National Checkoff Archives - Canadian Cattlemen

Producers vote down Ontario beef checkoff increase

By John Greig February 22, 2018

A bid to increase the checkoff paid by Ontario’s beef farmers to Beef Farmers of Ontario was quashed when it failed to get the 66 per cent support it needed for approval. Why it matters: Beef Farmers of Ontario pulled from its reserves to fund at close-to $1 million deficit in 2017 and was planning […] Read more

There is no evidence that ionophore use in livestock increases resistance to other antibiotics that are important in cattle or human medicine.

Beef Cattle, Research

Are ionophore antibiotics a risk for antimicrobial resistance?

By Reynold Bergen July 14, 2015

Last month’s column talked about Health Canada’s initiative to phase out growth promotion claims for medically important antibiotics by December 2016. This will impact three antibiotics (tetracycline, sulfamethazine and neomycin) that have growth promotion claims in beef cattle in Canada. It will not affect ionophore antibiotics like Rumensin, Bovatec, or Posistac. Ionophores are used widely […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Research

Hot water treatment of beef trim

By Reynold Bergen March 31, 2015

Combating bacteria would be simple if they stayed on the surface of beef. In that case, nearly any spray or wash could contact and kill the bacteria or wash them off. But beef isn’t smooth. Shallow cuts and cracks crisscrossing the meat surface can hide and protect bacteria. Killing these hidden bacteria is not simple. […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Research

Using research funds more efficiently

By Reynold Bergen March 4, 2015

Canada has many cattle, forage and beef research funders. Some, like the Beef Cattle Research Council and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, fund projects all across the country. Others, like most provincial beef organizations and provincial governments have a more regional focus. Each funder generally operates completely independently from every other. Each funder sets their own […] Read more

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 Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 3, 2015

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

Forages, Research

Canada’s beef industry supports forage research

Lack of private investment has left Canada’s beef producers reliant on public forage breeding and production research programs

By Reynold Bergen November 27, 2014

A competitive cow-calf sector requires an adequate supply of forage. Increasing forage quality and yield allows more cow-calf pairs to be maintained per acre of forage, or reduces the number of forage acres needed to maintain the same number of cow-calf pairs. Better yields come from the development of better varieties and production practices. Statistics […] Read more

Daily Network News

Canadian Grain Commission to use surplus to avoid fee increases

Federal agriculture minister to meet with Chinese officials, business leaders

The U.S. corn crop could be the biggest ever. That’s terrible news for America’s farmers.

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Producers vote down Ontario beef checkoff increase

Are ionophore antibiotics a risk for antimicrobial resistance?

Hot water treatment of beef trim

Using research funds more efficiently

Sask. looking for beef research ‘centre of excellence’

Canada’s beef industry supports forage research

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