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File photo of chicks on a genetic map of a chicken. (Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

H7N3 avian flu found in chickens in Mexico, near Texas border

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 25, 2022

Mexico City | Reuters — Mexico’s agriculture ministry on Saturday reported outbreaks of highly pathogenic H7N3 bird flu virus in two hatching egg production barns in the northern state of Coahuila, which borders on Texas. The strain in question has existed in some regions of the country since 2012, the ministry said in a statement. […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters, Weather

Harvey’s floods scatter cattle in Texas, swamp cotton fields

By Karl Plume, Theopolis Waters August 29, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — South Texas ranchers are scrambling to relocate cattle from massive flooding spawned by Tropical Storm Harvey, with many hauling livestock up to the north of the state while others rush to move the animals to higher ground nearby. About 1.2 million cattle are located in a 54-county disaster area drenched by […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Reuters, Weather

Harvey’s rains sending fuel prices higher

By Erwin Seba August 28, 2017

Houston | Reuters — U.S. fuel prices surged on Monday as two more Gulf Coast refiners cut output and a third considered reductions, leaving more than 13 per cent of the country’s refining capacity offline after Tropical Storm Harvey flooded plants and shut seaports. The storm swung back over the Gulf of Mexico on Monday […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters, Weather

U.S. Plains wildfires leave thousands of cattle dead

By Jon Herskovitz March 9, 2017

Austin | Reuters — Fast-moving wildfires that burned through nearly two million acres of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas this week have devastated ranches and left thousands of cattle and other livestock dead, officials said Thursday. Many of the grass fires grew rapidly on Monday due to dry weather and parched prairie land in the Texas […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

Cargill to sell two Texas feedlots

By Reuters July 8, 2016

Reuters — Cargill, a top U.S. meat processor, said Friday it will sell two Texas beef cattle feedlots to Amarillo-based Friona Industries pending final agreements and regulatory reviews. Under the deal, Friona will acquire Cargill’s cattle feedlots at Bovina and Dalhart, Texas. Cargill said in a statement it will retain ownership of its cattle feedyards […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Texas fertilizer plant blast deemed criminal act

By Suzannah Gonzales May 11, 2016

Reuters — A blast that killed 15 people three years ago triggered by a fire at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas was a criminal act, a U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigator said Wednesday. ATF Special Agent in Charge Rob Elder said a reward of up to US$50,000 was being offered […] Read more

A slightly more modern photo – than described below – of cooking steaks over hot coals.

History, Our History

History: Barbecuing Beef

Reprinted from the September 1949 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff August 31, 2015

By Harry J. Hargrave, co-ordinator, Range Research, Lethbridge, Alberta There are few menus for outdoor summer gatherings that are more appropriate or more tasty than barbecued beef. Properly barbecued beef has a distinctive flavour which apparently cannot be secured by other means of preparation and it carries a lot of appetite appeal for crowds both […] Read more

CCA reports

CCA Report: Texas trip

The Five Nations Beef Alliance annual meeting was productive

By Dave Solverson November 20, 2014

The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) was out in force at the Five Nations Beef Alliance (FNBA) annual meeting, which brings together cattle producer leaders from Canada, the U.S., Mexico, Australia and New Zealand. Joining me on the mid-October trip were CCA past-president Martin Unrau, executive vice-president Dennis Laycraft and director international and government affairs John […] Read more

Carney says he will take part in bid to resolve China canola dispute

Conservatives would scrap Temporary Foreign Worker Program says Poilievre

Prairie forecast: Cool east, warm west

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Carney says he will take part in bid to resolve China canola dispute

Conservatives would scrap Temporary Foreign Worker Program says Poilievre

Prairie forecast: Cool east, warm west

Tag Archives Texas

H7N3 avian flu found in chickens in Mexico, near Texas border

Harvey’s floods scatter cattle in Texas, swamp cotton fields

Harvey’s rains sending fuel prices higher

U.S. Plains wildfires leave thousands of cattle dead

Cargill to sell two Texas feedlots

Texas fertilizer plant blast deemed criminal act

History: Barbecuing Beef

CCA Report: Texas trip

Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field

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