A determined Jane Beierbach with her heifer KLR Janice 2C head to the show ring at Young Ranchman’s All Breed Show in Swift Current. Thanks to Randy and Karen Wagner of KLR Polled Herefords, Consul, Sask. for supplying the calf and helping Jane get started on her show career. Jane and her parents John and Heidi call Maple Creek home and are looking forward to next year’s show.

Youth descend on Swift Current for the Young Ranchman’s All Breeds Livestock Show

Purely Purebred: News about you from the October 26 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

The Young Ranchman’s All Breeds Livestock Show held in Swift Current in late September was attended by youth from all three Prairie provinces, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. There were 150 participants who exhibited 170 head of cattle and competed over the course of three days, in skill competitions such as public speaking, art, photography, team […] Read more

A  combination of backgrounding and grass cattle works best for Jordan and Janelle Kowal.

Grassers hit the spot

The Kowal family of Burnt Out Creek Ranch in Crooked River, Sask.

Jordan and Janelle Kowal have gained experience beyond their years dealing with some of the worst of times and the best of times in the beef and grain sectors right from the get-go. Cattle and grain markets bounce around so much they can’t be sure which way will be the right way for long, so […] Read more


Comment: Is it time to raise the national checkoff?

Comment: Is it time to raise the national checkoff?

For much of this year you have read or heard about Canada’s national beef strategy, but this fall the attention of the cattle associations across the country will swing around to paying for the strategy. A campaign is being put together for provincial cattle organizations to present the argument for raising the national mandatory checkoff […] Read more

CCA Report: Another push for TPP

From the October 26 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

The volatility that shook the cattle markets in late September brought an end (at least temporarily) to the record price run that had been sustained for much of the last year. Although the dip in cattle prices reflect typical seasonal price fluctuations, the impact of the falling price in the markets is felt far more […] Read more


Beef producers applaud TPP Agreement

News Roundup from the October 26, 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

No one was happier about the signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement than the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA). The improved access alone promised in the agreement could double or even triple exports of Canadian beef to Japan, which amounted to $103 million in 2014. “This is really fantastic news for Canada’s beef producers,” says CCA […] Read more

History: Guest editorial by the chairman of the National Council of Canadian Beef Producers

Reprinted from the November 1949 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

Guest editorial By George G. Ross, Aden, Alta., chairman, National Council of Canadian Beef Producers The recognition by the Department of National Revenue of permanent herds of livestock as capital investment with the returns from dispersal sales of basic herds treated as return of capital and therefore free of income tax, paves the way for […] Read more


Beef — naturally

Beef — naturally

A chart on the slide laid it out in colour. Food sales in “natural” and “organic” products were not a niche or a fad — they were a well-established trend. Deep in a city boardroom shared with the major food industries, it became clear to me that what we assume of our urban and global […] Read more

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Subway shifting all U.S. meat supplies to no antibiotics, ever

Chicago | Reuters –– Sandwich chain Subway will start serving antibiotic-free chicken and turkey at its U.S. restaurants next year, and within the next nine years will stop selling any meat from animals given antibiotics, the company said Tuesday. Rivals such as Chipotle Mexican Grill and McDonald’s have announced similar supply-chain shifts, adding pressure on […] Read more


Research: A living lab

News Roundup from the September 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

First-year test results from the Western Canadian Cow-Calf Surveillance Network are going out to participating producers as the research team gears up for the second cycle of this five-year project. The foundation was laid by recruiting herds into a network intended to inform industry on the health status of the western herd and pertinent management […] Read more