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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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Nutrition – for Oct. 4, 2010

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It is the time of year when cow-calf operators typically wean their calves and make marketing decisions. The majority will be sold through auction markets and subsequently placed on growing programs in feedlots across the country. With the trend to spring calving, we also see more cow-calf producers retaining ownership and backgrounding their calves over […] Read more
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Exports Drive The Market

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Prime Cuts anadian producers know how valuable exports are to their beef industry. Most, if not all, U. S. producers share the same view. To those doubters, just look at the difference between this year and last. Just as reduced U. S. export tonnage and revenues in 2009 depressed wholesale beef and live cattle prices, […] Read more
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Toxic Dumps In Back Yards

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Old garbage dumps litter the Prairies. Through the generations many things were dumped and forgotten by Prairie residents. Unfortunately, some of those things included old batteries, containers of used oil from the days of lead-based gas additives, lead-based paint and elemental lead. Few appreciate lead’s tenacity as an environmental contaminate. A used car battery buried […] Read more
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SPIRITED VIEW – for Oct. 4, 2010

After a summer of staying relatively close to home, I rolled into a week that was hectic with a capital H. It was a week of meetings that started with consultations in Edmonton with Alberta Agriculture staff, then switched to menu planning with chefs in Whistler, followed by distribution and food-manufacturer planning in Vancouver and […] Read more
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RESEARCH – for Oct. 4, 2010

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It is a common assumption that using antimicrobials for livestock is an important cause of antimicrobial resistance in humans. This has led consumer and medical groups in the U. S. and Canada to ask their governments to restrict the use of antimicrobials for growth promotion in livestock. Ionophores such as Rumensin, Bovatec and Posistac are […] Read more
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Antimicrobial Resistance – for Sep. 6, 2010

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Antimicrobial resistance is once again a hot topic among regulators. Here’s a brief introduction to antibiotic resistance. Future columns will summarize some antimicrobial use and resistance research supported by the checkoff-funded Beef Cattle Research Council. In 1929, Professor Alexander Fleming reported that Penicillium mould produced a substance that could kill the bacteria found in strep […] Read more
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CCA REPORTS – for Sep. 6, 2010

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After a number of difficult years brought on by market-access challenges, high feed costs, a rising currency, and recessionary demand, we are finally beginning to see improvement in market fundamentals and some strength in cattle prices. The market improvement has largely been a function of reduced supplies due to contraction in the North American cattle […] Read more

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