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Reading Time: 2 minutes An Ontario company’s E. coli vaccine for cattle has earned notice from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency that it meets requirements for full licensing in terms of its safety and effectiveness. Bioniche Life Sciences of Belleville announced Wednesday that CFIA’s notice puts it within one more task of full licensing for the vaccine to be […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Efforts to preserve land, water, wildlife and wetlands on their ranch have earned a national environmental award for a northwestern Saskatchewan family. The Campbell family of Meadow Lake, Sask., was presented last week with “The Environmental Stewardship Award” (TESA) for 2008 by the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. In a CCA release, the Campbells said they’ve never […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Following through on plans in a departmental reorganization announced earlier this month, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development has dedicated over 30 additional staff to help the province’s cattle producers age-verify their 2008 calf crop. Another 30 part-time staff from Livestock Identification Services (LIS) are also now trained available for age verification work, the province said […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Consumers of organic cheese on Prince Edward Island are expected to soon have a locally-produced option for the first time. In a provincial government release Wednesday, the province’s Organic Dairy Club said it has been working with both Amalgamated Dairies Ltd. (ADL) and Purity Dairy for about two years on an organic cheese and now […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Australian parent of Winnipeg feed manufacturer Ridley Inc. has sold its controlling stake in the feed company to a Toronto financial services firm. Fairfax Financial Holdings said in a release Wednesday that it paid $8.50 a share for 9.53 million shares of Ridley Inc., for an aggregate price of about $81 million, to Ridley’s […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes Health Canada will allow meat packers to use a combination of preservatives that help control listeria bacteria in ready-to-eat meats. The department announced Saturday in the Canada Gazette that it will issue an interim marketing authorization for the use of sodium diacetate and sodium acetate in meat products. The interim authorization will allow the products’ […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Nova Scotia livestock producers can now try to source hay and other forages for their animals from other farmers using a new toll-free phone line. “Many farmers have been affected by poor weather this year and do not have enough feed for their livestock for the coming winter,” Agriculture Minister Brooke Taylor said in a […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Quebec government plans to put up $440,000 for construction of a new meat processing facility in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region. Agriculture Minister Laurent Lessard on Tuesday announced the funding for the Centre de transformation de la viande du Bas-Saint-Laurent (or CTV for short), which is expected to start processing sheep and cattle in December. The […] Read more