Archive for January 5th, 2010
What’s New in Technology for Sheep Producers
Photo Credit: Simon Howden
New research at the U.S. Sheep Experiment Station in Dubois, Idaho, is helping researchers pinpoint the characteristics that will indicate the future carcass yield and the future value of live sheep, with the potentially to dramatically improve both the speed and the accuracy of selective breeding methods.
Carcass data is very difficult for [...]
Raw Milk or Pasteurized Milk: Which is Healthier?
Photo Credit: Danilo Rizzuti
Unpasteurized milk is not legal for sale in Canada under the Milk Act, due to concerns about E. coli or other forms of harmful bacteria. But as with other countries all over the world, interest in “raw” milk continues to grow, with the debate around the benefits and negative impacts [...]
Canada Didn’t Make Much of a Splash in Copenhagen
Critics are calling the UN’s climate change summit in Copenhagen, now wrapped up, an embarrassment for Canada. The government’s conservative pledges for greenhouse gas emission reductions earned Canada a record-breaking ten Fossil of the Day awards – a satirical award ridiculing the countries that were seen to be uncooperative during the climate change summit [...]
