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Source: Communications Nova Scotia/Agriculture
Nova Scotians are encouraged to shop at locally owned businesses this holiday season. Communications Nova Scotia Minister Andrew Younger and Agriculture Minister Keith Colwell introduced a seasonal campaign for Select Nova Scotia Dec. 3, at Bishop's Cellar. “Small local businesses are the backbone of our... (read more)
Source: Agri-News
Now, more than ever, consumers are choosing food products with health benefits. It’s increasingly important for food processors to know which aspects of their food product they should promote. What information and trends are important? When it comes to the latest nutrition fads, many of which are featured on talk... (read more)
Source: ThinkFarm
Join Perennia specialists Amy Sangster and Av Singh, and Environmental Farm Planner Kathryn Bremner, for Feeding Soil for Healthy Plants, a three-hour session on calculating application rates of organic soil amendments to meet crop demands. The workshop will be held in Antigonish on December 10 and in Sky Glen... (read more)
Source: PEI Angus Association
Guidelines and first round nomination forms for the Ivomec Angus Futurity Classic to be held at Old Home Week in Charlottetown in August 2014, are available online. The entry form must be postmarked or received no later than December 13, 2013. Entries are welcomed from all three Maritime provinces... (read more)
Source: BBC
A virus that hit farms in the UK last year came from midges blown across the Channel from France and Belgium, scientists have confirmed. The Schmallenberg virus, which emerged in the Netherlands and Germany in 2011, can lead to sheep and cattle having stillborn or deformed offspring. The disease has affected more than... (read more)
Source: LA Times
For generations, beef shoulder was a blue-collar cut of cow, fit for the meat grinder or crockpot but not much else. But where others saw pot roast, Tony Mata saw potential. Mata is a Dallas meat scientist whose mission is to find hidden gems in rough parts of the steer. He and a team of researchers came up with the... (read more)
Source: NPR
There's no easy way to track all of the world's crops. What's missing, among other things, is an accurate map showing where they are. But the people behind Geo-Wiki are hoping to fix that, with a game called Cropland Capture. They're turning people like you and me into data gatherers, or citizen scientists, to help identify cropland... (read more)
Source: Montreal Gazette
FP Innovations, the Montreal-based national forest industry research organization, is linking up with the Collège communautaire du Nouveau Brunswick, the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, and the New Brunswick Economic Development Dept., to push ahead with a wood products development and... (read more)
Source: Agri-News
The Cereals Canada Board is composed of individuals from member organizations representing producers, life science and seed companies, and grain processors and handlers from across the country. Serving as Officers for the next two years are Greg Porozni as Chair, and David Hansen as Vice-Chair. Combined, the Cereals Canada Directors bring more than 240 years of diverse agriculture... (read more)
Source: N.S. Dept of Environment
New legislation tabled Dec. 2, will stop companies from importing or transporting wastewater from hydraulic fracturing into Nova Scotia. “Nova Scotians are deeply concerned about the risks posed by fracking wastewater,” said Environment Minister Randy Delorey. “Today we are taking another step through legislation to ensure the protection of our environment, and consequently, the health... (read more)
Source: Nova Scotia Cattle Producers
There will be a meeting for dealers and drovers on Thursday, December 5, 2013 starting at 11:30am in Room 6 of the Administration Building at Perennia Park, Truro, N.S. This meeting will be to provide updates from the May meeting as well as discuss licensing requirements in Nova Scotia... (read more)
Source: BloombergBusinessweek
Last July, when Monsanto (MON) withdrew its applications to sell genetically modified biotech seeds in the European Union, the move opened the way for competitors to challenge Monsanto’s market share. As opposition to genetically modified crops has spread across Europe and the world, leading chemical companies including BASF (BASFY) and DuPont (DD) have turned to mutagenesis... (read more)
Source: The Chronicle Herald
