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New applicants for Beef Researcher Mentorship program introduced

NewsMakers from the October 2017 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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The Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC) has introduced its three successful applicants for the 2017-18 Beef Researcher Mentorship program. Each has been paired with leaders in the Canadian beef industry and given a travel budget to enable them to become more familiar with Canada’s commercial beef industry. Dr. Mika Asai Coakwell is the new assistant […] Read more
The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association was in Washington for the first round of NAFTA talks.
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CCA Report: Keeping tabs on NAFTA

From the October 2017 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) attended the second round of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) trade talks in Mexico City September 1-5. CCA executive vice-president Dennis Laycraft participated to ensure the industry’s key objectives were heard. In addition to maintaining NAFTA’s terms of trade for beef, the CCA seeks to improve the flow of […] Read more
Fine tuning forage corn agronomics
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Fine tuning forage corn agronomics

Feed: News Roundup from the October 2017 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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The first year of a three-year corn silage study in Saskatchewan showed a trend toward yield differences between two seed brands across the province’s corn heat unit (CHU) zones. “One brand out-yielded the other in short-season zones and the other brand had the best yields in the longer-season zones,” says Dr. Joy Agnew, project manager […] Read more
Charolais international delegates. Back row (l to r): Kamil Malat, Czech Republic; Manuel Garza, Mexico; Colin Rex, Australia; Ben Harman, United Kingdom; Roberto Leal Gonzalez, Mexico; Peter Phythian, United Kingdom; Helge By, Canada; Mike Elder, Canada; David Hobbs, United States. Front row (l to r): Nevan McKieran, Ireland; Juan Domingo Sandoval Valladares, Guatemala; Dr. Moises Montaño, Mexico; Cesar S. Cantú, Mexico; Luis Enrique Villaseñor Guitiérrez (president), Mexico; Candace By (secretary), Canada; Clément Perrodin (treasurer), France; and Kevin Maguire, Ireland.
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Charolais International delegates assembled

Purely Purebred with Mike Millar: News about you from the September 2017 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Carling Matejka, from Ponoka, Alta., has been selected as the 2017 winner of the $10,000 Keith Gilmore Foundation (KGF) Prize for Beef Cattle Innovation, awarded to students who are recognized for academic excellence, leadership and commitment to pursue a career to improve, support and promote the beef cattle industry. Matejka is entering her fourth year […] Read more
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Be TRU to yourself

Education: News Roundup from the September 2017 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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I have been quite concerned over the last few years about the direction in which the agricultural industry is headed. We have been pushed down a road of quick fixes for quite some time. What we really need are long-term solutions to the problems. Environment and health care are two of the big issues we […] Read more
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U.S. group views Healthy Eating Strategy labels as trade barrier

Policy: News Roundup from the September 2017 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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While all of agriculture is focused on retaining market access to the U.S. and Mexico embedded in the North American Free Trade Agreement, the North American Meat Institute (NAMI) based in Washington, D.C., is just as concerned about proposed changes to Canada’s food labels. In an August 15 letter to United States Trade Representative Robert […] Read more
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New products showcased at AIM

Equipment: News Roundup from the September 2017 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Clear blue July skies welcomed a record 409 exhibitors and 25,787 visitors to the third year of Ag in Motion near Saskatoon. Livestock Central, sponsored by BMO, forged ahead in its second year running with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture helping to put on a livestock and forage speaker series all three days, featuring Curt […] Read more
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Ellen Crane named Nuffield Canada scholar

Youth: News Roundup from the September 2017 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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A young leader in Canada’s beef industry has been chosen as one of four 2018 Nuffield Canada scholars. Ellen Crane of Murray Siding, N.S., is currently the general manager of the Maritime Beef Council, co-ordinator for the Verified Beef Production Plus program in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and president of the Maritime Hereford Association. […] Read more
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David Francis Farm wins CCA Environmental Stewardship Award

NewsMakers from the September 2017 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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David and Vicki Francis and their son Bret of David Francis Farm of Lady Fane, P.E.I. are the 2017 winners of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association Environmental Stewardship Award. The family has invested heavily in soil conservation on its potato and beef operation building grassed waterways, buffer zones, terraces and berms to reduce erosion. Their rotational […] Read more
a cow with Johne's disease
Beef Cattle, News, News Roundup

Johne’s found in three per cent of cows in Sask. surveillance program

Health: News Roundup from the September 2017 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Saskatchewan’s Johne’s Disease Surveillance Program has been very successful in that voluntary participation by cow-calf producers has increased every year to the point where there has been a waiting list the last two years. On the flip side, it has confirmed many participants’ fears of finding positive animals. From November 2013 to March 2017, there […] Read more

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