Daily Network News

More News →

Tag Archives Canadian Cattlemen’s Association

Doug Sawyer in a pasture with cattle
Beef Cattle, Features

Animal care lives here

By
Driving down the road to the family’s old homestead established in 1903 near Pine Lake, Alta., Doug Sawyer stops to look at the corrals he helped design and build when he was a kid. “We thought about the ways animals move and how to make it work for us by rounding out corners and letting […] Read more
cattle in a feedlot
Beef Cattle, Livestock

Tight numbers a concern for livestock marketers

By
The bloom may soon come off the rose for record-high cattle prices as economic indicators in the United States suggest a coming slowdown in consumer beef demand. That was the message from commodity market analyst Jerry Klassen to the Livestock Market Association of Canada’s annual convention in Winnipeg earlier this summer. A roaring bull market […] Read more
Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Gerry Ritz.
Beef Cattle, CCA reports

CCA Report: A COOL victory for Canadian beef producers

From the June 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By
On May 18, in a historic and decisive victory for Canada’s cattle industry, the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) issued a fourth and final ruling confirming that U.S. mandatory country-of-origin labelling (COOL) discriminates against U.S. imports of Canadian cattle and hogs. The ruling effectively ends the eight-year legal battle initiated by the […] Read more
lab research person
Beef Cattle, Comment

Comment: Get ready for antimicrobial resistance

The feds have a plan, but there's no quick fixes to AMR

By
AMR or antimicrobial resistance; the term certainly isn’t new, but it’s likely you will be hearing more about it now that Ottawa has released its Federal Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance and Use. Canada is also working toward endorsing a Global Action Plan by the World Health Assembly. In essence the federal government has started […] Read more
US Capitol Senate building
CCA reports

Washington trip encouraging

By
In February, I travelled to Washington, D.C. along with Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) staff and Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Gerry Ritz, Alberta Premier Jim Prentice and Alberta Agriculture Minister Verlyn Olson. The purpose of the February 2-4 trip was to meet with key leaders in the new U.S. Congress and to encourage them to seek […] Read more
cattle in a feedlot
Beef Cattle, News Roundup

Sask. looking for beef research ‘centre of excellence’

News Roundup: National Beef Strategy sets targets for industry, and scientists track superbug genes to understand antibiotic resistance

By
Research Research shakeup proposed for Saskatchewan If Saskatchewan is going to meet its target of raising livestock receipts by 25 per cent it needs everyone pulling in the same direction. As a first step the steering committee set up by the province last April is recommending the creation of a centre of excellence to co-ordinate […] Read more
cattle herd in winter
Beef Cattle, Prime cuts

It’s all about the cattle numbers

By
Numbers are the lifeblood of the North American beef industry. Whether it’s cattle prices, wholesale beef prices, slaughter and production levels, or cattle and beef exports and imports, the industry pores over numbers every week to glean what might lie ahead. Forecasts for 2015 start with cattle numbers. The early prospects continue to be bright […] Read more
BiXSCO CEO Hubert Lau (l) and executive vice-president Ted Power.
News Roundup

BIXS gets the fix it needs

News Roundup from the January 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By
Identification BIXS fix No more beta tests, pilots, soft launches or sequels. It’s full bore ahead for Beef InfoXchange System (BIXS) from here on in. The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association and ViewTrak Technologies are teaming up to form a new company with the provisional name of BIXSCO, that will work with industry partners to take BIXS to […] Read more
U.S. Capitol Senate building
CCA reports

U.S. election may fix COOL

By
It’s been a busy month for cattlemen generally. The good fall weather has allowed producers including myself to wean calves and get them settled for winter or marketed at record high prices. I’m hearing the demand and competition for feeders has been very strong. That is great for producers who market the majority of their […] Read more
cattle in a feedlot
Beef Cattle, Comment

Sustainability is in sight

The world agrees on a definition

By
As we look ahead to 2015 I imagine most of you are anticipating, or hoping, for a repeat of 2014. We can’t always see what lies ahead, but in at least one small aspect I’m pretty confident that you are going to hear the word sustainability crop up in conversations a lot more in the […] Read more

Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field

Glacier Farmmedia Podcast

AgCanadaTV

AGCanadaTV: In case you missed it; your national ag news recap for July 18, 2025

Sponsored By:
More Videos →

Latest Market News

More Market News →