Screenshot from a video posted on YouTube showing animal rights activists entering a turkey barn at the Jumbo Valley Hutterite Colony on Labour Day.

Charges laid in Alberta turkey farm occupation

A high-profile occupation last month by protestors at an Alberta Hutterite colony’s turkey farm has led to criminal charges against four people. RCMP on Wednesday announced charges of one count each of break and enter to commit mischief for a 46-year-old Edmonton man, a 24-year-old woman from Pincher Creek and a 28-year-old woman and 16-year-old […] Read more

James Hargrave (second from right) in September 2016 with provincial Agriculture Minister Oneil Carlier, Medicine Hat MLA Bob Wanner and Environment Minister Shannon Phillips. (AlbertaGrazingLease.ca)

Alberta rancher, advocate James Hargrave, 34

A leader in southern Alberta’s cattle ranching community died in a vehicle crash while helping fight wildfires along the Alberta/Saskatchewan border on Tuesday night. Cypress County officials have identified the firefighter as James Hargrave, 34, a volunteer with the fire station at Walsh, Alta., about 50 km east of Medicine Hat. Alberta’s Agriculture Minister Oneil […] Read more


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Canada’s PSP buys stake in tag maker Allflex

Reuters — PSP Investments, one of Canada’s biggest pension funds, said Friday it had acquired a significant minority stake in Allflex Group, the world’s biggest maker of electronic tags for animals, from private equity firm BC Partners. The purchase was overseen by PSP’s new team in London, led by Simon Marc, and is likely to […] Read more

Cattle identification: Branding is back

Cattle identification: Branding is back

Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia are the only provinces in Canada with cattle brand registries and associated brand inspection services, all of which have reported a surge in new brand registrations with the rising prices for cattle last year. Last spring, Bob Miller, general manager of Ownership Identification Inc. (OII) in British Columbia, noted a […] Read more


Rustlers take more than your cattle

Rustlers take more than your cattle

Be sure you can identify your animals

Nearly six years after 10 bred heifers were stolen from them, Glenn and Christine Strube still feel the lingering stress of the long, drawn-out court process that ended with a guilty verdict. Most disturbing is knowing that the crime wasn’t committed by a fly-by-night thief, but by a neighbour who blatantly lied about it. Little […] Read more

History: The ’74 Mounties: The Great March Across the Plains – Part 5 (final)

History: The ’74 Mounties: The Great March Across the Plains – Part 5 (final)

Reprinted from the May 1950 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

The ’74 Mounties: The Great March Across the Plains – Part 5 (final) By Major Fred A. Bagley, late of Banff, Alberta  ‘Wood End Our enjoyment of the “life of Riley” at La Roche Percee received a severe jolt when we took to the trail again on the 29th of July, leaving “A” troop in […] Read more


History: The ’74 Mounties: The Great March Across the Plains – Part 3

History: The ’74 Mounties: The Great March Across the Plains – Part 3

Reprinted from the March 1950 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

The ’74 Mounties: The Great March Across the Plains – Part 3 By Major Fred A. Bagley, late of Banff, Alberta On the trail, Fargo to Dufferin ‘Our initial 160 miles of prairie travel between Fargo, N.D., and Dufferin (now Emerson), Manitoba, through the town of Grand Forks, and past the U.S. Army Post of […] Read more

History: The ’74 Mounties: The Great March Across the Plains – Part 2

History: The ’74 Mounties: The Great March Across the Plains – Part 2

Reprinted from the February 1950 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

The ’74 Mounties: The Great March Across the Plains – Part 2 By Major Fred A. Bagley, late of Banff, Alberta ‘The “New” Fort Toronto At the “New” Fort, the inevitable confusion attending attending the organization of raw recruits, and ever rawer Officers into a cohesive and disciplined force reigned. Apart from Colonel French, the […] Read more