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e-Manifests hit the road in Alberta

Identification: News Roundup from the November 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff December 1, 2016

A staged rollout of an e-manifest being developed by Alberta’s Livestock Identification Services (LIS) for the province’s cattle producers and horse owners is now underway with plans to add sheep in due time. An electronic version of the paper manifest has been available since June for transport only. It can be used by producers when […] Read more

Livestock, Vet advice

Drought management for cattle producers

By Dr. Ron Clarke October 9, 2015

We moved through some of the wettest years in history to a drought situation for many cattle producers. For those caught in the drought cycle, care of the cow herd, costs, feed inventory and preservation of forage supplies were front and centre. For some, relief came with recent rains — too late for hay, but […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Features

Animal care lives here

By Debbie Furber September 16, 2015

Driving down the road to the family’s old homestead established in 1903 near Pine Lake, Alta., Doug Sawyer stops to look at the corrals he helped design and build when he was a kid. “We thought about the ways animals move and how to make it work for us by rounding out corners and letting […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Holistic ranching

Holistic Ranching annual conference

By Don Campbell May 15, 2015

About 150 people attended our annual HR conference at Manitou Beach near Watrous, Sask. David Irvine’s keynote address gave us two tasks for an integrated, successful life, individuation (growing up) and connection (having relationships). He says an integrated family business has four main points: People have their own goals and support each other in achieving […] Read more

Livestock, Sheep/Goats

N.S. sheep producers backed for handling upgrades

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff January 2, 2015

Handling upgrades expected to help Nova Scotia’s sheep farmers cut down parasite loads in their flocks may be eligible for some public funding. The federal and provincial governments and Sheep Producers Association of Nova Scotia (SPANS) recently rolled out a Sheep Handling and Parasite Control Program, which will pay up to 40 per cent of […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters, Sheep/Goats

French farmers cry wolf over sheep killings

By Reuters November 27, 2014

Paris | Reuters — French farmers, who regularly bring livestock into Paris to punctuate their protests, drove some 250 sheep into the shadow of the Eiffel Tower on Thursday to highlight an unusual concern — that a growing wolf population is killing their flocks. Wolves were reintroduced to France in the 1990s under an international […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Reuters, Sheep/Goats

Australia, China on track to sign lucrative cattle deal

By Reuters November 6, 2014

Sydney / Reuters – Australia will export up to 1 million head of cattle a year to China, worth around A$1 billion ($856 million), to meet booming demand for red meat under a long-awaited deal set to be signed shortly, Australian officials said on Friday. Shipping live animals from Australia to China has been discussed for many years. Official talks began […] Read more

Saskatchewan harvest lags behind

More canola, a bit less wheat in 2025/26 says StatCan

Mexico reports 53 per cent increase in flesh-eating screwworm cases since July

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Saskatchewan harvest lags behind

More canola, a bit less wheat in 2025/26 says StatCan

Mexico reports 53 per cent increase in flesh-eating screwworm cases since July

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e-Manifests hit the road in Alberta

Drought management for cattle producers

Animal care lives here

Holistic Ranching annual conference

N.S. sheep producers backed for handling upgrades

French farmers cry wolf over sheep killings

Australia, China on track to sign lucrative cattle deal

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