A market analyst advises the sector, including fertilizer, to watch for key indicators and then keep it all in perspective
A leading Canadian business analyst says several key market indicators point to a recession in 2024. Catherine Murray’s main message to the Fertilizer Canada delegates at their annual meeting held in Vancouver on Aug. 16 is that “a recession is coming in 2024.” Murray hosts The News Forum and is best known for her work […] Read moreStories by Tracey Feist
Canadian cattle take the stage in Denver
DENVER, Colo. – Two more Canadian bulls grabbed grand championship titles at Denver’s National Western Stock Show. Dory Gerrard of Innisfail, Alta., and his bull, Gerrard Montezuma, captured the Charolais show top honours Jan. 18. As well, STF Dominance grabbed two championship titles, winning the overall Simmental grand championship and the senior grand title Jan. […] Read more
Producers take sexy approach to sales
DENVER, Colo. – Names like Heart Throb, Turn On and Nasty Habit might sound like something from the steamy side of the internet. But at one of the world’s largest international livestock shows, they’re being used to promote purebred bulls. That connection to the racier side of humankind was exactly the reaction many producers wanted […] Read more
Alta. bulls on top at major U.S. show
DENVER, Colo. – Canadian Red Angus bulls have been named grand and reserve champions for the first time in the history of Denver’s National Western Stock Show. Howard Schneider of Northline Angus at Ardrossan, Alta., and his bull Red Northline Trueblood took home the grand champion honour Jan. 12. The bull Cowboy Cut, owned by […] Read more
