Computer Grading Comes Around Again – for Aug. 9, 2010

The Canadian beef industry is one step closer to having offi- cial access to the latest technology in grading. Following extensive tests of the e+* Technology GmbH’s camera grading instrument, Wayne Robertson, the Agriculture Canada meat quality biologist at the Lacombe Research Centre, has recommended that it be approved for grading beef in Canada. His […] Read more

Alfalfa… A Research Roundup

“The benefits of using alfalfa in a grazing system far outweighs the risks. With proper management one can keep losses at a very low level,” says Paul McCaughey former forage beef research scientist at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Brandon Research Centre. During his years at Brandon, Paul was instrumental in developing grazing systems that utilize […] Read more


Focus your time on what you can change

It is hard to find an ounce of optimism in the cattle industry today. Everywhere I go and almost every producer I talk to, all I seem to hear is negativity. The older generation is selling out, the younger generation is giving up or moving on. We can complain about the weather, the markets, or […] Read more

Ed Stronks likes it so much he’s offering it for sale

Ed Stronks finally has a computer system that makes everything and everyone in his feedlot work better, and all his employees love it. The system has been such a success, they’ve formed a company and sold it to other feedlot operators. The computer system wirelessly connects key parts of the feedlot and automatically records ration […] Read more



NINE STEPS TO REDUCING FOOD SAFETY RISKS

The purpose of a food safety program on the farm is to reduce biological, chemical and physical risks. One of the areas of a beef operation where food safety problems can occur in beef is during animal health product receiving, processing and treatment of cattle. Biological hazards such as drug-resistant bacteria can occur if animal […] Read more





A Conversation With CCA President Travis Toews

Travis Toews was elected president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association at the national lobby group’s annual meeting in late March. He and his wife and his parents run Melbern Holdings, a ranching operation in Beaverlodge, Alberta. The family runs 700 cows and 1,000 yearlings and backgrounds around 1,200 head a year. Travis has been on […] Read more