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Changing The Rules About Food

Over the past year, bad news about food came in large helpings: skyrocketing prices, toxins, salmonella, e. coli, listeria, the spectre of third world starvation, animal welfare issues, threat of emerging disease, economic turmoil, trade concerns. The challenges are as daunting as ever for those who work so hard to produce safe, wholesome food. We […] Read more
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The Value Of Manure

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David P. Price is a consulting nutritionist specializing in feedlot and range cattle www.cattleandwildlifenutrition.com Years ago, manure was a valuable commodity. Back in the ’60s and early ’70s manure constituted a cash crop for feedlots. Then suddenly manure fell out of favour with farmers. Why? Some say it was the advent of chemical/commercial fertilizers. Urea […] Read more
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Working For A Lunatic

Have you ever heard a rancher say, “I really ought to mange this place as though it were a business,” or words to that effect? Maybe you’ve even said something like that yourself. “… as though it were a business?” When we say that we are acknowledging that our ranch isn’t a business, but we […] Read more
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Alma A Concern For Ontario Producers

The surprisingly socialist tack taken by the Alberta government towards its beef industry is being met with a degree of understanding by industry advocates in Ontario. It’s the potential implications that are worrisome. That’s the view of Jim Clark, general manager of the Ontario Cattle Feeders Association, and Gord Hardy, president of the Ontario Cattlemen’s […] Read more
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$14 million writeoff gives the troubled plant a fresh start

One might say the new president of Atlantic Beef Products (ABP) in Borden, Prince Edward Island is a miracle worker. Within one week of taking his position, the provincial government wrote off $14 million, putting the plant in the black for the first time since it opened in 2003. But John Thompson, the new president, […] Read more
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RESEARCH ON THE RECORD – for Feb. 9, 2009

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Barley Had As Much Net Energy Value As Corn Barley is commonly fed in finishing diets in Canada and throughout the Pacific Northwest. However, corn accounts for 80 per cent of the energy grains fed to cattle in the U. S., and it is widely believed that corn has superior feeding value compared to barley. […] Read more
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CCA Reports – for Feb. 9, 2009

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Brad Wildeman is president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association Barely one month into 2009, a lot is happening. Many issues the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) has worked on for a long time are now coming together. International markets closed for some time to Canadian cattle and beef now show some signs of movement toward opening. […] Read more
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Packers Face Uncertainty

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A North American view of the meat industry. Steve Kay is publisher and editor of Cattle Buyers Weekly There’s not a word from the Canadian authorities on whether to allow XL Foods to buy Tyson’s Lakeside business. That’s unsettling at a time when the Canadian industry faces a myriad of challenges U. S. and Canadian […] Read more
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Letters – for Jan. 19, 2009

How many times does the livestock industry have to call on our federal representatives to ask for some kind of assistance for the livestock sector? We have suffered for five long years now and I just can’t see where this is fair. The automotive industry squeaks once and the government is there with cash in […] Read more

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