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
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
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
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
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
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
Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field
