Livestock Management
Calgary Co-op’s Only Alberta Beef product offering takes its beef “up to the next level with black Angus beef” Calgary Co-op stores are enhancing its Only Alberta Beef product line by launching Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (CRSB) certification on its latest product offering. The new Only Alberta Black Angus Beef brand will be certified […] Read more
Livestock Management
Cattle seeks FMD vaccine bank
The Canadian cattle sector still doesn’t have a vaccine bank for foot-and-mouth disease although it has raised the need for one with the federal government for years. Canadian Cattle Association president Reg Schellenberg said establishing a Canadian vaccine bank would cost about $4 million per year but the cost of not having one is much […] Read more
New study sheds light on horse abortion cases in Canada
A recent study published in the Canadian Veterinary Journal examined the causes of abortion in horses. Led by Dr. Madison Ricard at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan, researchers collected and analyzed 901 cases of equine abortions submitted to veterinary diagnostic laboratories across Canada between 2015 and 2020. A key […] Read more
Rotational grazing could go virtual
A University of Alberta researcher attempts to determine if virtual fences can work when moving cattle within a pasture
Beef producers are only limited by their imaginations when it comes to the potential benefits of technology that uses virtual rather than physical fences to control cattle, says a scientist. It is based on collars that give electric shocks to livestock if they try to stray outside digital boundaries established by producers via a mobile […] Read more
Ranch family wins national stewardship award
Award presented to beef producers deemed to have consistently gone above industry standards in conservation practices
Bar 7 Ranch, located near Rock Creek, B.C., has won the national Environmental Stewardship Award for 2022 presented at the Canadian Beef Industry Conference held earlier this month in Penticton, B.C. The ranch, owned by Erika and Doug Fossen, picked up the award presented to beef producers who consistently exceed industry standards in conservation practices. […] Read more
Virtual fences could come in handy in mountainous B.C.
B.C. Cattlemen’s Association considers developing the technology its members would need through a Canadian company
The British Columbia Cattlemen’s Association is exploring the use of virtual fences as part of a potential made-in-Canada solution to help the province’s beef producers. “I think that to me, virtual fencing … is probably the greatest opportunity for us in cattle management since barbed wire got invented and the post,” said general manager Kevin […] Read more
Pneumonia outbreaks can affect nursing calves on pasture
Pneumonia is often considered a disease of weaned calves in the feedlot and that is the most common presentation of the disease in cattle. However, in some situations, nursing calves on pasture can be severely affected by pneumonia outbreaks. This disease is sometimes known as summer pneumonia or enzootic pneumonia. It can affect calves as […] Read more
Tax deferrals available for some but not all
The federal agriculture minister has announced the initial list of designated regions in which livestock producers who have to downsize may qualify for tax deferrals. Much of Manitoba, west-central Saskatchewan and southeast Alberta are included. The provision applies to producers who have had to sell at least 15 percent of their breeding herds because of […] Read more
New funds bolster African swine fever planning
The federal government is investing $45 million to help the pork industry deal with a potential outbreak of African swine fever. About $23 million will support the pork sector’s efforts to prevent and mitigate the spread of the disease. It will go toward biosecurity assessments, co-ordination for wild pig management, retrofit of existing abattoirs and […] Read more
Hay quality looks good but problem areas exist
Hailstorms caused damage this summer, and heat will require producers to weigh benefits of quantity versus quality
Hay and forage quantity and quality is in far better shape this year than last but hail has taken a bite out of some crops while the heat has a potential to see increases in risks of disease in irrigated crops. A hailstorm that swept through central Alberta in late July wiped out numerous crops […] Read more
