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Ag in Motion variety trials.
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Innovative cattle products help get Ag in Motion off to hot start

News Roundup from the August 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Ag in Motion, billed as Western Canada’s Outdoor Farm Expo, debuted under Saskatchewan’s clear blue skies July 21. With an address like NW15-39-8-W3 you know this three-day event puts farmers’ interests first. Trade show organizers and exhibitors started work last spring on transforming the 320-acre field northwest of Saskatoon into the bustling marketplace bordered by […] Read more
Beef Cattle, News Roundup

Stock Growers Association splits with SCA on traceability

News Roundup from the August 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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There was no shortage of issues to debate with 24 resolutions on the table during Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association’s 102nd AGM at Swift Current. Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart’s launch of the province’s online premises identification (PID) database during his address to open the conference didn’t sway members set against mandatory PID. They narrowly defeated a […] Read more
Beef Cattle, News Roundup

Drought and water cost focus of BCCA annual meeting

News Roundup from the August 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Consultations with government on water security and predator control issues dominated last year’s activities at the British Columbia Cattlemen’s Association (BCCA) and returning president Lary Fossum of Dawson Creek expects this year will bring much of the same. “We’ve had good consultation with government on segments of the new Water Sustainability Act. Water pricing is […] Read more
One concern is the increasing spread of alfalfa weevil.
Forages, News Roundup

Alberta’s alfalfa bug survey yields mixed results in first year

News Roundup from the June 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Year one of a three-year benchmark insect survey across Alberta yielded mostly good news and a few surprises, even for Alberta Agriculture entomologist Scott Meers of Brooks who is heading up the project. The biggest surprise was the sheer abundance of life in alfalfa fields. Sweep net samples of 100 sweeps each captured several thousand […] Read more
preparing a livestock vaccine
Livestock, News Roundup

Say good riddance to your old livestock meds

Location of collection sites for each province to be announced this summer

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CleanFARMS and the Canadian Animal Health Institute (CAHI) will once again be offering collection of obsolete (old, unwanted) livestock medications in conjunction with the obsolete pesticide collection program. The 2015 schedule takes the program to the Okanagan, Interior and Kootenay regions of British Columbia, Red Deer-south region of Alberta, Davidson-north region of Saskatchewan and across […] Read more
cattle in a pasture with ID tags
Beef Cattle, News Roundup

4-H Beef Club earns national award

News Roundup from the May 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Brainstorming ideas for an invention that could change the world of agriculture got members of the Abbey-Lancer 4-H Beef Club of Pennant, Sask., thinking about an easier way to apply electronic identification tags without the use of tagging pliers. In the end, they came up with not one, but two ideas to win the club […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, News Roundup

Breeders will benefit from carcass data

News Roundup: From the April 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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The Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC) believes the Beef InfoXchange System (BIXS) will become invaluable for cattle breeders, geneticists and beef researchers if significant numbers of producers can be encouraged to make use of the national database. And they aren’t the only ones looking forward to a more productive BIXS, according to a recent blog […] Read more
three cattle grazing pasture
Beef Cattle, News Roundup

Ontario looks north for more cows

News Roundup from the April 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Coming out of the Beef Farmers of Ontario’s annual general meeting this spring, president Bob Gordanier was reminded of the saying, “Opportunity never arrives. It’s here!” BFO’s northern cow herd expansion project presents an opportunity for beef farmers unlike any since the settlement years with the prospect of opening up provincial Crown land in the […] Read more
cow eating feed pellets
Beef Cattle, News Roundup

NCFA three-pronged strategy sees cattle feeders looking forward

News Roundup from the April 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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The National Cattle Feeders’ Association (NCFA) has adopted a three-pronged strategy that zeros in on research, growth and sustainability for cattle feeding in Canada to improve the competitiveness of the industry. One step in this plan is a study by Noblepath Strategic Consulting scheduled for completion late this year that will outline the potential for […] Read more
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Livestock, News Roundup

SCA supports mandatory premises ID

News Roundup: Manitoba Beef Producers meeting, Zilmax cleared for component feeding, Merck releases intranasal vaccine

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Associations SCA supports mandatory premises ID Discussions during the Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association’s (SCA’s) annual general meeting January 22 in Regina gave the board direction on important initiatives for the upcoming year. “Having just come through one of the most profitable years in the cattle industry that really did encompass all segments from the primary producer […] Read more

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