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COOL case gets a reboot

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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
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The Markets

Feeder cattle volumes were larger through the first quarter of the year as many producers sold into the strong market

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The fed-cattle cash market held near steady at record levels during the past four weeks. The current average fed-steer price in Alberta was $145.65/cwt, $31.79/cwt higher than the same week in 2013. Feedlots are up to date with their marketings, steer carcass weights are more than 30 pounds below year-ago levels and demand for the […] Read more
CCA reports, News

Positive momentum

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It’s been a few weeks since I took on the role of president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) at the annual general meeting in Ottawa. I would like to thank all of the CCA presidents that came before me for working so closely with government, which has helped to ensure our trade agendas are […] Read more
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Livestock, Prime cuts

The COOL nightmare

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Country-of-origin labelling (COOL) has become the North American meat industry’s nightmare that refuses to end. Just when the industry thinks resolution is in sight, hopes are dashed and the battle continues. Opponents and supporters have been deeply divided ever since the idea of COOL emerged in the late 1990s. It’s remarkable that this hasn’t divided […] Read more
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News

Solverson heads up CCA

The Canadian Cattlemen's Association welcomes a new president

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Dave Solverson of Camrose, Alta., is the new president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. Dan Darling of Cramahe, Ont., was acclaimed as vice president making him the heir apparent to take over the top job in 2016. Solverson who operates a 5,000 acre cow-calf to finish operation near Camrose, Alta., with his brother Ken, takes […] Read more
Prime cuts

A year of change

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The year is relatively new and it already looks like one of significant change. Modest beef herd expansion in the U.S. might be underway. The battle over country-of-origin labelling (COOL) might be coming to an end. U.S. cattle and wholesale beef prices will break new records again this year. All these actions are positive for […] Read more
Issues for 2014
CCA reports

Issues for 2014

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The severe winter weather across most of the country forced many producers to find innovative ways to dig out themselves and their equipment in order to tend to their livestock. Abnormally cold weather, extreme wind chill, snow accumulations and in some parts, ice and power outages, certainly posed a challenge but producers understand their responsibility […] Read more

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