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It is our conversation today that shapes our tomorrow.
Comment/Columns, Straight from the hip

Changing the dialogue in agriculture

Straight from the hip with Brenda Schoepp

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As a graduate student in global leadership, one thing is clear: all of humanity and all the actions of humanity centre around food. We cannot have peace without food. Nor can we progress, transfer knowledge, create communities or nurture growth. Economies fail and crisis prevails when food is uncertain or unattainable, governed or expensive, lacking […] Read more
When Canadian attitudes toward the food supply are tracked, 46 per cent are concerned about drug residues in meat.
News, Vet advice

Public trust is a ticket forward for the food industry

Vet Advice with Dr. Ron Clarke

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The economic, social and political environment around agriculture has changed. The public, particularly consumers, have influenced the landscape of food production in ways never before recognized. The closer an industry sector’s shift is toward the supermarket meat counter and grocery shelves, the more advanced is the call toward public reckoning about matters involving the food […] Read more
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Dairy Cattle, Livestock

Talk to family, friends about farming

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This holiday season Melodie Chan wants producers to avoid what she calls the “spiral of silence,” which can happen around the dinner table, over beers or even in the gentle lull between turkey and pie if farmers don’t speak up when they hear misinformation about agriculture. “What are we afraid of?” asked Chan, speaking at […] Read more
cattle grazing a pasture with blue sky in the background
News, News Roundup

Be TRU to yourself

Education: News Roundup from the September 2017 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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I have been quite concerned over the last few years about the direction in which the agricultural industry is headed. We have been pushed down a road of quick fixes for quite some time. What we really need are long-term solutions to the problems. Environment and health care are two of the big issues we […] Read more
What is land for?
Comment/Columns, Straight from the hip

What is land for?

Straight from the hip with Brenda Schoepp

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It started as a potential narrative for agricultural peril with the question: “What is land for?” That got my attention and I was fostering the dismal thought of a counter defence. But the context of the question had deeper meaning. What will land be for? Throughout history land has been fought for, won and lost […] Read more
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General, Machinery

Trio of groups proposes Alberta-based agrifood ‘supercluster’

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Agrium, Olds College and global satellite communications corporation MDA have submitted an application to the federal government to form an agrifood “supercluster.” The Liberal government committed up to $950 million (over five years) in its March budget to create hubs that would focus on key economic sectors in an effort to kickstart investment, boost exports […] Read more
Famous prehistoric rock paintings of Tassili N'Ajjer, Algeria
Comment/Columns, Straight from the hip

Schoepp: The origin of all things

Straight from the hip with Brenda Schoepp

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Early adopters in technology are keen to implement all they can afford for the precision of farming and the rearing of food animals. Producers can and will use every available platform at their disposal, be that a drone, robot, artificial intelligence, ultra-high frequency, autonomous machines, cloud-based sensors or a host of others. These are needed […] Read more
Reuters

Tyson Foods beefs up prepared foods with AdvancePierre buy

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Reuters – Tyson Foods Inc, the No. 1 U.S. meat processor, said on Tuesday it would buy packaged sandwich supplier AdvancePierre Foods Holdings Inc for about $3.2 billion in cash, to expand its fast-growing portfolio of prepared food brands. Demand for meat-based snacks has been growing as Americans shun candy and overly processed foods. This […] Read more
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
farmer with bales in a field
Crops, Livestock, Straight from the hip

The future of agricultural food production in Canada

It's food that weaves the economic prosperity of a nation

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With the Canadian economy in complete disarray and a desperately low national GDP, governments are struggling to spur a little action. As the election looms and promises are made, even the retraction of interest rates seems an unlikely motivator. Agriculture has long been lost in the discussion of booming economies. Big oil and big metals […] Read more

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