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Two visions for the future of the Ontario goat industry. That’s one of the sessions coming up at the Ontario Livestock Alliance annual meeting and producer education day in Stratford. The visions of the future will be presented by Tony Dutra, CEO of Woolwich Dairy and Bruce Vandenberg, President of Mariposa Dairy. Veal producers...
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Area farmers are invited to a meeting on road safety awareness this Thursday evening in Keady. It’s sponsored by the Grey County Farm Safety Association and the Grey County Federation of Agriculture. Farm Safety Assocation Secretary Paul McQueen says there are a number of safety concerns farm equipment operators should be aware of when...
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Alberta’s Farm Animal Care Association is working on a national standard for the transport of farm animals. It would be multi-species, covering livestock and poultry transportation. They’re developing it with a coalition of farm animal groups, the National Farm Animal Care Council and other provincial councils. The federal government recently announced it’s investing 320...
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Canadian farmers are being encouraged to develop farm safety plans for their operations. That’s one of the points being made by Canadian Federation of Agriculture President Ron Bonnett as part of Canadian Agricultural Safety Week. That week wraps up this weekend. Bonnett points out that while 85 per cent of Canadian farmers understand the...
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This year’s London Swine Conference is going to be a two-day affair. Day one will focus on breeding. Day two on maximizing return for market hogs. Conference Chair Stewart Cressman says the pork industry is becoming guardedly optimistic about the future. He says the conference will help attendees focus forward and prepare for the...
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Canadian farmers can expect to see some changes in the design of portable augers over the next couple of years. Auger manufacturers are starting to work on equipment now based on a new Canadian safety standard for them. The Canadian Agricultural Injury Reporting system says augers are second only to tractors in their involvement...
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Statistics Canada has released what it calls the balance sheet of the agricultural sector. These figures are for 2010. The numbers agency says these numbers include the assets and liabilities of the farm business and non-operator landlords but excludes the personal portion of farm households. The data shows that farm sector equity increased 6...
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A couple of projects in Quebec could help Canadian meat plants reduce costs and increase their productivity. The Industries Riopel projects involve new SRM handling equipment. The idea is to maximize the removal of SRM’s and high-risk tissues from carcasses processed by Canadian abattoirs. They’re also hoping to reduce waste materials and disposal costs...
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The United Food and Commercial Workers Union is pushing for regulations and enforcement regarding confined spaces on the farm. Spokesman Stan Raper says they’re especially concerned about spaces like silos and liquid manure spreaders. He says regulations would include proper labelling so the people working in those areas would get reminders about the potential...
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A high number of livestock trucking violations in Ontario this year has raised concerns in some quarters. Crystal Mackay of the Ontario Farm Animal Council says over half the charges relate to trucks coming from long distance to plants in Toronto. She says that long travel time is a fact of life for livestock in...
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