Pfizer Animal Health says interest is building in a product newly registered in Canada as an alternative to physical castration of boars.
Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz welcomed the report of the working group on marketing freedom for Western Canadian producers of wheat and barley.
The Dean of University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences says the new Bruce D. Campbell Farm and Food Discovery offers the information the public will need to make informed decisions about the role of agriculture and its future.
The Chair of the Canadian Swine Health Board reports Canada’s pork producers have become increasingly aware of the value of biosecurity in avoiding disease and maintaining the productivity of their herds.
The Manitoba Beef Producers (MBP) released its election wish list to the Manitoba political parties and candidates on September 8, 2011.
Research conducted by the University of Alberta has concluded the diets of weanling pigs can include up to 20 percent lentils without any negative impacts on performance.
Canadian breeders of sheep and goats will now benefit from new market access to the Serbian market and the Canadian livestock genetics industry will also get new opportunities to export sheep and goat genetics to Malaysia.
A weather and crop analyst with the Canadian Wheat Board warns declining U.S. corn yield forecasts can be expected to continue to put upward pressure on North American feed grain prices.
A research scientist with the Prairie Swine Centre has been inducted as an Honorary Fellow of the International Society for Applied Ethology.
The Canadian Wheat Board reports, despite this year’s difficult growing season, the 2011 western Canadian cereal crop is coming off the fields in excellent condition.
