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U.S. proposes marketing “fixes”
Comment/Columns, Free Market Reflections

U.S. proposes marketing “fixes”

Free Market Reflections with Steve Dittmer

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Several factors may improve the beef business in Canada soon. As we’ve noted, China has been aggressive in driving the global beef market. The delivery of Meng Wanzhou back to China and the release of the Canadians should ease that cloud over relations. The U.S. tariffs on aluminum and steel were dropped at the recent […] Read more
Although farming and nature-based solutions are seen as 30 per cent of the climate change solution, only an estimated three to seven per cent of financing is directed to that sector.
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Comment: The time is now

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Last month, I touched on the opportunity to flip discussions around methane and the beef industry into a positive. However, it occurred to me afterward that some readers might have walked away with the impression that I have no qualms about the potential effect of government regulations and policy around methane on the beef industry. […] Read more
Nature likes to throw curveballs. Don’t be afraid of change.
Comment/Columns, From the Ground Up

I do everything, sometimes

From the Ground Up with Steve Kenyon

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There has been a long-time, ongoing debate on how to regeneratively graze. Which is the right way? Who should you follow? There are many different schools of thought out there by several very experienced graziers on how to properly graze, but which method is the best? I have attended a lot of different schools on […] Read more
Your strategic plan should be inclusive and have as much involvement as possible.
Comment/Columns, Depth of Field

Now is the time for strategic planning

Gather your ideas and then prioritize what is needed in the near-term

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The year 2021 will be marked for a few things. Of course, it is year two of the COVID-19 pandemic. For many of us in Western Canada, it will also go down as a drought year, and how the pattern is going to continue is as yet unknown. What else is 2021 going to be […] Read more
High boxed beef prices in 2021 were the result of several factors.
Comment/Columns, Free Market Reflections

Dittmer: Experts analyze American fed cattle marketing

Free Market Reflections with Steve Dittmer

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Texas A&M University’s Agricultural and Food Policy Center co-ordinated and has published a 201-page study authored by 17 agricultural economists and market analysts from 10 different universities, plus support from the USDA chief economist. Entitled U.S. Beef Supply Chain: Issues and Challenges, the study was commissioned in August of 2020 by the U.S. House Agriculture […] Read more
What if the beef industry could flip the public discourse on cattle and climate change from a threat to an opportunity?
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Comment: The whole picture

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A few years ago, a friend and I came upon an accident on the highway just after dusk. A car and tractor had collided head-on. We were on the scene ahead of the first responders, so we stayed to help. The tractor had broken in half, which gives you an idea of how much force […] Read more
Taxes, trade and tortured “logic”
Comment/Columns, Free Market Reflections

Taxes, trade and tortured “logic”

Free Market Reflections with Steve Dittmer

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Regarding the export market, Japan has a new prime minister but nothing has indicated that will appreciably affect their economy. China is reining in tech firms, the property market and other industries. We hope that doesn’t have major impacts on their demand for fed beef but it needs monitoring, given their importance in global beef […] Read more
We are all part of a team, whether it be our work team, family, sports or community group.
Comment/Columns, Depth of Field

Communication and team-building

Communication is a major component of building teams

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Years ago, I heard a comment that the most underutilized resource in agriculture is people. The statement still rings true for me today and I believe our people are an area of huge potential. For most of us, in one way or another, we are all part of a team, whether it be our work […] Read more
Fighting vaccination is a declaration of an intention that threatens to collapse our medical system — already in a malaise after a two-year battle with COVID-19.
Comment/Columns, Vet advice

Being contrary is not caring

Vet Advice with Dr. Ron Clarke

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The Canadian Veterinary Oath states the following: As a member of the veterinary medical profession, I solemnly swear that I will use my scientific knowledge and skills for the benefit of society. I will strive to: Promote animal health and welfare, Prevent and relieve animal suffering, Protect the health of the public and the environment, […] Read more
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Comment: Keep your pencil sharp

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“The most important tool on the farm is the pencil.” That was the best farming advice Mike Buis ever received, and it came from his grandfather. Buis recently conducted a virtual tour of his family’s Chatham, Ont., beef farm for the Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation. Coincidentally, a day or two before the Buis Beef tour, […] Read more

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