U.S. for the use of antibiotics in livestock production. The move from California, known for its leadership on public health and environmental issues, comes amid growing concern that the overuse of such drugs […] Read more
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Livestock, Markets

COOL saga winding down, but not over yet

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada –– The seven-year saga of U.S. country of origin labelling (COOL) rules and their adverse impact on Canada’s livestock sector may be nearing its final chapter, but the conclusion still needs to be written. After numerous complaints and appeals with the World Trade Organization, the COOL regulations in place since 2008 have been […] Read more
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
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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
(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Livestock, Reuters

Sage grouse denied U.S. endangered species status

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Commerce City, Colo. | Reuters –– A long-simmering debate in the U.S. West over an imperiled ground-dwelling bird reached a climax on Tuesday when the Obama administration announced it was denying Endangered Species Act protection to the greater sage grouse. U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell touted the decision as a success enabled by a sweeping […] 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
Average sea surface temperature anomalies for the period from Aug. 9 to Sept. 5. (CPC)
Crops, Reuters, Weather

El Nino to strengthen in winter, gradually weaken in spring

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Reading Time: < 1 minute New York | Reuters — A U.S. government weather forecaster on Thursday said El Nino conditions would gradually weaken through the Northern Hemisphere spring after peaking in late fall or early winter. The National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center said the likelihood that El Nino conditions would persist through the Northern Hemisphere winter was about […] Read more
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Sheep/Goats

Canada losing bluetongue-free status

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Reading Time: 4 minutes New findings of bluetongue in cattle in Canada — outside the one area of the country where the virus previously gained a toehold — have trading partners shutting their ports to Canadian livestock genetics and animals. Three cattle from one farm in southwestern Ontario’s Chatham-Kent municipality have now tested positive for bluetongue serotype 13 — […] Read more
Chris, before shearing. (RSPCA-ACT.org.au)
Livestock, Reuters, Sheep/Goats

Australian sheep unofficially world’s woolliest

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Sydney | Reuters — Around 40 kilograms (88 lbs.) of wool has been sheared from a sheep found near Australia’s capital, the RSPCA said Thursday, making him unofficially the world’s woolliest. The animal, named Chris by his rescuers, was discovered on the northern outskirts of Canberra on Wednesday and was said to be struggling to […] Read more

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