100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. – Bruised and battered five years after its first BSE case, the Canadian beef industry still struggles to regain its once lofty position as a major exporter. Canada has returned as the third largest beef exporter in the world but key markets like Japan and the United States remain restricted and […] Read more
Barbara Duckworth
Stories by Barbara Duckworth
Beef given new brand
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. – Starting next year Canadian beef and genetic packages will be branded with a new logo. The Canadian Beef Advantage campaign is being tested in the market as part of a larger strategy to reposition the industry, said John Gillespie, the new chair of the Beef Information Centre. Recovery of the […] Read more
Tradition with a twist focus of ranch
VAVENBY, B.C. – The richness of history is treasured at Aveley Ranch that was homesteaded in 1906 by Theodore Moilliet. His grandchildren, Ian, June and Valeriana, continue the tradition of raising sheep, caring for the land and raising a new generation of producers in east-central British Columbia. The family has raised Corriedale sheep on the […] Read more
B.C. ranchers will be paid to age verify
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. – British Columbia beef producers willing to verify the age of this year’s calf crop are eligible for cash from the province. The B.C. Cattlemen’s Association is administering a $3 million program that will give producers who sign up a $500 upfront bonus, plus $12 per calf that is age verified. […] Read more
Onerous cleanup after beetle
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. – There is a rusty haze across the mountain ridges of British Columbia’s pine forests. That haze comes from the mountain pine beetle that has attacked trees on 33 million acres in the province. In regions like Prince George, the disease has wiped out nearly all the pine stands, said rancher […] Read more
Beef cycle out of whack
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. – The traditional market indicators for the beef industry no longer exist, says the head of research at Canfax. “Our typical cattle cycle is difficult to follow right now,” said Andrea Brocklebank at the British Columbia Cattlemen’s Association annual meeting June 14 in 100 Mile House. “We have broken so many […] Read more
Alta. strategy upsets B.C.
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. – Beef producers outside of Alberta understand why the province put up millions of dollars in direct livestock support and market development, but that does not mean they like it. “The fact that they are putting $300 million into the industry that the rest of us have to compete against is […] Read more
CCA presses trade challenge
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. – The contentious United States country-of-origin labelling bill should be challenged in the international trade arena as soon as possible, producers say. The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association wants the federal government to file legal challenges because even with revisions to the 2007 U.S. farm bill, it is not good enough, said president […] Read more
Bacteria levels increase in Calgary
More bacteria is being detected in Calgary’s water supply as land shifts from farmland to acreages. The higher bacterial load is attributed to agricultural runoff, country residential septic tanks and contaminants left behind by swimmers, boaters and anglers who use the increasingly popular Bow and Elbow rivers. “The E. coli in the upper Elbow is […] Read more
Alta. water quality under scrutiny
Researchers collect buckets of water a year from Canada’s rivers looking for contaminants that could make people and wildlife ill. Yet few know the work is being done, say researchers gathered at the recent Bow River science forum held at the University of Calgary. Rob Kent of Environment Canada said 50 percent of Canada’s surface […] Read more
