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The sale price of the average bull hit a nine-year high during the 110th annual Calgary Bull Sale, held Mar. 3-4, 2010 at the Victoria Pavilion in Stampede Park. The average price among 212 Charolais, Angus, Hereford, and Gelbvieh bulls was $3,808.73 — the highest since 2001, when the average bull sold for $3,954.20. The […] Read more

Following hot on the heels of last month’s release of the spring 2010 Canadian Charolais Growth Evaluation, the CCA breed improvement committee has released the Spring 2010 Genetic Evaluation results for Carcass traits. For the first time ultrasound data is included in the calculation of carcass EPDs. This methodology allows collection of carcass quality data […] Read more

Canadian Western Agribition (CWA) reported a profit of $18,080 on revenues of $3,060,478 for 2008, thanks to an 14 per cent increase in admissions and food sales at the show last November. Attendance grew to 142,500 from 137,500 the year before, says chief executive officer and general manager Jason Pollock. CWA 2009 will be held […] Read more

The new Board of Directors of the Canadian Red Angus Promotion Society has got their first meetings out of the way, and the new executive is as follows: Greg Cripps, president; Dave Longshore, vice-president and Vaughan Greenslade as second vice-president. Kevin Dorrance will oversee finance and Stephen Harper is the advertising chairman; Mike Howe and […] Read more