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The Canada Beef booth at the Seoul Food and Hotel exhibition in 2021

Market Intelligence Update from Canada Beef: Beef exports to South Korea surge

By Brooklyn Braun July 25, 2022

Despite an import ban early in the year, South Korea’s imports of Canadian beef spiked in March and April. South Korea banned Canadian beef imports from December of 2021 until January 19, 2022, due to an atypical BSE case found in an Alberta cow. January volumes were down 41 per cent from last year but […] Read more

Local conservation officers speak during a field day hosted by the pilot project on June 21.

Livestock, News

Livestock predation project set to bear results

Mitigation strategy pilot filling up, but a few slots remain for producers

By Alexis Stockford July 25, 2022

Glacier FarmMedia – Ray Bittner, lead of the predation pilot project being spearheaded by the Manitoba Beef Producers, is looking at a lot of ways to keep a healthy distance between livestock and predators. There is special penning, with seven strings of electric wire and predator-resistant gates to keep problem animals out. There are game […] Read more

The view from up high of the Ag in Motion Discovery Farm site in July 2022.

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Ag in Motion returns to Langham for first time since 2019

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan July 22, 2022

Ag in Motion (AIM) kicked off at Glacier FarmMedia’s Discovery Farm site near Langham, Sask. on July 19. This is the first time the event has been hosted in person since 2019 due to COVID. Show director Rob O’Connor says it’s good to be back on the grounds. “We have all been looking forward to […] Read more

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Market Intelligence Update from Canada Beef: Inflation cuts beef sales in Mexico

By Claudia Herrera-Blanc July 21, 2022

As inflation bites into food budgets, Mexican families are swapping beef and chicken for more pork. So far in 2022, the Mexican meat sector reported average price increases of 35 per cent, although some meat products have risen to 300 per cent. Inflation accelerated in May and reached its highest level since 2001 due to […] Read more

Livestock, News

Ectoparasite help available for livestock

By Glacier FarmMedia staff July 15, 2022

It’s getting to be peak season for ectoparasites and the Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC) has a number of resources that can help. Ectoparasite is just a $10 word for lice, flies, ticks and other external parasites. The research council’s web resource zeros in on lice (both the sucking and chewing varieties with four species […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Cow-Calf, News

CCA changes name to recognize role women play in industry, says president

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan July 13, 2022

Last week, CCA announced a rebrand, including a new logo and a new name. Previously known as the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, the national organization changed its name to Canadian Cattle Association, to better include the people in the industry. “We changed our name and logo because we wanted it to represent who we are today,” […] Read more

Bob Toner presents Jay Syverson with the Canadian Angus Association Auction Market of the Year award.

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Medicine Hat Feeding Co. receives award; CCIA elects executive committee

Purely Purebred, news from the June 2022 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Mike Millar July 8, 2022

The Canadian Angus Association has named Medicine Hat Feeding Co. of Medicine Hat, Alta., the Auction Market of the Year award. Director of business development for Sask./Man. Bob Toner presented the award to Jay Syverson, partner with Medicine Hat Feeding Co. at the Livestock Markets Association of Canada annual conference in Lloydminster, Sask., in May. […] Read more

Cow-Calf, Forages, Hay, News, Pasture

Satellite forage insurance posed as potential risk-management solution for cattle producers

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan July 6, 2022

When the federal and provincial governments asked Global Ag Risk Solutions if they had any forage insurance products for cattle producers, they said no, but that they would try to develop one. From there, they started looking into satellite-based forage insurance for cattle producers. “We saw an opportunity that forage insurance is not sufficient for […] Read more

L to R: Canadian Junior Angus co-ordinator and Canadian Angus Foundation executive director Belinda Wagner, heifer voucher recipient Chase Bruynooghe and Canadian Angus Foundation past chair Kirk Wildman.

News, Purely Purebred

Youth gather at Angus conference

Purely Purebred, news from the June 2022 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Mike Millar June 30, 2022

Forty-five Canadian Angus youth and one guest from the Junior Red Angus Association in the U.S. recently gathered in Saskatoon, Sask., for the annual Guiding Outstanding Angus Leaders (GOAL) conference. The five finalists in the Canadian Angus Foundation Legacy Scholarship program shared $11,000, and a $3,000 heifer voucher prize was awarded to one lucky attendee. […] Read more

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Lloydminster welcomes Livestock Markets Association of Canada convention

Purely Purebred, news from the June 2022 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Mike Millar June 24, 2022

After a two-year hiatus, the Livestock Markets Association of Canada (LMAC) annual convention was back stronger than ever. Held in Lloydminster, Alta., from May 5 to 8, Northern Livestock Sales, headed up by Brent Brooks, did an outstanding job of hosting the 23rd Annual Canadian Livestock Auctioneer Championship competition and annual meeting. Thirty-seven auctioneers from […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

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U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

News

Market Intelligence Update from Canada Beef: Beef exports to South Korea surge

Livestock predation project set to bear results

Ag in Motion returns to Langham for first time since 2019

Market Intelligence Update from Canada Beef: Inflation cuts beef sales in Mexico

Ectoparasite help available for livestock

CCA changes name to recognize role women play in industry, says president

Medicine Hat Feeding Co. receives award; CCIA elects executive committee

Satellite forage insurance posed as potential risk-management solution for cattle producers

Youth gather at Angus conference

Lloydminster welcomes Livestock Markets Association of Canada convention

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