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A Tale Of Hunting Retail

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Living in the hinterland of northwest Alberta I often get asked if I do a lot of hunting. My answer is yes my hunting season starts the first week of September and lasts till the first week of December and then the season starts again mid-January and runs through till the end of March. They […] Read more
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CCA Reports – for Nov. 8, 2010

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I am always heartened when I see the payoff of our lobbying efforts on behalf of Canada’s cattle producers. Last month it came in the form of attendance at the CCA’s fall event for members of Parliament, senators and people of influence in our industry. The CCA Country Picnic on Parliament Hill, held Sept. 28, […] Read more
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Potential Of Nitrate Toxicity High

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2010 was anything but a banner year for forage and hay crops. Incessant rain, early frost and delayed harvesting reduced the quality of most legume stands and the quality of cereals destined for winter forage. Volunteer crops mixed with weeds like kochia are being bailed on land that went unseeded, adding to the inventory of […] Read more
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Corn Remains King

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Corn remains king and livestock are the beggars. That’s the way U.S. federal farm policy has been for years and nothing has changed, based on latest moves by the Obama administration. But unlike the corn-biased support of the past, current policies are causing permanent damage to the U.S. livestock industry. Ironies abound. Corn farmers have […] Read more
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Alberta’s Common-Sense Traceability Standards

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Alberta Agriculture Minister Jack Hayden is once again in the news as peacemaker. First he engineered an agreement between Alberta Beef Producers and Alberta Cattle Feeders Association to resurrect a mandatory national $1 checkoff in Alberta. This time he’s brought every producer interest group together to hammer out some common-sense principles for implementing beef cattle […] Read more
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Frozen, Light, Sprouted — Does It Matter?

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As this crazy growing season comes to an end, many of you are now starting to think about your winter feeding program. It does not matter what class of cattle you are feeding, feed costs are always an important consideration. As in any year where seeding is late, moisture excessive and the growing season short, […] Read more
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Dark Cutting Beef

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Dark cutting beef is purplish black rather than bright red in colour. Dark cutting beef actually resembles vacuum packed beef. However, vacuum packed beef will brighten up (or “bloom”) after the package has been opened, but dark cutting beef will not. Dark cutting beef looks unappealing to consumers, may spoil faster, and is not sold […] Read more
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Patience Wears Thin

As a general rule, cattle producers take the long view. They don’t have much choice given the growth rate of the animals that are their equity and their livelihood. But everyone has a limit and a couple of recent items in the news were enough to test the resolve of even the most patient producer. […] Read more
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Newsmakers – for Oct. 18, 2010

Simmental breederRon Wooddisse passed away Sept. 21 at his farm in Palmerston, Ont., at the age of 60. Off the farm Ron served as president of the Canadian Simmental Association in 2000-01 and in 2003 was elected to a one-year term as president of the Ontario Cattlemen’s Association (OCA). He was also a director of […] Read more
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Alberta Brings Back A Mandatory National Checkoff

Shotgun marriages seldom last so it will be interesting to see how long the Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) and the Alberta Cattle Feeders Association (ACFA) will continue to agree on a mandatory national checkoff in Alberta. An agreement the two signed last month under the watchful eye of matchmaker, Jack Hayden, Alberta’s agriculture minister, has […] Read more

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