Cattle shows and functions abound this summer

Purely Purebred: News from the June 2009 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

Get out this summer and participate in one of the many cattle functions, whether it’s a Junior show, National show, World show or even one of the fund-raising golf tournaments. Breeders attending the Canadian Angus Association (CAA) annual meeting in B. C. last month learned registrations rose seven per cent in 2008 to reach 62,283 […] Read more

Purely Purebred – for Jun. 8, 2009

continued from previous story on-the-Lake, Ont. The show consists of 16 cooking students from across Canada who are locked down in a fully equipped teaching kitchen complex at the Niagara College Culinary Institute. Each one-hour episode is a ‘match’ consisting of a frantic series of cooking ‘rounds.’ Three executive chefs judge their creations out of […] Read more


Get Ready For Economic Expansion

The U.S. has gone through one of the worst recessions since the 1930s but there are signs that the economy is stabilizing. Consumer confidence appears to be improving which is a positive signal for beef demand. Unemployment numbers are also coming in better than expected as major layoffs come to an end. The U.S. housing […] Read more

Ad Index – for Jun. 8, 2009

Page Ag Growth Industries 15, 21 AGCO Marketing Services 12, 13 Alberta Beef Producers 7 Buhler Manufacturing 5 Calgary Exhibition & Stampede 9 Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show 25 Canadian Angus Assoc. IFC Canadian Cattlemen’s Assoc. 23 Canadian Charolais Assoc. OBC Canadian Gelbvieh Assoc. 33 Canadian Limousin Assoc. 34 Canadian Shorthorn Assoc. 34 Canadian Simmental Assoc. […] Read more


Newsmakers – for Jun. 8, 2009

Rob Leslie resigned last month as manager of CanFax, the market analysis division of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. He left after only 15 months in the job to accept a new post with Intervet Schering-Plough Animal Health managing technical performance products such as implants and the introduction of the beta-2 agonist Zilmax (zilpaterol hydrochloride). He […] Read more

Newsmakers – for May. 14, 2009

Tony Saretsky, a cattle exporter and feedlot operator from Ponoka, Alta., resigned as vice president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association at its recent annual meeting. Travis Toews of Beaverlodge, Alta., was elected to complete Saretsky’s term, putting him next in line to become president of the national lobby group in March 2010. Bob Lowe, a […] Read more


Selecting The Right Antibiotic

The trick is to make the right choice. Hopefully reading this will help. One article cannot hope to cover every eventuality but it will give you a strategy and list of choices for at least the common diseases With most older antibiotics still available and several powerful long-acting ones released, drug choices for the rancher […] Read more

Grazing Cereal Pastures

www.cattleandwildlifenutrition.com Last month we discussed forages in general. As a short review, animal performance will be greater when either grazed directly or delivered daily as “green chop.” The reason is that we get all the nutrients contained in the forage. Whenever we process the forage so it can be stored, a significant portion of the […] Read more


Enhancing Soil Health

If today’s profit comes at tomorrow’s expense, is there really a profit? I would suggest the answer is no. In our current society it is very easy to be focused on the short term and ignore the longer-term results of our management. If we want to have an ongoing vibrant industry it is essential that […] Read more

Consumers Hold The Key

Retailers look set to feature beef aggressively during May and June, but there’s a high level of uncertainty as to how consumers will respond All wealth that flows to the Canadian and U. S. beef industries comes from consumers. If they don’t buy beef, there would be no industry. It’s that simple. That’s why consumer […] Read more


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