Data shows the cattle producer’s share of the retail beef dollar has dropped from 64 percent in 1970 to 41 percent in 2022
The overarching goals of the ongoing project are to trace beef pricing throughout the supply chain, increase transparency for ranchers’ benefit, provide data to boost advocacy and “ensure that the proportion of the beef dollar that ranchers receive increases from year to year and does not shrink.”
Karen Briere
Stories by Karen Briere
Carbon pricing exemption bill not likely to pass until fall
The chances of Bill C-234 making it through the Senate before the summer recess are slim. The bill to exempt propane and natural gas used to dry grain or heat farm buildings from carbon pricing passed second reading June 13, but two committees would have to fast track to pass it before June 23. The […] Read more
Canada’s Farm show opens in Regina
Regina Exhibition Association Ltd. president Tim Reid said organizers expect more than 20,000 visitors. This will include international guests from more than 70 countries.
Sustainability accounting worries cattle sector
Tammy Nemeth said the “unique circumstances of western Canadian livestock producers” weren’t addressed at all during International Sustainability Standards Board discussions.
Cattle market continues its upward trajectory
Soaring feed costs are offsetting the recent record-setting prices and cutting into livestock producers’ profitability
Canfax executive director Brenna Grant said markets continue on their 2023 tear with a late-May record fed cattle price of $242 per hundredweight. However, feed prices remain high and that affects all proteins.
Carbon pricing exemption bill not likely to pass until fall
The bill to exempt propane and natural gas used to dry grain or heat farm buildings from carbon pricing passed second reading June 13, but two committees would have to fast track to pass it before June 23. The parliamentary sitting then resumes mid-September.
FMD vaccine bank site may be located outside Canada
Proposed traceability regulations are part of program to develop foot-and-mouth disease prevention, response initiatives
Vaccine banks store antigens that can be formulated and built quickly into vaccines in case of an outbreak. Banks are most often located near vaccine manufacturers to enable rapid turnaround.
Cattle sector pushes for transport reg changes
In its fight against federal regulations, the industry says animal welfare should override how long cattle are in transport
Matt Bowman, co-chair of the animal health and care committee at the Canadian Cattle Association, said the federal agriculture and transportation ministers are aware of the concerns around the use of electronic logging devices, known as ELDs, that limit drivers to 14 hours of on-duty time each day, and the requirement to unload and load cattle for rest time.
Eradicate wild pigs to avoid disease risk: pork council
Rene Roy, chair of the Canadian Pork Council, said industry wants to see a cross-government initiative to eradicate wild pigs.
He said the wild pig population would become a pool of disease if something like African swine fever entered it.
Fair value needed for easement payments: report
Saskatchewan stock grower groups suggest income, not fair market value is a better way to determine value
Fair market value may not be the best way to determine how conservation easement payments are made, says a study commissioned by the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association and Saskatchewan Stock Growers Foundation. The study by Jared Carlberg, agricultural economist at the University of Manitoba, looked at the differences in returns from crops and cow-calf operations […] Read more
