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Comment: China is next

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Trade once again dominated the headlines since our last issue of Canadian Cattlemen arrived in your mailbox. In June we had the president of Mexico dropping in to announce his country would be willing to import a full range of Canadian beef products starting October 1. Canada Beef president Rob Meijer thinks this addition will produce […] Read more
The animal care model is tied very closely to the requirements of the new Beef Cattle Code of Practice.
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Comment: We can audit for animal care

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As I write this the vitriol that flooded over the industry after Earls Restaurant chain announced it would buy only Certified Humane Beef from the U.S. has started to fade from the headlines, the Blogosphere and Twitterland. Reading through the debris field of this latest battle for beef’s reputation I have to admit I’m having […] Read more
cow with ear identification tag
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Comment: Traceability, again

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In his column in our May issue of Canadian Cattlemen, Dan Darling of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association raises a red flag over the traceability regulation Ottawa plans to Gazette by the end of this year. Well, maybe not, according to Darling. His basic message is that the cattle industry can’t implement what Ottawa wants and remain […] Read more
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Comment: The clock is ticking on TFW

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Late last month the beef industry got a glimmer of good news on the labour front when Employment, Workforce Development and Labour Minister MaryAnn Mihychuk officially requested a review of the Temporary Foreign Workers (TFW) program. Unfortunately it appears she didn’t do it fast enough or go far enough to stop the next scheduled cut […] Read more
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Comment: Here’s to those who stand up

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Barring an unforeseen event, this article should reach you right about the time Dan Darling of Castleton, Ont. has being elected president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA), a position he’s been training for since he accepted the role of vice-president two years ago. In so doing he joins a long line of ranchers, feedlot operators and […] Read more
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Comment: Social licence needs to be a co-operative effort

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The term social licence kept jumping into my mind last month as I scanned the headlines coming out of Oregon where a group of gun-toting militiamen took over the headquarters of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. They were there to protest the arrest of two ranchers who were convicted in 2012 of starting fires that […] Read more
Cowboy on Horse During Cattle Roundup
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Comment: Alberta supports the $2.50 checkoff

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The Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) became the first provincial cattle organization to officially declare its support for a $1.50 increase in the mandatory $1 national checkoff at its annual meeting last month in Calgary. Given the vocal support for an increase reported at district meetings around the province leading up to an official vote by […] Read more
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Comment: WHO got the black eye?

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I can’t help but wonder if the scientists at the World Health Organization were surprised by public reaction to their linking processed meat and red meat to cancer. Within hours the hashtags #FreeBacon, #Bacongeddon and JeSuis Bacon exploded to the top of the twitterverse with negative tweets outnumbering the positives by seven to one. German […] Read more
Comment: Is it time to raise the national checkoff?
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Comment: Is it time to raise the national checkoff?

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For much of this year you have read or heard about Canada’s national beef strategy, but this fall the attention of the cattle associations across the country will swing around to paying for the strategy. A campaign is being put together for provincial cattle organizations to present the argument for raising the national mandatory checkoff […] Read more
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Comment: Dropping in on the animal rights movement

No change — they still want everyone to go vegan

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The Animal Agriculture Alliance, the industry’s advocacy group in the U.S., recently sent me a report by two young interns who were sent to “blend in” at the National Animal Rights Conference held outside Washington this summer to gain some insight into the movement’s plans. The short answer is more of the same, as 1,500 […] Read more

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