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A snapshot of the priorities the CCA will discuss with parliamentarians and government officials during the fall session.
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CCA reports: CCA heads to the Hill as Parliament resumes

From the October 2022 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Fall’s arrival brings many things including the return of our elected officials to Ottawa and the much anticipated Canadian Cattle Association’s (CCA) annual BBQ on the Hill to help kick off the fall session of Parliament. Our team in Ottawa worked hard to make this year’s event a resounding success. Hosting a BBQ-style reception on […] Read more
Comment: A lighted place
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Comment: A lighted place

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The way that democracy, consensus and justice works is very hard-come-by. And all through the history of our country, we have lunged and lurched, sprinted and sauntered through a forest of ignorance, hatred and bigotry and yet hacked out for ourselves a path towards a clearing, a lighted place, which — make no mistake — […] Read more
‘I’m in favour of scientific research on a pilot project scale. Experimenting with national and global food supplies? No.’ – Steve Dittmer.
Comment/Columns, Free Market Reflections

Dittmer: Skeptical of the unproven

Free Market Reflections with Steve Dittmer

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I’ve often had to apologize for something inane our politicians or fringe ranchers have been doing down here. But you weren’t supposed to try to catch up. Please tell your politicians to quit trying to outdo our stupidity. It’s unseemly, un-Canadian. I’ve always been appalled at the left’s devotion to dogmas impossible to scientifically, logically […] Read more
Left to right: John Stika, Randy Blach, Kara Lee.
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New Canadian Cattle Young Leaders, CattleFax CEO awarded

NewsMakers from the September 27, 2022 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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[UPDATED: Oct. 4, 2022] Tia Schram is a young beef producer from north-central Alberta. Growing up, Schram exhibited cattle across the country with the Simmental and Angus breed associations, and she remains an advocate for junior programming. Today, alongside her family, she helps operate North Hill Simmentals, a 500-head cow-calf operation with a focus on […] Read more
‘We doubt these bureaucrats knew enough to comprehend this rule’s demands on agriculture. They certainly don’t understand weather and the cattle business.’ – Steve Dittmer.
Comment/Columns, Free Market Reflections

Dittmer: Woke and green turns ridiculous

Free Market Reflections with Steve Dittmer

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In the spring of 2021, we wrote columns for Agribusiness Freedom Foundation chronicling the activist left’s progress in cowing major U.S. corporations into “woke” philosophies, including those on animal welfare, green climate change theology, apologies for so-called racist pasts, offending gender identities and lots of irrelevant or downright obstructive actions, to corporations making money. With […] Read more
Dittmer: Dodging government interference and processing facts
Comment/Columns, Free Market Reflections

Dittmer: Dodging government interference and processing facts

Free Market Reflections with Steve Dittmer

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Two bills, one that would insert federal government agencies into the cattle marketing business and one that would create a Special Investigators unit within USDA, have been voted out of committee in the U.S. Senate. Both bills were opposed by National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and many free-market-oriented cattle producers, especially those participating in branded, differentiated […] Read more
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. speaks as Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri and House Speaker Martin Romualdez applaud during his first State of the Nation Address, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, July 25, 2022. Photo: Aaron Favila/Pool via Reuters
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Philippines’ Marcos lays out ambitious policy agenda with farm sector in focus

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Manila | Reuters – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Monday outlined ambitious plans for his six-year term in office that focus on fiscal management, infrastructure upgrades and turning the long-neglected farm sector into an engine of growth. The Philippines is beset with numerous challenges, from soaring prices, food shortages, poverty and inequities in education, but Marcos, the […] Read more
Politicians and bureaucrats talk about making the supply chain “resilient.” What they mean is, they want the industry to be able to continue no matter what happens. This could be accomplished, but it come at a huge cost.
Comment/Columns, Free Market Reflections

Dittmer: Congressional hearings reveal little and much

Free Market Reflections with Steve Dittmer

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With the Biden administration drowning in bad poll results from bad policies, this is a bad time to be in its crosshairs. Both the House and Senate held beef industry hearings in April. The Senate “examined” the Fischer-Grassley bill seeking to mandate regional minimums on negotiated cash trade. They also referenced another bill calling for […] Read more

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