Melissa and Mitch Stuart of Stuart Cattle Station at Edam, Sask.

Hospitality 101: Attracting people to your field day or private treaty sale

There’s more than one way to sell a bull. A Canadian Cattlemen community coffee shop discussion from across the Prairies on how to get it done

If you don’t do the homework, your field day or open house private treaty sales might be the beef producer’s equivalent of throwing a party and nobody coming. However, if you plan well in advance, you could extend your hospitality to an entirely new group of customers, plus show your appreciation to your long-standing ones. […] Read more

“We are by nature resilient and innovative.” – Rick Strankman, Altario, Alta.

Drought dilemmas detail struggles, triumphs

A cattle producer “community coffee shop” discussion from across the Prairies

If there had been a cattle producer’s “word of the year” for 2021, it likely would have been “drought.” Beef producers across the Prairies probably muttered that word daily and vexed about the situation hourly. The condition it describes is inescapable, but just how did producers deal with it? Feed – and water Peter Schwenk, […] Read more


The Saskatchewan Irrigation Projects Association is gearing up to grow its membership as irrigation expands in the province.

Saskatchewan farmers build upon irrigation association

News Roundup from the March 2022 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

With the hiring of their first-ever executive director, Jillian Brown, the Saskatchewan Irrigation Projects Association (SIPA) is set to undergo a push for growth in both membership and activities, says Sandra Bathgate, a SIPA project organizer from Central Butte. Bathgate’s enthusiasm stems from the Saskatchewan government’s recognition of irrigation by granting the group secure funding […] Read more

Shwaluk is a firm believer in raising quiet cattle.

Manitoba cow-calf producer seeks to do things differently

Earlier birth dates, quiet cattle, roadside advertising are all part of the plan

When it comes to a well-travelled path, Robert Shwaluk likes to veer off. The Shoal Lake, Man. cow-calf producer goes his own way to discover new ideas and new ways to get things done. “I’m always looking out for the new,” he says. “I’ll do things differently.” Shwaluk, 65, began in the cow-calf business in […] Read more


This photo, taken about three miles from the site of the tragedy, shows the lack of cover for man or beast.

Scapa-area ranchers memorialize victims of 1906 blizzard

Lee Brainard overestimated the frequency of chinooks in the area he settled with his son and hired hand, leaving them ill-prepared for an Alberta winter

Located 28 km north of Hanna, Alta., Scapa’s claim to fame is one of tragedy. On January 29, 1907, a fierce blizzard struck. When it ended a few days later, two men were dead, about 550 head of beef cattle and horses perished, and only one man survived — and just barely. Montana rancher Lee […] Read more