‘Last fall in anticipation of a storm of which he has been forewarned by radio, E. R. Higley of the Langdon district undertook to move his cattle from pasture across the public Highway to the shelter of his farm yard. A truck belonging to the Polar Aerated Water Works Ltd., of Calgary crashed into two […] Read more
History: Highway Liability Case Important
Reprinted from the April 1951 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
History: Modern Horse Training – Pt. 4
Reprinted from the April 1951 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Modern Horse Training – Pt. 4 By Jack Sproule, Calgary, Alta. ‘Last month we left our pupil at the stage of teaching the resisting and more difficult horse to back. If he did not start to back with pressing on his chest the best thing to do is to start training as though he did […] Read more
Canadian Cattle Identification Agency app gets an upgrade
Identification: News Roundup from the September 2018 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
The Canadian Cattle Identification Agency (CCIA) has added optical character recognition to its Canadian Livestock Tracking System mobile app, CLTS MOBO, available for Android and Apple devices. Technology information manager Waseem Rehman, says the new OCR technology converts lists of numbers into editable, searchable data for upload to the user’s CLTS database account. Using the […] Read more
New beef researchers chosen for mentorships
NewsMakers from the September 2018 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
The Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC) had named four new beef researchers who will be mentored on the practical aspects of beef production by producers and industry reps over the next year. Dr. Jill Bainard is being mentored by Saskatchewan rancher Duane Thompson and agri-environmental specialist Sarah Sommerfeld. Bainard is a forage ecophysiologist who studies the relationship […] Read more
History: Breeder Brings Fame to Canada
Reprinted from the April 1951 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Breeder Brings Fame to Canada By Chas C. Clark, High River, Alta. ‘When W. A. Crawford-Frost of Nanton says “I have always concentrated on the Calgary bull sale as being of paramount importance” there is perhaps more than a little touch of sentiment in this observation, because his boyhood impressions of Alberta were linked to […] Read more
CBSA pilot shows steady third-quarter growth
Sustainability: News Roundup from the September 2018 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Third-quarter results from the Canadian Beef Sustainability Acceleration (CBSA) pilot prove that this program is steadily increasing its supply of sustainably raised beef. Cargill recently announced that the CBSA pilot’s third quarter saw the production of more than one million pounds of beef sourced from certified sustainable producers. This is nearly double the initial volume […] Read more
History: Roll back U.S. Cattle Prices
Reprinted from the June 1951 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
By Kenneth Coppock The United States government in its fight against inflation has initiated a policy designed to roll back prices of live cattle to approximately pre-Korean levels. In view of the fact that the U.S. market for live cattle is the main price-determining factor for surplus cattle production in Canada the new policy is […] Read more
Managing dust in beef feedlots
Management: News Roundup from the September 2018 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Dust can become an issue in feedlots under hot, dry conditions which encouraged Nebraska extension educator Larry Howard to round up some advice on ways to minimize the aggravation dust creates for the cattle, and the people looking after them. Most often, he says, the worst time for dust is during the late afternoon and […] Read more
History: Readying the Homestead
Reprinted from the July 1951 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
By P.W. Luce Half a century ago, when the Federal government was going all out to bring immigrants to Canada, and the western provinces were vying with each other to get settlers in the empty spaces, the great inducement dangled before the newcomer was a homestead. One hundred and sixty acres of virgin land, free, […] Read more
Saskatchewan Stock Growers remains focused on conservation
Associations: News Roundup from the August 2018 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
The importance of conserving habitat for species at risk on native grasslands was one of many topics discussed at the 105th Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association annual general meeting and convention. The event, held in Swift Current, kicked off with an announcement from outgoing SSGA president Shane Jahnke on the creation of the association’s new grass […] Read more
Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field
