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Canada’s Chief Veterinarian has issued a strongly-worded statement about the control of scrapie. Doctor Brian Evans says this country’s control measures for the disease are critical to animal health and the economic sustainability of the livestock industry. CFIA spokesperson Penny Greenwood says getting rid of scrapie is necessary to get the U-S border re-opened...
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CFFO Interim Manager Nathan Stevens A University of Guelph professor recently provided an outline of the potential downsides of trying to connect agri-food policy and healthy policy. John Cranfield says ideas like thin subsidies and fat taxes have a lot of potential unintended consequences – and some of those are not very good. Nathan...
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A University of Guelph researcher is looking for farmers who would be interested in allowing some soybean research plots on their land. Peter Smith is a resarch technician working with Doctor Francois Tardif. They want to test tank mix options for the control of Canada fleabane. It’s a wind disperesed weed which germinates in...
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Ontario Goat is getting funding for a project to track a major production-limiting disease in goats. The disease is Caprine Arthritis and Encephalitis – or CAE. It affects the health, longevity and production of goats. It’s also hard to detect. The 110 thousand dollars Ontario Goat is getting from the Agricultural Adaptation Council will...
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A Perth County veterinarian has been honoured by the American Association of Swine Veterinarians. The Association has named Doctor George Charbonneau it’s 2012 Swine Practitioner of the Year. Doctor Charbonneau has operated a vet practice in Southwestern Ontario since 1981. He’s now part of the South West Ontario Veterinary Services currently based in Stratford....
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Farmers are among those people in Ontario highly-vulnerable to Lyme Disease. Graham Kucan is with LAG – the Lyme Action Group. He says they’re vulnerable because they work in areas where the tics who spread the disease typically live. Kucan is facilitating a course on Lyme Disease at Grey Ag Services in Markdale on March...
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The problem of glyphosate-tolerant soybeans has got the attention of at least one herbicide company. Syngenta Canada has received registration for a new premixed herbicide. The company says it combines fomesafen with glyphosate in one, pre-mix formulation. Spokesperson Nathan Klages says Flexstar GT will help growers looking for ways to stay ahead of glyphosate...
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Reps for Canada’s horticulture sector made a pitch for government-industry co-ordination at a reception in Ottawa this week. Hort4Health members told politicians at that reception that this country’s horticulture industry could help deal with Canada’s healthcare spending crisis. Hort4Health is a working group of the Horticulture Value Chain Round Table. Members include farmers, retailers,...
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A milestone for Ontario Pork with the National Biosecurity Training Program. The provincial group recently processed it’s 500th barn site for the program. The framework and standard for the program is national. Ontario Pork is coordinating the delivery of the provincial program. It provides funding to producers and veterinarians to help offset some of...
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The final round of the Growing Forward Poultry Farm Biosecurity workshops is coming up. Producers must attend one of these workshops to be able to apply for cost-share funding under the Farm Biosecurity Program. There will be two workshops at the Brodhagen Community Centre. One is on February 1st – the other February 29th....
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