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Barley, Beef Cattle, Corn, Livestock, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Feed Grains Weekly: Overbooked end-users worried about tariffs on Canadian beef

Feed wheat, U.S. corn too expensive

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There won't be a whole lot of movement of feed grains on the Canadian Prairies any time soon, stated Darcy Haley, vice-president of Ag Value Brokers in Lethbridge. He said not only are the end-users overbooked, but the relentless uncertainty over tariffs continues to dominate the cattle industry across Western Canada.
meat section of a grocery store
Beef Cattle, Livestock, Research

Food scientist says farmers are leaders in nutrition

Farmers and ranchers are feeding the world, but misconceptions about red meat and sustainability are holding them back

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Anneline Padayachee often finds herself amazed at the work farmers and ranchers do. “It’s an amazing product, what you guys produce,” she said while presenting at the banquet of the Western Canada Conference on Soil Health and Grazing in Edmonton, Alta., on December 11, 2024. Padayachee is a food scientist and nutritionist from Melbourne, Australia. […] Read more
cattle in a dry pasture in Alberta under a blue sky
Beef Cattle, Disasters, Livestock

Drought may be new normal for beef producers

Producers talk shop on how they’ve been getting through years of drought

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The 2020s did come in with a roar, but not the kind people hoped for, as drought has plagued much of Western Canada since 2021. The pastures were dry across the Prairies, the grass brittle, more brown than green. Dugouts ran dry and in some areas, hay production was about a quarter of normal. Water […] Read more
Cattle eating hay during the winter
Cow-Calf, Feeding, Livestock

Now is the time to beef up the cow herd

Make sure cows are at their optimum body condition score at calving and keep it going for the rest of the year

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Make sure cows are at their optimum body condition score at calving and keep it going 
for the rest of the year

If your spring-calving beef herd is on the thin side, now is the time to get them back into proper condition before calving season, says a long-time western Canadian livestock nutritionist. Cows in less-than-optimum body condition at calving will not only raise calves with poor performance but it also increases the risk of the cows […] Read more
Dave Solverson and his grandson, Ethan Solverson, stand in the middle of a group of steers destined for the packers.
Beef Cattle, News, People

Over a hundred years of ranching along the Battle River

The Solverson family’s ancestors settled near Camrose, Alta., in the 1880s, and they’re still 
ranching in the area today

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Ranching in the middle of central Alberta’s grain country, with inches-deep topsoil and flat, open fields, may not be traditional cattle country, but it has worked for the Solverson family for more than a century. Ranching amongst their mainly grain farming neighbours does have its benefits, said brothers Dave and Ken Solverson of Camrose, Alta. […] Read more
Canada Beef's Eric Bienvenue and Deana Kao joined the Canadian Cattle Association’s Nathan Phinney and Jennifer Babcock on the Team Canada trade mission to Indonesia and the Philippines, led by Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development Mary Ng.
Beef Cattle, Canada Beef, Comment/Columns

Trade missions, ‘Burger it Forward’ and more

Keeping Up With Canada Beef

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February is always an interesting time for Canada Beef. From a business planning perspective, it signals the final approach to the March 31 finish line for the current fiscal year. Canada Beef’s focus on keeping beef on people’s dinner plates at home and abroad remains keen as the fiscal year winds down and we go […] Read more

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