Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

Field editor

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Melissa Jeffers-Bezan grew up on a mixed operation near Inglis, Man., and spent her teen years as a grain elevator tour guide. She moved west, to Regina, Sask. to get her Bachelor of Arts in Journalism degree from the University of Regina and during that time interned at the Western Producer. After graduating in 2022, she returned to Glacier FarmMedia as Field Editor for the Canadian Cattlemen Magazine.  She was the recipient of the Canadian Farm Writer Federation's New Writer of the Year award in 2023. Her work focuses on all things cattle related.

Stories by Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

Two brown cows stand at the edge of their water trough looking toward the camera. Other cows and the field they are grazing in are visible in the background.
Livestock Management

Monitoring water quality on your farm is crucial to animal health

Poor water quality can have devastating effects on livestock health if it is allowed to go unchecked

Water quality can change quickly in the summer, and affect cattle health. Research done with the Government of Saskatchewan looks at monitoring water quality. There are other options for providing good water to your livestock.
An auctioneer in a black cowboy hat speaks into a microphone and gestures with his right hand as he sells cattle.
Farm Living

Auctioneering in family’s blood

Casey Lawes, the 2025 Canadian livestock auctioneering champion, comes from a long line of auctioneers

While most kids his age would have been playing with their friends or involved in hobbies, Casey Lawes was already looking forward to his future, hanging out at the auction mart and developing his chant.
A photo of two hands holding a smartphone taking a photo of a beef dish on a table.
Livestock Management

Sustainable beef faces supply crunch

Producer involvement in Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef program slows, even as certified demand increases

In the more than 10 years since the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef was established, it has made progress but also run into challenges.
A barge is being used to move cattle to pasture during flooding in Manitoba in 2011.
Farm Living

Manitoba’s flood of 2011 remembered

Ranchers are still living with the aftermath of an environmental disaster caused by Lake Manitoba spilling its banks

In 2011, heavy snowmelt and spring rain in Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan brought Lake Manitoba to a record level, made even higher by windstorms, and many living around the lake had to evacuate.

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