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Director Cheryl Foggo and actor Fred Whitfield on set.

Filmmaker reclaims a piece of Alberta’s ranching history with John Ware film

Cheryl Foggo's film, John Ware Reclaimed, debuts at the Calgary International Film Festival on Sept. 24.

By Lisa Guenther 22 hours ago

When Cheryl Foggo was growing up in Calgary in the ‘50s and ‘60s, the Stampede was the big event of the year. “And I, like many, many young people of my generation, really loved the stories of cowboys. I loved horses. And I didn’t see myself reflected in that world when I watched the Saturday […] Read more

Crops, Markets

FBN cuts yearly membership fee to zero

Ag e-commerce firm offers free accounts to farmers

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News 2 days ago

E-marketplace Farmers Business Network (FBN) has disposed of the annual membership fee that allowed members access to its various buying groups and services. California-based FBN, which has operated in the U.S. since 2014 and expanded to Canada in 2017, announced Tuesday (Sept. 15) its farmer members may now have “access to a select range of […] Read more

History, Our History

History: The Venerable Archdeacon George McKay

Reprinted from the September 1952 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff September 17, 2020

The Venerable Archdeacon George McKay By W. H. McKay ‘Some time in the late seventies, Canon McKay was appointed Chaplain of the famous R. N. W. M. Police and stationed at Fort Macleod. He at once saw that the best way to prevent an outbreak of hostilities among the powerful Blackfoot Confederacy, was by cultivating […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Court approval sought for Morris Industries sale

Rite Way deal the 'highest and best offer received'

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News September 17, 2020

The court overseeing creditor protection for seeding equipment maker Morris Industries is being asked to approve a deal for the company’s sale to another Saskatchewan manufacturer. Calgary consultancy Alvarez and Marsal, the court-appointed monitor for Morris, said Tuesday in its latest report to Court of Queen’s Bench in Saskatoon it recommends approval of a sale […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Weather

Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show looks to lock in land base

GFM plans to buy research land for eastern Discovery Farm

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News September 16, 2020

As Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show goes digital this week, its operator is preparing to secure its real-world footprint in southern Ontario and put that real estate to year-round work. Glacier FarmMedia and the Ontario government on Tuesday announced their intent to work toward a land deal with the Agricultural Research Institute of Ontario (ARIO), which […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Machinery

U.S.-bound truckload of Alberta beef disappears

Over $230,000 in JBS beef hasn't turned up, RCMP says

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News September 15, 2020

A reefer truck loaded with over $230,000 in beef from the JBS plant at Brooks, Alta. is more than two weeks overdue and alleged to be travelling on “fraudulent documents,” RCMP say. Brooks RCMP said Monday they’re investigating after a transport truck that was subcontracted to haul a full load of beef from the JBS […] Read more

General, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

Canada may unveil retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods Tuesday

Stock trailers could be among affected aluminum wares

By Reuters, GFM Network News September 15, 2020

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada will announce on Tuesday that it is going ahead with a threat to slap retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods after Washington said it would impose punitive measures on Canadian aluminum imports, CTV said on Monday. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said last month that Ottawa would impose sanctions on $3.6 […] Read more

News, Newsmakers

Canadian Beef Industry Award presented, new Cattlemen’s Young Leaders

NewsMakers from the September 7, 2020 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff September 14, 2020

Cattlemen’s Young Leaders Robyn Unrau was raised on a small cow-calf operation near Marquette, Man. Unrau has earned a diploma in agriculture, majoring in livestock production, from the University of Manitoba, and is pursuing an animal science degree. Unrau plans to pursue a career in the beef industry while growing her family farm. Unrau’s mentor […] Read more

General, Machinery

Ag journal Small Farm Canada under new ownership

Victoria-based publishers retiring

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News September 10, 2020

Online ag information company Farms.com has picked up farm journal Small Farm Canada and its sister publication for the mobile heavy-duty repair sector, Service Truck. Farms.com, which operates out of offices at Guelph, Ont. and Ames, Iowa, announced Thursday it has bought the two titles from Victoria-based Southern Tip Publishing, whose partnership group is retiring […] Read more

History, Our History

History: Goodwill in the West

Reprinted from the December 1952 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff September 10, 2020

Goodwill in the West By Doreen Runciman, RR2, High River, Alta. ‘The approach of another Christmas season brings thoughts of familiar appurtenances such as trees and greeting cards, turkey and plum pudding and those old, comfortable words; Peace on earth and good will toward men. For the first White Men who spent Christmas in the […] Read more

Charred U.S. west’s ‘wet ashtray’ wine grapes left to birds

AgDealer plugs into forex service provider

Oats values hold steady at harvest

GFM Network News