Crossing A Blue Heeler And A Basset Hound

Once in a while I eat crow and a few years back my criticism of CBEF (Canadian Beef Export Federation) was one of those occasions. Like many armchair coaches it was easy to be critical of things when you do not see the full picture and/or aren’t in the game. Since our company became an […] Read more

Managing Drought

No one can prevent or predict a drought but there are a lot of things we can do with our management to lessen the effects of drought. Drought will impact our people, our land and our finances. All are equally important and our drought strategy must cover all three areas. People A great starting point […] Read more


CCA Reports – for May. 3, 2010

Travis Toews is president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association I’ve been on the job as president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association for a number of weeks now and I would like to say that I’m honoured to serve the folks who make up this diverse and challenging industry. The Canadian cattle industry has had more […] Read more

The Remarkable March Market

A North American view of the meat industry. Steve Kay is publisher and editor of Cattle Buyers Weekly Prices are expected to remain strong in May and June, the two best beef demand months of the year. The only concern is how the high wholesale prices in March and April will affect retail sales I […] Read more


Your Shrinking Share Of The Beef Dollar

Gracey puts some numbers to the loss We all know it’s true but it still seems a bit harder to accept when the numbers are spelled out so clearly. That’s the feeling one gets when looking at Charlie Gracey’s recent analysis of the producers’ shrinking share of the beef dollar. As most readers of this […] Read more

Grazing 2010

Grazing season will soon be upon us. For some it will be a sigh of relief, wow I can finally turn the cows out and be rid of them until fall. Another group will say, wow its grazing season again, another opportunity to use my cows to improve my land and increase my grass. Which […] Read more


CCA Reports – for Apr. 5, 2010

Brad Wildeman is president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association reports It is with mixed emotions that I write this last column as the president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. My two-year term as president has been nothing short of an incredible experience — one that allowed me the opportunity to learn much about what makes […] Read more

Who I Am And What I Believe

SPIRITED VIEW I believe in producing better products, and in turn producing higher-valued products, be it the genetics in the bulls we sell or in the beef we market I have not written for CANADIAN CATTLEMEN in a long time and having been a columnist for GRAINEWS for the past five years it’s hard to […] Read more


Backtrack Down Under

A North American view of the meat industry. Steve Kay is publisher and editor of Cattle Buyers Weekly The saddest part of this sorry tale is that Australia has inflicted more wounds on its own beef industry than anyone else’s The Australian government’s backtracking on an agreement to import beef from countries with BSE cases […] Read more

with Gerald Klassen

The Canadian dollar has been under pressure over the past couple of weeks leading up to our deadline for this issue. Strength in the U. S. greenback was the main reason for the softer Canadian dollar. There are many factors that influence the Canadian dollar on the world market. Sometimes the loonie moves in line […] Read more