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On the global front, a recent survey looked at the growing push-back from consumers on producing animal proteins using hormones.

Beef Cattle, Comment/Columns, Straight from the hip

The interrelationship in animal protein

Straight from the hip with Brenda Schoepp

By Brenda Schoepp June 13, 2017

Consumers around the world are making their needs very clear when it comes to animal protein. The Nielsen Global Health and Ingredient Sentiment Survey (2016) revealed what folks do not want in food. Surprisingly, the respondent results were consistently universal. Respondents were overwhelmingly concerned and did not want hormones or antibiotics in food in North […] Read more

Comment/Columns, Free Market Reflections

Too far out?

Free Market Reflections from the June 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Steve Dittmer July 15, 2016

Recently Canadian cattlemen were upset because a Canadian-based chain, Earls, decided to serve only “Certified Humane” beef, currently only available from one source — Creekstone Farms in Kansas, U.S. Ah, the complexities of producing and marketing food today. I’m sure Canadian cattlemen and processors were quite taken aback that a Canadian restaurant chain would shut them […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Research

Performance-improving product approvals for livestock

Research on the Record with Reynold Bergen

By Reynold Bergen January 8, 2016

Last month’s column summarized a North Dakota State University research project where young female pigs were fed burgers made from tofu or beef from naturally raised or implanted cattle to see whether they reached puberty sooner. They didn’t. That is no surprise, because researchers, pharmaceutical companies and government regulators invest a lot of time, effort […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Nutrition

The role of technology in the efficient production of wholesome beef

By John McKinnon January 30, 2015

I recently had the opportunity to do a series of producer meetings in southern Alberta and was reminded about the important role that technology such as growth implants and feed additives play in our industry. In light of the marketing hype that some national chains are using to influence the consumer’s perception about the wholesomeness […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Features

Straight talk on cattle steroids

By Debbie Furber December 9, 2014

Canada’s Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC) has collected some interesting stats on the estrogen level in beef. A 75-gram serving of beef from cattle treated with hormone implants contains two nanograms (ng ~ one billionth of a gram) of estrogen. “A person would need to eat 3,000,000 hamburgers made with beef from implanted cattle to […] Read more

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The interrelationship in animal protein

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