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New DNA sampling process to be applied to every pedigree Aberdeen Angus calf

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By Canadian Cattlemen Staff September 3, 2014

SEEDSTOCK Big DNA step for U.K. Aberdeen Angus – by Colin Ley The Aberdeen Angus Cattle Society in the U.K. and Ireland has introduced a new DNA sampling process to be applied immediately to every pedigree Aberdeen Angus calf at birth with the aim of “raising the bar on pedigree validation.” “With paper-based systems, mistakes […] Read more

CCA reports

COOL case gets a reboot

By Dave Solverson June 3, 2014

Calving is always a time for optimism and this year the outlook is especially good with strong beef demand and prices at record highs. Producers who toughed it out and survived the last decade are finally seeing the prices and market conditions that make it all worthwhile. The current price environment comes as a result […] Read more

Beef Cattle

Grazing corn in northwest Ontario

The benefits to cows grazing on standing corn

By Barry Potter May 30, 2014

Bruce and Valve Forrest are constantly innovating on their beef farming operation. They have been direct marketing local beef years before local beef became a fad. They have bypassed owning a bull, using artificial insemination to get their cows pregnant, plus introduce top genetics into their herd. Recently, another focus has been reducing feed costs. […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, News Roundup, Research

Weighing a production system’s impact on beef quality

By Rosie Templeton May 20, 2014

There are many ways to grow or background calves after weaning and before finishing on grain. Cost, profit and impact on beef quality may vary however. Those variables are being nailed down at the Western Beef Development Centre’s Termuende Research Ranch in Lanigan, Sask. Scientists there are in the midst of a three-year study of […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock

Measuring changes in the quality of Canadian beef

By Beef Cattle Research Council May 14, 2014

Beef Cattle Research Council – We know that not every animal coming through the packer’s doors is ideal. Some have horns, extra mud, too much fat cover, bruises an even injection lesions which must the trimmed off. The more work needed to prepare a carcass for the cooler, the less profit it brings. Other losses […] Read more

Features, Livestock

Grazing Prior style

Tim Prior knows intensive grazing pays in Ontario

By Melanie Epp April 22, 2014

Prior has been using intensive grazing on his 90-acre farm, Grazing Meadows in Brussels, Ont., for over 15 years now. His cattle rotationally graze on 30 meadows, located along the laneway, using a leader-follower system. Stock is shifted daily, giving each paddock up to 30 days of rest and recovery. Each paddock is about 1.5 […] Read more

Market talk

Beef demand looking forward

January 28, 2014

Common market talk regarding the cattle market has to do with cattle inventories and beef production. We all hear about how the calf crop is at historically low levels and the cow herd is shrinking, and yet prices fail to make fresh highs. The reason, which most coffee shop analysts fail to look at, is demand. Statistics Canada and the […] Read more

U.S. grains: Corn futures lower as farmers sell, soy choppy

U.S. livestock: Cattle regain losses, hogs rise

U.S. cattle ranchers criticize government for delayed reporting of human screwworm case

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U.S. grains: Corn futures lower as farmers sell, soy choppy

U.S. livestock: Cattle regain losses, hogs rise

U.S. cattle ranchers criticize government for delayed reporting of human screwworm case

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New DNA sampling process to be applied to every pedigree Aberdeen Angus calf

COOL case gets a reboot

Grazing corn in northwest Ontario

Weighing a production system’s impact on beef quality

Measuring changes in the quality of Canadian beef

Grazing Prior style

Beef demand looking forward

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