RED DEER – The lamb industry wants Canadians to know that it too is reeling from market meltdown due to bovine spongiform encephalopathy. Lamb producers travelled to Washington, D.C., in September to convince Americans their product is safe and should be allowed back into the United States. They reminded the Americans that Canada has had […] Read more
Barbara Duckworth
Stories by Barbara Duckworth
COOL delay renews hope in Canada
A two-year delay in the United States implementation of country-of-origin labelling cast a ray of hope that the program may become voluntary. The House of Representatives and the Senate restored funding to the mandatory labelling program embedded in the United States farm bill. However, those two arms of Congress have postponed its implementation as mandatory […] Read more
Forage group gets website
A group of forage specialists has harnessed the power of information with a new website launched Dec. 2. “We are building a website that has all the best and current information on forage and beef that we have available,” said Ken Ziegler, a forage specialist with Alberta Agriculture. Since May of 2001, forage and beef […] Read more
First top prize for Herefords
REGINA – There was considerable excitement around Murray and Bridget Andrews’ stalls after five judges agreed their Horned Hereford bull was the best of the best at this year’s RBC Beef Supreme Challenge. This was the first time a Hereford has won the Canadian Western Agribition supreme championship. The event invites the best bulls and […] Read more
Top selling Angus fit for a queen
REGINA – When John Eliot judged the supreme beef show at the Calgary Stampede wearing a kilt, he turned a few heads. Three years later, the young Scot turned more heads when he had the high selling Angus bull at the Canadian Western Agribition masterpiece sale. The bull, born in January 2003, sold for $31,000 […] Read more
African genetics impress Simmental buyers
REGINA – It may take show judges awhile to get accustomed to the new look of Bar 5 Simmentals, but in the sale barn, buyers know what they like. South African Simmental genetics from Bar 5 have been spicing up sales this fall where Canadian and American breeders have been competing to own some of […] Read more
Teen wins top bull in judging event
REGINA – Many people sitting on the sidelines of a cattle show believe they could do a better job of ranking animals than the judge. A people’s choice show allows them to put their money where their mouths are. This year about 50 would-be judges paid $100 each to take their turn in the show […] Read more
Charolais bull high seller at show
REGINA – A young Charolais bull less than a year old earned his owners $51,000 at this year’s Canadian Western Agribition sale Nov. 26. A consortium of four buyers liked the Vogeli Brothers polled entry enough to take a full possession and two-thirds interest, making this youngster the high seller of the Agribition sales. The […] Read more
Couple favours Charolais originals
RED DEER – With a baby due Jan. 1 and a fresh crop of full French Charolais calves coming at the same time, Roy and Marie Mulkay expect a busy new year. New to the Charolais business, the St. Paul, Alta., couple bought a bull and four bred females at the annual Full French Charolais […] Read more
Family farm has long roots
ACME, Alta. – When Edward Boake jumped off the freight train at Carstairs in 1903 to seek his fortune on an Alberta homestead, he was starting a new branch of a family tree that extends back to medieval England. The 21 year old brought a team of nearly unmanageable horses, a wagon, supplies and a […] Read more
