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Editorial: Grading beefs
Beef Cattle, Comment, Livestock

Editorial: Grading beefs

Those seeking quick changes to grade standards will likely be disappointed

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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
When will cow-calf producers stop shrinking?
Beef Cattle, Comment, Cow-Calf

When will cow-calf producers stop shrinking?

No sign of a turnaround yet

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What will it take for cow-calf producers to start expanding the herd? That was the question that kept popping into my head as I read through the recently released 2013-14 results report of the Canadian Cattlemen Market Development Council. If that name doesn’t ring a bell, I’m not surprised. It isn’t well known outside of […] Read more
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Two-faced tories

One says expand, the other says shrink

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The Harper government has to stop talking out of both sides of its mouth in its dealings with the beef industry in this country. In June the government tabled the text of the Free Trade Agreement with South Korea in the House of Commons and our energetic Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced China has begun […] Read more
Comment, Livestock

Take aim at the precautionary principle

It stifles innovation

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You have to give the National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA) some credit for the nerve to tackle one of the big dogs that has taken a huge bite out of the livestock industry for several decades now. In a white paper released in May, The Precautionary Principle and Animal Agriculture, this non-profit association takes […] Read more
raw beef steak
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Exports are up again

Up but still nowhere near pre-2003 levels

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Trade was much in the headlines last month starting with Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz leading a trade mission to South Korea and Japan to follow up on the March signing of the Canada-Korea free trade agreement (FTA) and stoke the fires of a hoped-for agreement with Japan. Canada Beef Inc. tied into the same news […] Read more
Comment, Livestock

A pretty good deal

Producers seem to be getting their money’s worth out of the CCA

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At meetings around the country this spring provincial cattle organizations have been adding a dollar to their local checkoffs. The reasons are well known. Cattle numbers are down, and likely to remain so for a while yet, so checkoff revenues are down. Once an organization gets around to asking for an increase the final vote […] Read more
Students inspecting a beef carcass.
Comment, Livestock

McDonald’s wants verified sustainable beef

Fortunately we are well set up to supply it

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How does a term like “sustainability” become an international trend with the power to move multinational companies? Having just had a short brush with the bare drought-blighted pastures of California and the concrete of L.A. I can understand why Hollywood types would feel the world is in dire shape. But selling sustainability to people who […] Read more

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