This year’s high sellers and champions at the Calgary Bull Sale are as follows: In three of the four sales, the reserve champions sold for more than the grand champions. The high-selling Hereford and reserve grand champion came from Corbeill Herefords Cluny, Alta., and sold for $25,000 to Poplar Dell Hereford of Edam, Sask. Grand […] Read more
Barbara Duckworth
Stories by Barbara Duckworth
U.S. crop insurance may cover livestock
A proposed crop insurance and risk management program that is commodity specific has received an enthusiastic greeting from American farm groups. “It is quite significant that for the first time, a crop insurance program overseen by the government will cover livestock,” said the American Farm Bureau Federation. Coverage would be available for hogs, sheep and […] Read more
U.S. beefs up beef promotion
Nebraska cattle producers want to light a fire under consumers before too many more turn their backs on beef. They hope the three-year-old Nebraska Cornfed Beef program is one way to rebuild a waning taste for beef. “Hopefully it will strengthen demand for our product,”said program adviser Dee Griffin. He is connected to the Nebraska […] Read more
Cattle producers vow to fight U.S. duty
If Canadian cattle exporters have to pay anti-dumping or countervail duties imposed by the United States, they will take the case to the World Trade Organization. The industry is facing its greatest challenge since the hoof-and-mouth disease outbreak of 1952, says the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. “This whole case has taken on a completely unprecedented set […] Read more
Canadian beef herd continues slow downward spiral
For the Canadian beef industry, 1998 will be known as the year of the unexpected. The industry is into its third year of herd reduction with high numbers of females still going to market and adding to the record amount of beef. “In the last three years we have had record heifer placements and in […] Read more
Rancher faces down Glickman on farm crisis
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -ÊThe United States secretary of agriculture had just finished telling an open forum at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association that he knows times are hard on the farm. Then a small dark-haired woman came to the microphone. In a gentle, faltering voice Char Price told Dan Glickman and 1,000 fellow cattle producers how […] Read more
Price info needed
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -ÊAmerican cattle producers are not getting enough price information and the secretary of agriculture intends to do something about it. “I worry about individual ranchers’ ability to get a fair price in a less competitive marketplace,” said Dan Glickman at a forum at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association convention in North Carolina. The […] Read more
Brand names come knocking at plant inoculants’ door
The plant inoculant business is headed in the same direction as the seed industry, with a proliferation of varieties and increasing brand recognition. “Up till now inoculants have been a commodity just like seed used to be a commodity. Then it was differentiated by variety and sold on a brand name basis. That is where […] Read more
Canada plays role in U.S. meat export plans
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The American meat industry is intent on becoming an export giant that pursues volume and value. Strong performance on the beef side saw the United States ship more than one million tonnes of beef out of the country for the first time in 1998. Pork and lamb exports to overseas markets also […] Read more
New beef ads focus on nutrition
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – After 20 years of bad press claiming beef is a hazard to the health conscious, it may be time to tell people that eating beef will give them zip. That’s zinc, iron and protein. The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association has given the nod to a splashy new campaign aimed at women aged […] Read more
