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Livestock, News Roundup

Manitoba Beef Producers agree to raise National Checkoff

News Roundup from the March 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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With six of the 16 resolutions coming out of Manitoba Beef Producers’ fall district meetings asking members to support the proposed National Checkoff increase to $2.50 per marketed head, it was easily the biggest item up for discussion during the association’s February annual general meeting at Brandon. “It was a big decision and after a […] Read more
Dave Solverson
CCA reports, Livestock

CCA Report: It’s been an honour!

From the March 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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This is my last opportunity to reach out to producers from this column as president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA). I’d like to thank Canadian Cattlemen magazine for providing this space. I know the column has been well read; as I travel across Canada producers often refer to what we’ve said here. I was […] Read more
Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association board of directors. Front row (l-r): Ryder Lee (CEO), Regina; Rick Toney (vice-chair), Gull Lake; Ryan Beierbach (chair), Whitewood; Bill Jameson (past chair), Moose Jaw; Levi Hull, Willowbrook. Back (l-r): Arnold Balicki, Shellbrook; Paula Larson, D’Arcy; Michael Spratt, Melfort; Brad Welter, Viscount; Garret Hill, Duval; Larry Grant, Val Marie; Lloyd Thompson, Carnduff; Chad Ross, Estevan. Missing: Phil Lynn, Marquis; Dean Moore, Paradise Hill; Laurie Disney, Rock Glen; Harold Martens, Swift Current.

Livestock, News Roundup

Sask. cattle producers add their support to National Checkoff increase

News Roundup from the March 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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It was unanimous and the decision went on record without much discussion at the Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association’s annual general meeting in January. Following presentations at the fall district meetings about the importance of increasing the National Checkoff to $2.50 per head to support the new National Beef Strategy, Sask­atchewan producers showed no hesitation in giving […] Read more
News, Newsmakers

Feedlot operators named 2016 Outstanding Young Farmers

Newsmakers from the March 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Ryan Beierbach of Whitewood is the new chair of the Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association; Rick Toney of Gull Lake is vice-chair. New to the board is Sask­atchewan Cattle Feeders Association (SCFA) representative Chad Ross of Estevan, replacing outgoing chair Bill Jameson. Brad Welter returns as the other SCFA rep, as do Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association representatives […] Read more
The Manitoba Hereford Association has named the Dueck family of Firdale Polled Herefords from Austin as its commercial breeder of the year for 2015. The award was presented by Steven Manns, president of the MHA.
Livestock, Purely Purebred

Manitoba Hereford Association names Dueck family as commercial breeder of the year

Purely Purebred: News about you from the February 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Note: THE HERD LETTER FOR 2016 IS ‘D’ Since our last instalment of Purely Purebred, the Canadian Western Agribition (CWA) board has presented its Jim Lewthwaite Memorial Award to Brian Rossnagel and its Chris Sutter Award posthumously to Neil Jahnke. The Jim Lewthwaite Memorial Award recognizes those committed individuals who do an outstanding job of promoting […] Read more
Canada's Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland, at the news conference for the TPP's signing in Auckland, NZ.
CCA reports, Livestock, News

CCA Report: Positive signs on trade front

From the February 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) participated in a roundtable with Minister of International Trade Chrystia Freeland in Edmonton in January as part of her consultations with provincial leaders, industry representatives and academics on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and on international trade. The timing coincided nicely with a letter CCA sent to the minister detailing the […] Read more
News, Newsmakers

Newsmakers: February 2016

Newsmakers from the February 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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This month John Ross is retiring as director of Agriculture and Agri-Food Can­ada’s Animal Industry Division to take up the role of executive director with the Canadian Pork Council based in Ottawa. He replaces Marin Rice at the pork council who will retire at the end of April. In his 30-year career with the Agriculture […] Read more
The sixth annual Canadian Forage and Grassland Association conference was held in Saskatoon on November 17 to 19.
Forages, News Roundup

Onward and upward for the CFGA

Notes from the Canadian Forage and Grassland Association annual conference

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The Canadian Forage and Grassland Association drew the year to a close on a high note coming out of its annual conference at Saskatoon in November. As the theme, “Capturing the Intensity” suggests, the event offered a lineup of insightful presenters on an array of topics from intensive forage management systems and soil health to […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Comment

Comment: Alberta supports the $2.50 checkoff

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The Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) became the first provincial cattle organization to officially declare its support for a $1.50 increase in the mandatory $1 national checkoff at its annual meeting last month in Calgary. Given the vocal support for an increase reported at district meetings around the province leading up to an official vote by […] Read more

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