Canada is a little closer to being recognized by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) as a negligible-risk country for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), Marie-Claude Bibeau, minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, announced today. The Scientific Commission of the OIE has recommended to OIE delegates that Canada’s application to change its status from a controlled-risk […] Read more
Canada one step closer to attaining negligible BSE-risk status
The change in status would help open markets to countries that only allow imports from negligible BSE-risk status countries.
History: The Gang Ranch
Reprinted from the April 1953 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
The Gang Ranch By Lyn Harrington The Gang Ranch has always been a name to conjure up visions of the largest ranch in Canada. It’s still large and second in size only to the famous Douglas Lake Ranch farther south in B.C. In 1948 the Gang Ranch changed hands for the third time in almost […] Read more
Weston Family Foundation donates nearly $25 million to prairie conservation efforts
The five-year project will affect nearly four million acres of native prairie, making it one of the largest prairie grasslands conservation efforts in Canadian history.
The Weston Family Foundation has injected nearly $25 million into grassland conservation efforts in Canada, giving a major boost to five organizations protecting prairie ecosystems. Canada’s native prairie ecosystem is home to hundreds of species of wildlife, including everything from northern leopard frogs to swift foxes, while simultaneously supporting beef herds and other livestock. Grasslands also sequester carbon, giving them a potential role […] Read more
History: Manager’s Report
Reprinted from the April 1953 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Manager’s Report By Grant MacEwan To the President and Directors, Council of Canadian Beef Producers, (Western Section) ‘Eight months with the Council of Canadian Beef Producers (Western Section), have served to confirm the task in promotion and public relations that faces the beef producers of Canada. The responses to the efforts of those months seem […] Read more
Ag in Motion, Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show to deliver information all year, beginning with seeding
News Roundup from the March 2021 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
With current COVID-19 restrictions making gathering in person uncertain this summer, organizers at Ag in Motion and Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show are ensuring producers have information and tools at their fingertips throughout the year with the launch of a year-long digital offering beginning in March. “There is still so much uncertainty in 2021, and while […] Read more
New Cattlemen’s Young Leaders, roundtable elects committee execs
NewsMakers from the March 2021 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Cattlemen’s Young Leaders Dave Slingerland was raised on a feedlot and cow-calf operation near Coaldale, Alta. Growing up, Slingerland was very involved with 4-H. His love for cattle and their genetics led him to start Tempest Red Angus, a purebred Angus herd founded on heifers purchased for 4-H. It has grown to 25 registered cows […] Read more
History: Calgary Bull Sale Still Great
Reprinted from the April 1953 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Calgary Bull Sale Still Great By Lorne Stout ‘Optimists and pessimists staged a week-long battle at the 53rd annual Calgary Bull Sale, but by Saturday night – when the last of 1,135 Bulls had been sold – the optimists had won hands down. This had been Calgary’s greatest Bull Sale – in more than half […] Read more
History: Coppock resigns as WSGA secretary
Reprinted from the March 1953 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Coppock resigns as WSGA secretary By Canadian Cattlemen staff/Kenneth Coppock ‘CALGARY, Feb. 18, 1953 – In a joint statement today issued by Bert Hargrave, President of the Western Stock Growers’ Association, and Kenneth R. Coppock, it was announced that Mr. Coppock had resigned as Executive Secretary and Treasurer of the Association, a position he has […] Read more
Alberta Angus breeders see international success
Purely Purebred, news from the February 2021 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
HW Netherton Claymore 3H was born and bred on Cudlobe Angus. However, his dam and grand-dam are owned by HW Netherton in Scotland. The grand-dam is a Cudlobe-bred female purchased by HW Netherton at the 2017 Canadian Angus Foundation Sale. HW Netherton has both females on shares, and rather than exporting them to Scotland, they […] Read more
History: The Rancher Retires
Reprinted from the March 1953 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
The Rancher Retires By Lyn Harrington ‘No one likes to think ahead to the day when his eyesight’s not so good, wind not what it was, and when both mental and muscular reactions are slowed down. But it happens, just as inevitably in man as it does the herd. The difference is that the rancher […] Read more
Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field
