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Beef plant essentials

Prime Cuts with Steve Kay

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It is never easy to build a new beef processing plant, let alone operate it successfully. Just ask the group of cattle industry investors who sunk $40 million into a brand new plant near Balzac in Alberta. The plant opened to great fanfare in 2006 but closed just 14 months later because of tight margins […] Read more
Clockwise from left: Baxter Blair, Thomas Wildman, Jessica Davey, Heidi Tymko, Halley Adams.
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Canadian Junior Angus awards $13,500 in scholarships

Purely Purebred, news from the May 2021 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Canadian Junior Angus hosted 60 members at a virtual workshop Thursday, April 8, 2021. $11,000 was awarded to the five finalists in the Canadian Angus Foundation Legacy Scholarship program and $2,500 was awarded in memory of Gordon Prichard to two junior Angus members pursuing a career in agriculture. Baxter Blair of McLean, Sask., placed first […] Read more
Brett, Chantel, Blair and Lois McRae, Bill Biglieni and Melissa McRae.
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McRae family receives ambassador award

Purely Purebred, news from the May 2021 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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The Manitoba Simmental Association (MSA) would like to recognize Blair and Lois McRae of Mar Mac Farms as the recipient of the A.O. Henuset Ambassador Award for 2020. The award, started back in 1995, is presented to those who have given their time to help establish the Simmental industry in Manitoba. As a well-respected member […] Read more
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Canadian Simmental Association moves ahead with AGM

Purely Purebred, news from the May 2021 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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The Canadian Simmental Association is full speed ahead with plans for the summer AGM and Young Canadian Simmental Association national show to be held in Portage la Prairie, Man., from July 22 to 25. Also part of the excitement is the Friends of Canadian Simmental Foundation auction on July 24. Stay tuned for more details […] Read more
The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association says expanding price insurance into the Maritimes is a “very high priority.”
Livestock, News, News Roundup

Bringing livestock price insurance to the Maritimes

News Roundup, from the May 2021 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Work is underway to bring livestock price insurance to Atlantic Canada’s beef producers.  While producers in Western Canada have access to the Western Livestock Price Insurance Program and Quebec and Ontario also have risk management programs, producers in the Maritimes lack any program to offset market risk.  “Producers in the Maritimes manage their risk by […] Read more
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Cellular protein not yet a feasible meat alternative, researcher says

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With global protein consumption expected to increase significantly by 2050, Tim McAllister sees room in the marketplace for all forms of protein production to meet this demand.   However, McAllister, principal research scientist in ruminant nutrition and microbiology at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, anticipates it will be some time before cellular […] Read more
The initiative will provide producers with new information on how they can reap economic benefits while adapting to climate change.
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RDAR invests in $5.7-million in Alberta Applied Research Associations

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More than $5.7 million will be invested by Results Driven Agriculture Research (RDAR) to fund Alberta Applied Research Associations (ARAs) research programs. To date, eight ARA research projects have been approved for funding through RDAR’s new Accelerating Agricultural Innovations (AAI) program, with more proposals expected to be assessed, reviewed, and funded in the coming weeks. […] Read more

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