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Representatives from Canada Beef in Japan alongside Alberta Premier Danielle Smith (centre).
Beef Cattle, Canada Beef, Comment/Columns

Canada Beef keeps its foot on the gas with market development

Keeping up with Canada Beef: From the June 2025 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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With the recent Canadian election now behind us and trade discussions set to resume between Canada and the U.S., Canada Beef remains focused on its mandate: to continually respond to the needs of our stakeholders by promoting Canadian beef, enhancing consumer awareness, driving consumption and identifying new market opportunities worldwide. More than ever, generic marketing […] Read more
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Livestock, News

Ontario ag-gag appeal concludes, court ruling pending

Animal advocates argue law violates free expression; province defends focus on trespass, not speech

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Animal rights advocates challenge the constitutionality of Ontario’s Security from Trespass Act, arguing it stifles undercover exposés and infringes on Charter freedoms; government defends the law as targeting trespass, not speech.
File photo of a fall rye crop plot at Ag in Motion in 2024.
Barley, Beef Cattle, Forages, Nutrition

Rye silage: From the field to feedlot

Nutrition: Evaluating how barley silage and rye silage compare in feed quality

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Acres seeded to hybrid rye as a source of silage for feedlot cattle in Canada and the U.S. have increased in recent years. Increased use of hybrid rye as a forage source may be driven by greater yield potential relative to conventional rye and the early harvest may allow for double cropping. In some areas, […] Read more
A group of young Richardson’s ground squirrels, commonly known as gophers. Weather in previous years has led to a population boom of the rodents, but conditions may be less favourable in 2025.
Beef Cattle, Livestock, Rangeland

How farmers and ranchers can manage a gopher boom

Ranchers and farmers have fewer options for controlling gophers, but encouraging predators and managing the environment may help

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The Richardson’s ground squirrel has been a challenge for prairie farmers for over a hundred years. Records of gopher bounties and provincial holidays for gopher hunting go back to 1917, but a lot of research has gone into the effectiveness of predatory mammals and birds. Foxes, weasels, snakes and badgers are efficient rodent hunters, said […] Read more
Importance placed on cow herd size questioned
Livestock, News

Importance placed on cow herd size questioned

Some in the cattle sector don’t think policy should focus on expanding herd; others say fewer cows limit check-off revenue

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The number of cows in the provincial herd is not necessarily the best measure of a successful industry, yet that is the focus of public policy, says the Sask. Stock Growers Assoc.

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