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Helping consumers make an informed choice
Beef Cattle, News, News Roundup

Helping consumers make an informed choice

Advocacy: News Roundup from the October 3, 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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During the Canadian Beef Industry Conference (CBIC), I was asked to do an interview on CBC’s Calgary Eyeopener on the use of growth hormone implants in the beef industry. The impetus for the interview followed a retailer panel discussion on “Beef Demand” — a pillar of the National Beef Strategy — focused on “what consumers […] Read more
Upgrading beef grading research
Beef Cattle, Research

Upgrading beef grading research

Research on the Record with Reynold Bergen

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Youthful carcasses that meet A, AA, AAA or Canada Prime quality grades are also assigned a yield grade. Yield grades estimate the red meat percentage of the entire carcass based on the thickness of the backfat and size of the rib-eye muscle between the 12th and 13th ribs. The method that the Canadian Beef Grading […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, News

Angus breaks billion-pound-a-year mark

Angus producers built a brand where others scoffed

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Back in 1978 few producers of Angus cattle would have thought their beef brand would sell a billion pounds a year. But this year, after 38 years in the market, the Certified Angus brand broke that mark in global sales, something CAB president John Stika said had increasingly become a foregone conclusion as sales continued […] Read more
CCA Report: Cattle transport rules need to remain science based
Beef Cattle, CCA reports, News

CCA Report: Cattle transport rules need to remain science based

From the October 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Fall is always a busy time for beef producers, as they manage through the fall calf run and make herd management and culling decisions. Producers consider a number of factors, including the outcomes of the harvest on their own farm, the farms they buy feed from, and if there is enough feed overall to winter […] Read more
steaks
Beef Cattle, Research

High pressure beef processing

Research on the Record with Reynold Bergen

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In high pressure processing (HPP), food is sealed in water-resistant packaging, placed in a water-filled container, and exposed to very high hydrostatic pressures (up to 87,000 psi) for three to nine minutes. High pressure is harmful or deadly to many pathogenic and spoilage bacteria, so HPP can improve food safety and extend shelf life. But […] Read more
Markets, Prime cuts

Consumers’ food spending switch

Prime Cuts with Steve Kay from the September 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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All wealth of the North American beef industry comes from consumers. So how much they spend on beef and where they spend it is of vital interest to all participants, from cow-calf producers to processors and distributors. One of the most striking trends in the U.S. protein complex this year is how lower beef prices […] Read more
News, News Roundup

National levy is paying off

Checkoff: News Roundup from the September 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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A new study by University of Alberta resource economists James Rude and Ellen Goddard found the $1 national checkoff provides an average benefit of $14 for producers. The study, funded by the Canadian Beef Cattle Research, Market Development and Promotion Agency and Canfax Research Services, is an update on a 2010 report done ahead of […] Read more
calves in a feedlot
Markets, Prime cuts

Cattle marketing challenges continue

Prime Cuts with Steve Kay, from the August 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Grilling season sizzle inevitably gives way to the dog days of summer, when Americans stay indoors and eat cold cuts rather than steaks. This means the live cattle and wholesale beef markets usually put in their summer lows in late July. As temperatures moderate, beef sales pick up and allow the cattle and beef markets […] Read more
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Cow-Calf, Markets

Beef industry appears to be stalled

Charlie Gracey's take on cattle markets and the cow-calf industry

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There are few surprises and some disappointments at the end of Q2. Total slaughter cattle numbers are up 5.1 per cent and tonnage is up approximately nine per cent over the same period in 2015. The larger increase in tonnage is due entirely to increased carcass weights. Further, the increase in the percentage of AAA […] Read more
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CCA reports, Livestock, News

CCA Report: Reasons for optimism

From the August 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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If there was ever a time for optimism in the beef industry, it would have to be now. Positive developments in market access over the summer months are of practical as well as symbolic importance. Fully restored access to Mexico and the resumption of trade to Taiwan are important as every gain in market access supports […] Read more

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