Daily Network News

More News →

News Roundup

cattle in a feedlot
News, News Roundup

AgriClear adds to its services

Marketing: News Roundup from the August 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By
AgriClear, the online platform for selling and buying cattle across Canada and the U.S., has upgraded its service. “The initial registration has been simplified and banking information is no longer required to create or negotiate a listing, explains AgriClear vice-president and founding partner David Moss. “We have also added the ability for producers to work […] Read more
Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association board of directors. Back row (l. to r.): Chad MacPherson (general manager), Henry McCarthy, Joe Gilchrist, Jack Ford, Lee Sexton, Norm Nordgulen, Glen Elford, Jeff Yorga, Keith Day, Paula Larson, Calvin Gavelin Laird Senft. Front row (l. to r.): Roy Rutledge, Stephanie Deg, Bill Huber, Shane Jahnke, Doug Gillespie, Kelcy Elford, Robin Wiggins. Missing: Rod Gamble, Brent Griffin, Kimberly Simpson, Kelly Williamson, Gerald Duckworth, Donnie Peacock, Jerry Chanig, Barry Olney.
News, News Roundup

SSGA elects another Jahnke as president

Associations: News Roundup from the August 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By
Shane Jahnke was raised by a huge extended family called the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association (SSGA) and is very proud to carry on his family’s tradition of providing a president every decade or so starting with his grandpa’s brother-in-law in the ’40s, his great-uncle Ben in the ’50s, his grandpa in the ’60s, his dad […] Read more
Family members joined Miles and Sheri Anderson in accepting the Environmental Stewardship Award for Saskatchewan (l. to r.): Abel Goodwin, Rick Goodwin, Carlee Goodwin, Tori Knudson, Quinn Folk, Sheri Anderson, Anderson Goodwin and Miles Anderson. Missing are Kacy Lee Anderson, Keith Folk and Dallas Knudson.
Beef Cattle, News, News Roundup

Ambassadors for Greater sage-grouse

Environment: News Roundup from the August 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By
Miles and Sheri Anderson and family of Fir Mountain, Sask., are the recipients of The Environmental Stewardship Award (TESA) for Saskatchewan presented dur­ing the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association’s convention at Regina. Robin Bloom, a wildlife biologist with Environment Canada who oversees federal support for Species at Risk projects supported the Andersons’ nomination, acknowledging the family not only […] Read more
British Columbia Cattlemen’s Association board of directors. Back row (l. to r.) John Anderson (Merritt), Erin Durrell (Quesnel), Bob Storey (Smithers), Larry Rast (Creston), Grant Huffman (Williams Lake), Doug Fossen (Rock Creek), Leroy Peters (Heffley Creek). Front row (l. to r.): Mike McConnell (Dawson Creek), Duncan Barnett (150 Mile House), Brian McKersie (BCCA president, Canal Flats), Larry Garrett (BCCA vice-president, Vanderhoof), Linda Allison (Princeton), Renee Ardill (Fort St. John).
News, News Roundup

Water, predators and treaties top concerns in B.C.

Associations: News Roundup from the August 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By
The British Columbia Cattlemen’s Association came out in support of the proposed increase in the national checkoff from $1 to $2.50 per marketed head, as well as an increase in the provincial checkoff from $2 to $2.50 per head during the annual general meeting at Penticton in May, just as our JUne 2016 issue was going […] Read more
young farmer beside grain truck
News, News Roundup

We’re hiring… five steps to get it right

By
Eighty per cent of employee turnover in the first year is the result of hiring and interviewing errors that in the long run can end up costing you a lot more than a departed employee’s annual salary. The most obvious cost is the time and money spent recruiting replacements. Then there’s the negative effect high […] Read more
Ryan Hurlburt, auctioneer with Saskatoon Livestock Sales, won the 2016 LMAC champion auctioneer of the year.
News, News Roundup

Ryan Hurlburt wins LMAC auctioneering champion

News Roundup from the June 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By
Camaraderie and a chance to learn livestock selling from the best drew 29 auctioneers from points across Alberta through Quebec to the Livestock Markets Association of Canada’s (LMAC) annual auctioneering championships May 13 at Brussels Livestock, Brussels, Ont. It was standing room only for six hours straight in the house with a live feed to […] Read more
calf with bovine respiratory disease
Cow-Calf, News, News Roundup

Intranasal vaccination could protect young calves from BRD

News Roundup from the May 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By
Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is a major animal health problem in feedlot cattle. Presently, BRD makes up about 65 to 80 per cent of feedlot diseases and 45 to 75 per cent of deaths in many lots. The financial toll of BRD on North America’s cattle industry is more than $1 billion per year. Previously, […] Read more
Canadian Centre for Food Integrity kicks off
News, News Roundup

Canadian Centre for Food Integrity kicks off

News Roundup from the May 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By
Farm & Food Care Canada (F&FC Canada) is on target with its year-one game plan culminating with the official kickoff of the Canadian Centre for Food Integrity (CFI) and a rundown on insights from Canada’s first public-trust research on farming and food during the Public Trust Summit at the end of this month in Ottawa. […] Read more
(click image for full view)
Beef Cattle, News Roundup

Assessing the first quarter – cattle inventories disappointing

News Roundup from the May 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By
At the end of the first quarter the domestic steer slaughter was down 2.3 per cent while the domestic heifer slaughter was down 9.1 per cent. That doesn’t tell us much until we factor in live slaughter steer and heifer exports. The sex of fed cattle slaughter exports is not known until closer to year-end, […] Read more
Calvin Lamport, along with his sons Layne and Cole and daughter Kayla, got to see a quad birth in early March at their farm at Alida, Sask. The five-year old Charolais cross cow had birthed twins two years in a row so it wasn’t too surprising when Calvin pulled three calves from her. The bonus calf came about a half hour after the new family was put into a fresh pen. They weighed 50, 47, 46 and 46 pounds a couple of hours after the birth.
News, News Roundup

Cowboy politics

News Roundup from the April 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By
Beef Farmers of Ontario BFO is looking forward to another year of advancing its Beef North initiative as well as projects in southern Ontario, all aimed at expanding the province’s cow herd by at least 100,000 head. That’s the number of calves needed just by the Ontario Corn-Fed Beef value chain to meet its requirements […] Read more

Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field

Glacier Farmmedia Podcast

AgCanadaTV

AGCanadaTV: In case you missed it; your national ag news recap for August 1, 2025

Sponsored By:
More Videos →

Latest Market News

More Market News →