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Canada Beef placed a wrap on the exterior of a Toronto transit bus in a recent marketing campaign to encourage Canadians to buy Canadian beef products.
Beef Cattle, Canada Beef, Comment/Columns

Canada Beef invests in market diversification, domestic demand to counter U.S. trade turmoil

Keeping up with Canada Beef (from the May 2025 issue of Canadian Cattlemen)

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The uncertainty unleashed by the U.S. administration’s reciprocal tariffs on April 2 created unpredictability and roiled markets worldwide. Canada’s cattle industry was left out of the so-called U.S. “Liberation Day” tariffs due to the carve-out for products that comply with the United States-Canada-Mexico Agreement (USMCA). These products, which include Canadian live cattle and beef, will […] Read more
Acidosis prevention is especially critical during the transition to high-grain diets when cattle enter the finishing phase in the feedlot.
Beef Cattle, Finishers, Livestock, Nutrition

Rethinking transition diets for finishing cattle

Feed additive shows promise for accelerating dietary transitions in feedlot cattle

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Among the most prevalent diseases in feedlot cattle, ruminal acidosis ranks second only to respiratory diseases in contributing to morbidity, mortality and economic losses. Given its effect on animal welfare and profitability, preventing acidosis remains a key focus in feedlot cattle research. In this month’s column, we want to discuss the role of transition diets […] Read more
assorted green grasses on a prairie
Beef Cattle, Research, Research on the Record

Icebergs and native forages: What you can’t see can sink you

Research On the Record with Reynold Bergen

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In April 1912, the RMS Titanic sank off Newfoundland’s coast after an iceberg tore a hole in her hull 25 feet below the waterline. Only a tenth of an iceberg is visible above the water; most lurks beneath the surface. Forage plants are similar; how things look on the soil surface may not reflect what’s […] Read more
Guiding cattle to safety during a wildfire near Spences Bridge, B.C.
Beef Cattle, Disasters

Range Rider program helps B.C. ranchers threatened by wildfires

As more wildfires flare up in B.C., ranchers are forced to evacuate their cattle, and help their neighbours do the same

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When the Shetland Creek wildfire started in the summer of 2024, T.J. Walkem waited and watched smoke smudge the sky. Dry, hot and windy conditions fed the fire, and overnight, it doubled in size. Walkem and his father rushed to evacuate their cattle, surrounded by walls of flames. “We’ve had a few (wildfires) the last […] Read more
Beef Cattle, News

YCSA TEAM Leadership Conference

Purely Purebred, news from the April 2025 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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The Young Canadian Simmental Association TEAM Leadership Conference will be held at the University of Guelph on May 2-4, 2025. The conference will include events such as ice breaker activities, group events and industry-leading guest speakers. There will also be educational tours to the Semex Guelph facility and other locations. The conference is open to […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Closing higher after Trump announces tariff pause

But boosts duties on China to 125 per cent

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Live and fed cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were stronger on Wednesday, after United States President Donald Trump announced he will pause his reciprocal tariffs for 90 days. Trump said the suspension of the levies comes as more than 75 countries were set to negotiate trade with the U.S. or had not taken […] Read more

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