Debbie Cyr's eyes were filled with tears Saturday night at a fundraising benefit in Halifax for members of Elsipogtog First Nation, who are protesting shale gas exploration in New Brunswick. Cyr has been on the front lines of the fracking protest in New Brunswick since June but made a special trip to Halifax for... (read more)
Source: FCC
The United States Environmental Protection Agency last week moved to formalize what has been apparent for some time: the emergence of a sharp change in U.S. energy policy. The key question now is what is the future role for renewable fuels and what mechanisms will be used to manage that evolution. The emergence... (read more)
Source: Govt of Nfld-Lab
To foster the continued success of an aquaculture industry that is expected to generate more than $180 million in production value this year while employing approximately 1,000 people, the Provincial Government will engage in consultations about the industry from Monday, November 25 to Friday, December 13. These... (read more)
Source: The Chronicle Herald
The federal government is contributing $366,000 to an aquaculture development on the Waycobah First Nation. Justice Minister Peter MacKay announced the funding Friday in Cape Breton. The money, which is coming from Enterprise Cape Breton Corp. and Fisheries and Oceans Canada, will allow the Waycobah band to... (read more)
Source: Island Farmer
The draft report of the Task Force on the Land contains some praiseworthy goals when it comes to agriculture, including suggestions that will ensure land suitable for agriculture is kept in production. It specifically recommends severe restrictions on the development of subdivisions on land that could be used for farming... (read more)
Dr. Yuri Monanholi has been named to the recently established Beef Chair at the Dalhousie Faculty of Agriculture in Bible Hill (formerly the Nova Scotia Agricultural College). The following biographical sketch comes from the Canadian Simmental Association.
Yuri Regis Montanholi was born in Lençóis Paulista, Brazil. In 2001 he received his vet degree, after several internships in a diversity of areas including zoos, fisheries, dairy, horse medicine, small animal clinic and beef production – the latter of which has always had the greatest emphasis.
While at vet school Yuri had the opportunity to participate in a Brazilian federal government program of assistantship to poor communities in the northeast of Brazil. He later did his Masters at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in the area of production and management of beef cattle.
In 2004 Yuri received a scholarship from CAPES (Brazilian Government Foundation for the Coordination of Higher Education and Graduate Training) for a PhD program in Canada at the University of Guelph. He conducted his research on the application of infrared thermography, feeding behavior and cellular aspects of the liver and intestine to access feed efficiency in beef cattle. Yuri also presented his PhD research findings in several conferences.
In 2006 and 2007 he participated in the Canadian Animal Science Society meeting where his poster and oral presentation where awarded. In 2007 he received the prestigious Frank Baker Memorial Scholarship from BIF (Beef Improvement Federation) with his article entitled “Genetic improvement in beef cattle for feed efficiency: increasing our understanding of the biological basis”.
In November 2008, Yuri received the Tewolde Family Award from the World Association of Animal Production during the 10th World Congress on Animal Production. In 2009, Yuri engaged on a post-doctoral project to study several aspects of the beef cattle biology including the circadian variation of heat production, methane production, gut and liver physiology, heart rhythms’, hormones and metabolites levels in beef cattle with distinct feed efficiencies.
In January of this year Dr. Montanholi was named a Research Associate at the University of Guelph.
Source: NSFA
The Federation of Agriculture and its Environmental Farm Plan are pleased to announce Siegmar and Gilberte Doelle, Wild Rose Farm as the winners of the Environmental Farm Stewardship Award. The Doelle's own and operate Wild Rose Farm, which is a certified organic mixed vegetable, flower, herb, and livestock farm... (read more)
Source: The Chronicle Herald
A Halifax man has spent the past several months writing about a proposed seismic testing site near Rexton, N.B., and opposition to it. But Miles Howe is not a traditional reporter: he writes for the Halifax Media Co-op and takes a clear anti-fracking stance. On Tuesday, Howe was arrested by New Brunswick RCMP, and... (read more)
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