Canada’s 1949 Royal By Lorne Stout, Calgary, Alta. Canada’s Royal Winter Fair at Toronto is more truly an all-Canadian Royal than most of us in the West realize unless we have been fortunate enough to have attended the Royal. It’s big, but more than that, it’s a show window of the nation, not only for the […] Read more
History: Canada’s 1949 Royal Winter Fair
Abridged from the December 1949 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Consider all the costs of backgrounding calves
News Roundup from the November 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
When it comes to making a decision on backgrounding calves, it’s important to look at all of the costs involved. “High forage prices this summer and fall have predominated farm discussions at coffee shops, auction markets and social media outlets the last few months,” says Ted Nibourg, farm business management specialist, Alberta Ag-Info Centre, Stettler. […] Read more
Dairy support price gets boost starting Feb. 1
Canada’s dairy farmers can expect a two per cent bump in their overall revenue from industrial milk sales starting Feb. 1 next year. Citing dairy producers’ increased costs of production, the Canadian Dairy Commission on Wednesday announced its support price of butter will increase effective Feb. 1 to $7.7815 per kilogram, from $7.4046 currently. Its […] Read more
Parmalat gets GF2 funds for new Winnipeg milk plant
Dairy giant Parmalat is set to get federal and Manitoba government funding toward its planned new $50 million milk plant in Winnipeg. The two levels of government on Tuesday pledged $2.5 million toward the construction of Parmalat’s new dairy plant at an industrial park in the city’s St. Boniface area, about seven km east of […] Read more
N.L. agrifoods file moves to new minister
Newfoundland and Labrador’s Forestry and Agrifoods Agency, which oversees public policy for the province’s livestock, crops and agrifood sectors, is again getting new management. Oversight for the agency, first set up in 2007 by then-natural resources minister Kathy Dunderdale, had been moved in March from the natural resources department to the fisheries and aquaculture department. However, […] Read more
Quebec co-ops’ urea plant back on hold
Development of a major new nitrogen fertilizer plant in Quebec has returned to the back burner where it lived for much of the past year. The Canadian arm of the Indian Farmers Fertilizer Co-operative (IFFCO) and Quebec agrifood co-operative giant La Coop federee announced Monday they will again halt development work on their planned plant […] Read more
Alberta’s farm worker bill passes, with tweaks
A more specific version of the Alberta government’s bill to extend workers’ comp and OHS regulations to paid farm workers has cleared the legislature. Bill 6, the Enhanced Protection for Farm and Ranch Workers Act, passed third reading 44-29 Thursday. It received royal assent Friday, after the legislature adjourned until Feburary. But the bill, as […] Read more
History: Shaunavon Tales
Reprinted from the December 1949 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
History: Shaunavon Tales By Hugo Maguire, Shaunavon, Sask. 1905: ‘The T-Down outfit had got through shipping a trainload of beef at Malta, Montana. They rode over town, parked their ponies at the hitchrack in front of Long Henry’s Saloon. They were enjoying the sight of the mirror behind the bar through the bottoms of the […] Read more
Harmony Beef back on track
News Roundup from the November 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Harmony Beef is now looking at April 4, 2016 as its startup date for the former Rancher’s Beef plant in Balzac after the Rocky View Council approved a development permit to construct a water-recycling facility on the site. The Rocky View Council voted seven to one to issue the permit after 18 months of often […] Read more
Northern Ontario website up and running
News Roundup from the November 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Anyone tempted to take a look at northern Ontario as a place to expand their beef operation can start their search on a new website Farmnorth.com, developed by the Northern Farm Innovation Alliance working with OMAFRA, the provincial Agriculture Department. It provides profiles of the 10 northern regions that offer everything from soil types to […] Read more
Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field
