Judge Jirl Buck, of Madill, Oklahoma looks over some of the cattle during the Simmental show at Agribition 2024.

Agribition 2024: Black Gold wins top breeder and exhibitor in Simmental show

Two Maplelm Simmentals top the percentage championships

Judge Jirl Buck called the Simmental show at Canadian Western Agribition “exceptional” and praised the quality of the cattle at the event. Buck, from Oklahoma, efficiently placed cattle Nov. 27 in percentage and purebred categories. Black Gold Simmentals of Lloydminster, Sask., won Premier Breeder and Premier Exhibitor for the show. The Noble family runs about […] Read more

Bryce Camm is the chair of Australia Beef and a beef producer who attended Agribition.

Agribition 2024: Learning from Australian visitors

The beef sector in Australia is enjoying the good beef prices found around the world

Australian cow numbers have grown and stabilized after a drought a few years ago, and global demand for beef with stagnating supply has meant good prices there, as they are in Canada. Bryce Camm, chair of Australia Beef, a similar event to Canadian Western Agribition, attended the show in Regina, Sask. recently. His family is […] Read more



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Dairy farm milk price drops for 2025

The Canadian Dairy Commission announced Nov. 1, 2024 that a decline in feed prices and the stabilization of other costs on dairy farms across the country means that the benchmark on-farm price for milk will decline by 0.0237 per cent starting in February 2025.



Jewish organizations say that the decision resulted in a disruption in supply of kosher meat in Canada. Photo: Dave Bedard

CFIA won’t enforce some ritual slaughter requirements after appeal from Jewish organizations

The CFIA will no longer require three determinations of unconsciousness previously mandated for ritually slaughtered animals after a recent federal court ruling. Jewish organizations and companies had appealed the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) regulations in court, claiming they made kosher slaughter difficult, which resulted in a disruption in supply of kosher meat in Canada.