a drone flying over a farm field

The sky’s the limit with Ducks Unlimited drone seeding program

Seeding forages into marginal areas has benefits for the farmer, the land and local wildlife

When seeding forages in marginal areas, there might be a new way to do things — from the air. Many producers have marginal land on their operations that have poor yields and are uneconomical. For years, Ducks Unlimited Canada has urged seeding those areas to perennial forages.  A recent project with drones could make that […] Read more

Guiding cattle to safety during a wildfire near Spences Bridge, B.C.

Range Rider program helps B.C. ranchers threatened by wildfires

As more wildfires flare up in B.C., ranchers are forced to evacuate their cattle, and help their neighbours do the same

When the Shetland Creek wildfire started in the summer of 2024, T.J. Walkem waited and watched smoke smudge the sky. Dry, hot and windy conditions fed the fire, and overnight, it doubled in size. Walkem and his father rushed to evacuate their cattle, surrounded by walls of flames. “We’ve had a few (wildfires) the last […] Read more


L to R: Craig McLaughlin, Kurt Van Osch, Carson Burtwistle, Brendon Van Osch.

New Canadian Cattle Young Leaders, new beef industry forage management chair for U of S

NewsMakers from the April 2025 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

Canadian Cattle Young Leaders Ashley Perepelkin is an owner/operator at Perepelkin Farms, a mixed farming operation with commercial and purebred cow-calf and a grain farm. Alongside her cow-calf operation, Perepelkin runs a successful farm-to-table beef program and a newly founded tallow lotion company. She is the mother to four children and when not busy on […] Read more



Hurricane Fiona’s winds of over 100 km an hour knocked over Dwain MacAulay’s cattle barn on Prince Edward Island.

East Coast beef farmers deal with lingering effects of Hurricane Fiona

Years after Hurricane Fiona made landfall in Maritimes, farmers are dealing with the aftermath — or mourning what it took from them

In September 2022, Canadians who live in the Maritimes watched with apprehension as Hurricane Fiona moved from the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico toward Canada’s East Coast. By the time the storm reached Atlantic Canada, it had been downgraded to a tropical storm, but that didn’t lessen the damage it caused as it swept across […] Read more

Tyler Blanchette leads his Grand Champion Charolais bull into the ring at Agribition’s Beef Supreme on November 30.

New purebred producers passionate about showing cattle

After making the jump into the seedstock industry, Tyler Blanchette and his family have attended several cattle shows, finding successes along the way

There are 100 animals in the ring of Agribition’s Beef Supreme on November 30, consisting of bulls, cows and some calves. The stands are full of people, and even more crowd around the door — almost more than the room can hold. They are all eagerly waiting to see who will win the coveted titles […] Read more


meat section of a grocery store

Food scientist says farmers are leaders in nutrition

Farmers and ranchers are feeding the world, but misconceptions about red meat and sustainability are holding them back

Anneline Padayachee often finds herself amazed at the work farmers and ranchers do. “It’s an amazing product, what you guys produce,” she said while presenting at the banquet of the Western Canada Conference on Soil Health and Grazing in Edmonton, Alta., on December 11, 2024. Padayachee is a food scientist and nutritionist from Melbourne, Australia. […] Read more

cattle in a dry pasture in Alberta under a blue sky

Drought may be new normal for beef producers

Producers talk shop on how they’ve been getting through years of drought

The 2020s did come in with a roar, but not the kind people hoped for, as drought has plagued much of Western Canada since 2021. The pastures were dry across the Prairies, the grass brittle, more brown than green. Dugouts ran dry and in some areas, hay production was about a quarter of normal. Water […] Read more



Tyler Fulton presents at the Saskatchewan Beef Industry Conference. While there, he focused on the potential threat of tariffs.

Threat of tariffs looms at Saskatchewan Beef Industry Conference

Cattle groups take advocacy to U.S. livestock producers, say they need to know how tariffs will affect them

The Canadian Cattle Association says threatened 25 per cent tariffs would cut Canadian wholesale beef prices by 13 per cent, but effects would be tempered slightly by the low Canadian dollar. “Obviously a huge blow to the benchmark beef price,” said CCA vice president Tyler Fulton. “I think many of us would respond, ‘well, it’s […] Read more