Hereford sales | Canadians make the long trip to Western Stock Show to capitalize on lucrative American market
DENVER, Colo. — For two longtime Hereford breeders, the National Western Stock Show in Denver is the place to be if they want to trade cattle. Hills Galore Stock Farm at Hazlet, Sask., has been in the Hereford business for 54 years. Owner Alvin Pawlitza had travelled to Denver since 1997 until the BSE crisis […] Read more
Barbara Duckworth
Stories by Barbara Duckworth
PED cases rise in Ontario; hog movement stopped
Ontario farms have stopped movement of swine after more locations were diagnosed with porcine epidemic diarrhea. Ontario ministry of agriculture reports sampling has confirmed the virus at an assembly yard, a trucking yard and a processing plant. It has also been confirmed at four farms in southern Ontario. The ministry says its spread to further […] Read more
Two more porcine epidemic diarrhea cases reported in Ontario
Two more cases of porcine epidemic diarrhea have been confirmed in Ontario, says a government official. A suspected case at Chatham was confirmed positive today as well as another new case in Norfolk County, said Mark Cripps of Ontario Agriculture. There are now four cases of the deadly pig virus in the southwestern region of […] Read more
Date set for WTO appeal of COOL
LETHBRIDGE — The World Trade Organization has set Feb. 18 and 19 for a public hearing on the United States’ mandatory country-of-origin labelling law. Canada and Mexico requested the appeal to be heard in Geneva, Switzerland. It could take up to two years to complete. In a news release, the WTO said public viewing is […] Read more
$600,000 bull racks up another win
Grand champion at Denver show | The genetically superior bull is “a once in a lifetime sort of deal,” says owner
DENVER, Colo. — The Colyer family of Bruneau, Idaho, may have sold a Hereford bull for a world record price of $600,000 last year, but they have remained down to earth. That bull, C Miles McKee 2103 ET, went on to win grand champion honours at the National Western Stock Show in Denver Jan. 16. […] Read more
Hereford brings home prize despite tough competition
DENVER, Colo. — This last year has been a good run for a bull called Great Divide, but now it is time to retire. Owned by Buddy and Lance Leachman of Big Gully Farm near Maidstone, Sask., and Joel White of Buffalo, Wyoming, the mature bull is moving to Canada after winning the senior championship […] Read more
Saskatchewan ranchers win grand champion bull class at Denver stock show
DENVER, Colo. — Callie Gibson skipped her first week of university classes to go to a cattle show. The decision to travel to the National Western Stock Show in Denver paid off when her family won grand champion Red Angus bull Jan. 13. The young bull is owned by Gibson’s 12-year-old brother, Coy, who has […] Read more
Idaho horned Hereford bull wins grand champion in Denver
DENVER, Colo. — Colyer Herefords of Idaho ruled at the National Western Stock Show yesterday. Their bull, born in January 2012, C Miles McKee 2103 ET, was crowned grand champion horned bull. They also won reserve champion. Miles McKee is owned in partnership with Sullivan Farms of Iowa and Curtis and Jackie Castle of Oklahoma, […] Read more
Meat plants pass U.S. safety audit but receive only ‘adequate’ rating
From 2012 | Many concerns related to the XL Foods recall
A U.S. audit rated Canadian meat plants as only “adequate” but did not affect trade patterns or border inspections. The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently released its report of a food safety review it conducted between Oct. 22 and Nov. 2, 2012. It was part of a routine auditing process, said Richard Arsenault, director of […] Read moreSask. Angus bull named grand champion at Denver
DENVER, Colo. — Canadian Red Angus breeder Clayton Gibson of Fir Mountain, Sask., won the grand champion bull award at the National Western Livestock Show in Denver, Colorado, yesterday. Named Six Mile Taurus 519A, the red youngster was also named spring bull calf champion at the annual event. Taurus will be offered at the ranch’s […] Read more
