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Alberta Opens The Vault — Again

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And puts a noose around funding for national beef programs The playing field tilted toward Alberta again late last month when provincial Agriculture Minister George Groeneveld introduced a bill to turn the Alberta beef, hog and lamb checkoffs into refundable levies on April 1, 2010. This has implications for the entire cattle industry as Alberta […] Read more
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LETTERS – for May. 14, 2009

Don’t Gas Beef Wendy Cech Fort Fraser, B. C. I am responding to an article in your March 2009 issue, page 46, about a survey conducted in Alberta regarding gassing meat with carbon monoxide to retain its cherry-red colour and extend shelf life for up to 14 days. I cannot believe that this survey could […] Read more
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Gerry Ritz — Beef Salesman

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Canada’s ag minister has put market access for beef on the priority list in Ottawa The people at the Canadian Wheat Board don’t like him much but cattle producers have reason to be thankful that Gerry Ritz is the federal minister of agriculture. It traces right back to January 9 when Mr. Ritz accepted the […] Read more
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A COOL Stab In The Back

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The U. S. ag secretary puts a dangerous rider on the final rule While most of Canada and the national media were fawning over President Barack Obama during his visit to Ottawa last month, his new agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack was back in Washington getting ready to stab the Canadian beef industry in the back. […] Read more
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The Brave New World – for Jan. 19, 2009

Mandatory cattle marketing begins in Alberta 2009 2009 marks the beginning of mandatory marketing requirements for cattle production in Canada. This new wave appeared a few years ago in Quebec but was ushered into Alberta on January 1 with the passing of a new Animal Health Act. The Alberta government and the Alberta Livestock and […] Read more
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Is Alberta’s Checkoff In Play?

The ABP has seen this game before, but this time they may not have the support of the ag. minister As I listened to Alberta’s farm minister George Groeneveld addressing the Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) annual meeting last month, the lyric from an old Jim Croce song kept rolling through my head. “You don’t tug […] Read more
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Byproducts As Supplements

David P. Price is a consulting nutritionist specializing in feedlot and range cattle The last couple of months we have been discussing supplementation on pasture. For the most part that means commercial supplements. The most common physical forms are cubes, blocks and molasses tubs. Cubes provide a delivery form that offers structural integrity and can […] Read more
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Mycotoxins in livestock feeds

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Most mycotoxins are extremely potent and produce clinical disease at very low levels in contaminated feed Proper nutrition is an important aspect of livestock production. In many instances, the emphasis is placed on vitamin, mineral, protein and energy content of the ration. With appropriate ration formulation, the producer can control these basic nutritional factors. Unfortunately, […] Read more
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RESEARCH – for Jan. 5, 2009

Kenneth Eng recently presented an excellent review of research on residual feed intake (RFI), a measure of feed efficiency in cattle. RFI is defined as actual feed intake minus expected feed intake. A negative RFI is indicative of improved feed efficiency. Previous research has revealed that if cattle are segregated into low-, medium-, and high-RFI […] Read more

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