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CCA Report: Advocacy and recovery
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CCA Report: Advocacy and recovery

From the September 2017 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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In August, the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) held its 2017 semi-annual meeting in conjunction with the Canadian Beef Industry Conference (CBIC) in Calgary. I am pleased with the continued momentum of the CBIC, which attracted a record 700+ registrants and surpassed that at the awards banquet with more than 800 guests. The CCA had guests […] Read more
Trevor, Terry 
and Regan Caviness.
Beef Cattle, Features, News

A new cowplant for Idaho

CS Beef Packers will process 1,700 head per day

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A family with lots of experience turning cows into beef has a brand new plant up and running at Kuna, Idaho, near Boise offering a new marketing option for cull cows to ranchers in the northwest U.S. and Western Canada. CS Beef Packers is a partnership between the Caviness family of Caviness Beef Packers in […] Read more
News, News Roundup

Saskatchewan Stock Growers sets revenue record

Associations: News Roundup from the August 2017 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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The Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association is well-known for its commitment to conserving grassland habitat for species at risk. Now it’s assisting people at risk with a Beef Drive that raised donations of animals yielding approximately 8,525 pounds of ground beef for delivery to Saskatchewan food banks since last fall, at a retail value of more […] Read more
Beef Cattle, News, News Roundup

British Columbia Cattlemen’s Association has a busy year ahead

Associations: News Roundup from the August 2017 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Members of the British Columbia Cattlemen’s Association are facing a busy year, starting with the adjustment to a new provincial government in June, and offering assistance to producers coping with the devastation of wildfires in July. The BCCA office in Kamloops was swamped last month helping to put haulers in touch with producers needing transport […] Read more
closeup of a cattle in a field
Beef Cattle, News

U.S. cattle official says Trump has been good for agriculture

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says the U.S. president is ‘getting a lot of stuff done for agriculture’

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When it comes to agriculture, President Donald Trump is doing a crackerjack job, says a senior official with the top U.S. cattle association. “If you listen to the media, it’s nothing but conversations about Russia, South Korea and the overall general hatred for people who just don’t like Donald Trump,” said Colin Woodall, senior vice-president […] Read more
News, News Roundup

Swift Current Research Station gets a makeover

Research: News Roundup from the August 2017 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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August is moving month at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Swift Current Research and Development Centre for staff who are settling into newly constructed laboratories to replace the old wing built in the 1960s. Bruce McArthur, associate director of research, development and tech transfer, says the new laboratories have the electrical and internet capacity needed to […] Read more
Eastern beef research facilities get an upgrade
Cow-Calf, News, News Roundup

Eastern beef research facilities get an upgrade

Research: News Roundup from the August 2017 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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A $15.5 million injection into the University of Guelph’s Elora research farm is expected to produce a world-leading beef research facility. Meat science researcher and nutritionist Dr. Ira Mandel says the new facility will allow the university to amalgamate the beef research herds from New Liskeard and Guelph. “We’re going to have a much larger […] Read more
A view of Livestock Central at last July's Ag in Motion farm show.
News, Purely Purebred

Limousin cattle a hit at Ag in Motion

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

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Ag in Motion (AIM) outdoor farm show was a huge success. The third annual farm expo held in July at Langham, Sask., saw 25,787 farmers from across Canada attending North America’s newest three-day farm show. Part of the show’s popularity was centered around Livestock Central. The Canadian Limousin Association along with Tim Andrews of Andrew […] Read more
Western Beef Development Centre on the move
Cow-Calf, News, News Roundup

Western Beef Development Centre on the move

Research: News Roundup from the August 2017 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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This year’s summer field day at the Western Beef Development Centre (WBDC) marked the end of an era at Termuende Research Ranch, but the Termuende family legacy that underpinned the development of a dedicated forage-beef research and outreach program will live on when the WBDC program moves to the new Livestock and Forage Centre of […] Read more
From left: Reynold Bergen, BCRC Science Director; Matt Bowman, BCRC Vice-Chair; Karen Schwartzkopf-Genswein; Ken Perlich, Perlich Bros Auction Market; Andrea Brocklebank, BCRC Executive Director.
Beef Cattle, News

Karen Schwartzkopf-Genswein receives 2017 Canadian Beef Industry Award

Lethbridge researcher presented with Outstanding Research and Innovation award at Canadian Beef Industry Conference

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A nationally and internationally respected researcher of beef cattle health and welfare has been awarded the 2017 Canadian Beef Industry Award for Outstanding Research and Innovation. Karen Schwartzkopf-Genswein, PhD, was honoured Aug. 17 at the 2017 Canadian Beef Industry Conference. Dr. Schwartzkopf-Genswein is a Senior Research Scientist at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Lethbridge, Alta., and holds […] Read more

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