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CCA reports, News

Cattle producers need a voice in Ottawa

CCA Reports, from the January 2025 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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These update columns have generally been about what the CCA is doing to optimize markets, regulations, legislation and the overall industry conditions for beef cattle producers. I thought a bit more of the “how” we do those things would be of interest. A good portion of our policy work focuses on Ottawa. New or up-for-renewal […] Read more
closeup of a cow's head in a feedlot of cattle
Beef Cattle, Livestock, Research, Research on the Record

When it comes to microbiomes in cattle, the little things may mean a lot

Research on the Record with Reynold Bergen

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A “microbiome” is all the microbes (bacteria, fungi, viruses and their genes) living in a specific environment, and how they all interact with each other. Animals have several microbiomes. There’s an oral microbiome (the mouth and all the microbes in it), as well as nasal, respiratory, rumen, intestinal, vaginal, rectal and skin microbiomes. The various […] Read more
A cow leads her calf to higher ground, near Vogar, Man. in 2011. Lake Manitoba had overflowed, flooding nearby ranches.
Beef Cattle, Disasters, News, Pasture

After the flood: Manitoba cattle ranchers still recovering 14 years later

Producers around Lake Manitoba continue to deal with the effects of a 2011 flood

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When Arvid Nottveit thinks about Manitoba’s infamous 2011 flood, he says he still feels all the emotions that came with it. “We all like to be all stoic and everything, be the captain on the ship facing the storm head-on, but I’m the guy that will say, ‘Okay, this is pretty bad. I need some […] Read more
ground beef cooking in a pan on a stovetop
CCA reports, News

Progress made in Canada’s cattle industry with work to be done

CCA Reports, from the December 2024 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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This time last year, I wrote about our continued advocacy efforts to expand price insurance to the Maritimes. In 2024, price insurance became available and is the first step to helping current producers and the next generation in the region. The next step that we’re working on is cost-shared premiums, equitable to crop insurance. Federal […] Read more
Loading grain on a vessel at a Burrard Inlet terminal. (Maxvis/iStock/Getty Images)
Barley, Canola, Cereals, Corn, Markets, News, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

China, EU account for upswing in Canadian grain, oilseed exports

Total exports through October up more than 18 per cent

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Exports of Canadian oilseeds and grains for 2024/25 largely continued to be ahead of those a year ago, monthly data from the Canadian Grain Commission showed. Bulk exports through licensed facilities during the first three months of the current marketing year are more than 12.22 million tonnes, which compares with the approximately 10.33 million the same time last year.

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