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Calves in the auction mart in the fall.
Auction Mart Updates

Auction mart report for the week of December 8, 2023

Regional market analysis from Alberta, courtesy of the Livestock Markets Association of Canada Members

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Southern Alberta, Courtesy of Perlich Bros. 300 yearlings and calves sold this week. Only a few weeks left to get your cattle marketed as things slow down for the Christmas season. Three-hundred-and-thirteen cows and bulls sold steady with good buyer interest in the younger cows. We have lots of good quality bred cattle on offer […] Read more
Photo: Canada Beef Inc.
Beef Cattle, Market talk, Markets

Cattle prices turning lower

Market Talk with Jerry Klassen

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I’ve been overwhelmed with calls over the past week as the recent issue of Canadian Cattlemen reached dinner tables and coffee shops. In the October issue, I hinted that the cattle market was turning over and would likely trend lower in the latter half of 2024. I always judge how successful my articles are by […] Read more
Andchris Just Crushin’ It 20J, Grand Champion Speckle Park Bull.
News, News Roundup

News from the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

Purely Purebred, news from the December 2023 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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The Canadian Speckle Park Association hosted their first Speckle Park breed show at this year’s Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto, Ont.  Grand Champion Female honours were awarded to Watson Land and Livestock Inc. with two-year-old female Watson Leopard Trillium 7J. Reserve Female honours went to MartinStar Farms with senior yearling Steele Katelynn 3K.  Grand […] Read more
Danika Mayer in the show ring.
Features, People

First-generation cattlewoman earns her cowboy boots

Danika Mayer channels empathy and experience gained in nursing into career as beef producer

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[Update: December 9, 2023] Starting small is better than not starting at all, and first-generation rancher Danika Mayer knows that better than most. Without growing up with any direct connection to the beef industry, the enthusiastic Canadian Cattle Young Leaders program graduate has made many miles, carving out her place in the Canadian beef industry, […] Read more
Dr. Kee Jim.
News, Newsmakers

Jim gets nod for Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame

NewsMakers from the December 2023 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Congratulations to everyone inducted into the Canadian Agriculture Hall of Fame in Charlottetown, P.E.I., on November 8. Garnet Altwasser of Brooks, Alta., established Lakeside Farm Industries Ltd., a multi-faceted business that includes Lakeside Feeders — the largest single site feeding operation in Canada. Beef products from the Brooks, Alta. operation are marketed across Canada, North […] Read more
Dr. Anatoliy Trokhymchuk holding some of the equipment used to identify specific BRD-causing pathogens.
Animal Health, Beef Cattle, Livestock

Tech for cattle disease diagnostics edges into the Star Trek age

Researchers are testing new, compact equipment to see if it can quickly and accurately diagnose specific pathogens that cause BRD in the field and feedlot

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Remember the COVID rapid test? That was a point-of-need test designed to find a target and match it to a “binder” which then changes the colour if it’s positive or negative. The same principle is applied to the rapid lateral flow device test for anthrax, Dr. Anatoliy Trokhymchuk explains, which was developed by the U.S. […] Read more

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