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Dawson Creek, situated just inside B. C. near the Alberta border in the Peace River Country, probably has the newest auction market in Canada. Not every community can say that, says Connie Patterson, president of the Dawson Creek and District Exhibition Association. The association owns the facility and Vold, Jones and Vold Auction Co., headquartered […] Read more

Twenty-nine Auctioneers from Quebec to British Columbia gathered the last Friday in May for the Livestock Auctioneering Championship in Winnipeg. Last year’s national champion, Chance Martin from Alberta, was the master of ceremonies. The competitors were judged on their clarity, chant, voice control, professionalism, enthusiasm and general impression. A maximum of five points is awarded […] Read more

In July 2009 the federal/provincial agriculture ministers set a target of 2011 to establish mandatory traceability for livestock across Canada. In June 2010, almost a year later, the first of two studies headed up by the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency (CCIA) began revealing the practical difficulties of meeting that target. In partnership with the Livestock […] Read more

Independent testing of the e+* camera to determine whether it could accurately and repeatedly estimate marbling score and lean yield in concordance with graders’ scores was conducted by Wayne Robertson, a meat quality biologist at AAFC’s Lacombe Research Centre. The Canada Agriculture Products Act provides the authority to grade and the Livestock and Poultry Carcass […] Read more