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Brent McCannell is the new executive director of the Manitoba Forage Council. He has over 33 years of agriculture experience behind him, much of it as a farm management specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives. He is also the chairman of the board of directors of the Keystone Centre in Brandon. The Beef […] Read more

RoyalDisappointment My son is a new 4-H member this year and was enrolled in the National Junior Beef Heifer Show at the Royal Winter Fair to complete his 2011 4-H year. This is the Olympics of the Junior Beef show circuit and 4-Hers work hard all year for the chance to qualify and be a […] Read more

Andrew Potter,director and CEO of the University of Saskatchewan s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre has been elected a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Science. His work has contributed to several world firsts, including the world s first genetically engineered animal vaccine and the world s first vaccine to protect food […] Read more

Blair Vold,the owner of the Vold, Jones and Vold auction market in Ponoka, was abducted from outside his home south of Ponoka September 15 by a gun-wielding man who demanded a large amount of cash. After forcing Vold to approve a large cash withdrawal on his credit card the perpetrator drove to the parking lot […] Read more

NothingChanges This is a letter I found dated Jan. 24, 1986 from Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. The Canadian Cattlemen s Association had written to the Prime Minister on Sept. 2, 1985 re: a proposed National Income Stabilization Plan for cattle producers. Here we are 25 years later and nothing has changed. On June 29, this […] Read more

Robert Meijer, the former director of Corporate Affairs for Cargill Limited, was named president of Canada Beef Inc., the new marketing arm of the Canadian cattle industry on August 1. Canada Beef was formed from the merger of the Beef Information Centre and Canada Beef Export Federation. Five vice-presidents were named: Cam Daniels,global relations;Herb McLane,international;John […] Read more