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Fourth-generation rancher Jay Fox of Eddystone was elected president of the Manitoba Cattle Producers Association at its annual meeting last month. He replaces the outgoing president Joe Bouchard. Joining Fox on the executive are first vice-president, Ray Armbruster from Rossburn; second vice-president Don Winnicky of Piney, treasurer Dane Guignion, Pine River and secretary Greg Johnson […] Read more

Saskatchewan Needs Predator Compensation There is an urgent need for compensation to livestock owners in Saskatchewan for the loss of animals killed by predators such as coyotes, cougars, bears and timber wolves. It has been due for a very long time. Manitoba has had a compensation program since 1985 for all classes of livestock. When […] Read more

The picture from the December issue of Purely Purebred shows Don Pochylko and Rodney James at a Field Day at Charwil Ranch, Pembroke Ont. in 1975. The Canadian Limousin Association has reached an agreement with the North American Limousin Federation (NALF) over the use of the trademark Lim-Flex in Canada. Starting soon, Limousin-Angus hybrid cattle […] Read more

Well-known cattle dealer and feedlot operator Chuck MacLean of Bow Island is the new chairman of the Alberta Beef Producers (ABP). Joining him on the executive are vice-chairman, Pine Lake cow-calf producer Doug Sawyer, finance chairman Dave Solverson from Camrose and past president Rick Burton who ranches at Claresholm. This is the group selected to […] Read more

Jamie Blacklock is the new provincial cattle industry specialist with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture based in Saskatoon. She accepted the position this fall. Her resumé to date includes a four-year stint as general manager of the Saskatchewan Cattle Feeders Association (SCFA) and two years as a sales representative for Elanco Animal Health. Her successor […] Read more

One Good, One Bad The two Aussie-related articles in your November issue to me represented the best and worst in reporting. The Australian traceability story has some outlandish claims and no pretense of objectivity. The marketing story by contrast contains a lot of what looks like very credible and relevant information. One piece that caught […] Read more

More On Traceability On behalf of Alberta Beef Producers, I would like to respond to the Comment by Gren Winslow (Why rush to mandatory traceability?) in the August issue of your magazine and the letter from Ed Curry (mandatory traceability rings alarm bells) published in the October issue. Gren Winslow’s question about the rush to […] Read more

Representatives of Maruha-Nichiro, a Japanese import company that deals mainly in seafood, have been in meetings with represenatives of the PEI Cattle Producers and the Atlantic Beef Products plant at Albany, PEI to test the interest in an Anne’s line of beef products. According to the producer’s October newsletter, “both parties agree that there is […] Read more