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New Animal Care Codes May Only Intensify Scrutiny of Livestock Sector LET THEM PuT the pg 35 EAT KALE brAKEs on Let them eat kale Kale-ryegrass combo tested Go slow with varietal for fall grazing » Page 35 review: KAP » Page 8 Kale-ryegrass combo tested for fall grazing pg 8 Put the brakes on Go slow with varietal review: KAP November 7, 2013 S erviNG maNitoba FarmerS SiNce 1925 | vol. 71, No. 45 | $1.75 maNitobacooperator.ca New forage insurance to take effect n ew animal care codes in 2014 Flooded ranchers may only intensify scrutiny are skeptical By Shannon VanRaes of livestock sector co-operator staff / ashern The revised codes have sparked producer concerns about who will pay for things like nterlake ranchers attending the Manitoba Beef Producers enhanced housing, but experts say the public will likely want many more changes I district meeting here became the first in the province to get details on a new suite of for- By Alex Binkley age insurance programs offered co-operator contributor / ottawa under AgriInsurance in 2014. “I have to say I am thrilled,” ithin days of the wrap-up of this said MBP general manager, Cam year’s National Farm Animal Dahl. “I really do think the for- W Care Council conference, news age insurance program that was reports surfaced about a disturbing case announced is going to make a of abusive treatment of layer chickens at significant difference.” two Alberta farms. Under the new programs, pro- The controversy over the secretly ducers will be able to choose filmed scenes shown on CTV’s “W5” was a reminder of the “strong emotions s ee FORAGE on page 7 » surrounding animal abuse,” said Jackie Wepruk, the council’s general manager. It also drove home the importance of completing the codes, she said, noting work on the layer industry code won’t be finished before funding expires at the end of the year. “So then we will be waiting in line to see if we can get the funding,” said Wepruk. “We have no idea when it might come through.” The “W5” program showed hens, including dead ones, crowded in cages and chicks being killed by being hit against hard surfaces. The Egg Farmers of Canada called the practices shown in the video an “aberration,” CBC reported. Livestock production in the spotlight Reaction But experts at the conference had warned Livestock producers hoping new animal the codes are just a start, and will likely that reacting to such incidents after the care codes will satisfy public concerns increase scrutiny of the industry. fact isn’t enough. They said the industry about their industry are going to be in this special report, the Manitoba has to be proactive and step up efforts to disappointed. Co-operator’s ottawa correspondent takes a talk to Canadians about what it is doing to expert after expert at the recent national further look at what was said at the conference promote humane treatment. farm animal care council conference said and what it means for the livestock sector. s ee NEW CODES on page 6 » Publication Mail Agreement 40069240 MOVING AT THE SPEED Of TEcHNOlOGy 1-800-265-7403 www.hylandseeds.com ®™Trademark of The Dow Chemical Company (“Dow”) or an an or (“Dow”) Company Chemical Dow The of ®™Trademark MC 09/13-20278-01 Dow. of company affiliated 2 The Manitoba Co-operator | November 7, 2013 INE SiD Di D you know? L iVESToCk Is that tail wagging to Try a little understanding the left or right? Know what o ne direction says keep your distance, triggers sheep behaviour 12 the other says it’s oK to come closer c eLL PReSS ReLeaSe ou might think a wagging tail is a wag- CRoPS ging tail, but for dogs there is more to it Y than that. Dogs recognize and respond differently when their fellow canines wag to the Outlook bright right than they do when they wag to the left. The findings reported in the Cell Press for agriculture journal Current Biology show that dogs, like humans, have asymmetrically organized Kraft lecturer says brains, with the left and right sides playing “feeding the world” different roles. mantra great 17 The discovery follows earlier work by the opportunity same Italian research team, which found that dogs wag to the right when they feel posi- tive emotions (upon seeing their owners, for instance) and to the left when they feel nega- tive emotions (upon seeing an unfriendly dog, FEATuRE for example). That biased tail-wagging behav- iour reflects what is happening in the dogs’ brains. A century of Left-brain activation produces a wag to the right, and right-brain activation produces a rural retail wag to the left. But does that tail-wagging difference mean Boissevain men’s something to other dogs? The latest study clothier says quality 33 shows that it does. and service are timeless The researchers showed dogs videos of ph: oTo THinkSTock other dogs with either left- or right-asymmet- ric tail wagging. When dogs saw another dog Vallortigara doesn’t think that the dogs are wagging to the left, their heart rates picked up necessarily intending to communicate those and they began to look anxious. When dogs emotions to other dogs. Rather, he says, the CRoSSRoADS saw another dog wagging to the right, they bias in tail wagging is likely the automatic stayed perfectly relaxed. byproduct of differential activation of the left “The direction of tail wagging does in fact versus the right side of the brain. But that’s So you think matter, and it matters in a way that matches not to say that the bias in wagging and its hemispheric activation,” says Giorgio response might not find practical uses; veteri- you can dance? 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