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(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Hens near Chilliwack catch H5N1 avian flu

By Dave Bedard February 7, 2015

About 95 layer hens on a “non-commercial” farm near Chilliwack are the Fraser Valley’s latest cases of avian influenza, but not of the same strain seen at 12 other farms in December. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Saturday announced a quarantine on the Chilliwack farm after confirming, effective Feb. 2, that table egg-laying birds […] Read more

BiXSCO CEO Hubert Lau (l) and executive vice-president Ted Power.

News Roundup

BIXS gets the fix it needs

News Roundup from the January 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff January 16, 2015

Identification BIXS fix No more beta tests, pilots, soft launches or sequels. It’s full bore ahead for Beef InfoXchange System (BIXS) from here on in. The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association and ViewTrak Technologies are teaming up to form a new company with the provisional name of BIXSCO, that will work with industry partners to take BIXS to […] Read more

Features, Livestock

We’ve got grizzlies! …and it takes a community to keep them at bay

By Debbie Furber December 17, 2014

Bears love everything about agriculture — the livestock, deadstock, standing crops, binned grain, silage, honey, orchards, gardens, and anything else agriculture provides. Two decades ago it was a novelty to see a grizzly wander across an Alberta pasture. Not any more, says Jeff Bectell, who ranches south of Cardston, Alta., near the U.S. border, and […] Read more

looking at grain underneath a magnifying glass

Livestock, Nutrition

Are mycotoxins hiding in your feed supply?

By John McKinnon December 10, 2014

When it comes to feed quality, we usually think in terms of nutritional properties such as energy, protein or mineral content. There are, however, other feed characteristics that have an impact on quality, one of which is mycotoxin contamination. Depending on crop type, environment, location, harvest and storage management, there are a wide variety of […] Read more

Features, Livestock

Bovine tuberculosis surveillance gets a facelift

A case of bovine TB in Manitoba’s domestic herd hasn't been seen since 2008

By Debbie Furber October 10, 2014

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is wrapping up an ambitious round of bovine tuberculosis testing of cattle, wild elk and deer in and around Riding Mountain National Park in west-central Manitoba as the first step in easing TB surveillance measures for producers living in this area. It can’t come soon enough for the producers […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Comment, Livestock

Editorial: Grading beefs

Those seeking quick changes to grade standards will likely be disappointed

By Gren Winslow September 23, 2014

The stars seem finally to be aligned to revise the Canadian beef-grading system, but don’t hold your breath waiting for it to happen. The last revision was in 1992 and a lot has changed since then. That in itself clearly has not been enough to force a change. The Canadian Beef Grading Agency (CBGA) has […] Read more

Feed Grains Weekly: Price likely to keep stepping back

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures climb, lean hogs also rise

U.S. grains: Corn rises on strong demand, disease concerns

Daily Network News

Feed Grains Weekly: Price likely to keep stepping back

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures climb, lean hogs also rise

U.S. grains: Corn rises on strong demand, disease concerns

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Hens near Chilliwack catch H5N1 avian flu

BIXS gets the fix it needs

We’ve got grizzlies! …and it takes a community to keep them at bay

Are mycotoxins hiding in your feed supply?

Bovine tuberculosis surveillance gets a facelift

Editorial: Grading beefs

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