Livestock Management
Calgary livestock analyst Barbara Duckworth recently covered the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association convention in Phoenix, Arizona, and filed these reports. PHOENIX, Ariz. – Canada is likely to find more BSE in cattle born after the 1997 feed ban, says a Canadian Food Inspection Agency veterinarian. Audits on feed mills in 2005 found violations in a […] Read more
Livestock Management
More BSE likely: CFIA
U.S. feed ban fails to address rendering issue
Calgary livestock analyst Barbara Duckworth recently covered the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association convention in Phoenix, Arizona, and filed these reports. PHOENIX, Ariz. – A long awaited feed ban in the United States goes into effect this spring. The rule, which was released last April, is intended to keep BSE out of the American animal feed […] Read more
Sask. Cattlemen’s Association now official group
The Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association is now official. The provincial government has approved the organization as a development commission for the beef industry. Cabinet passed the necessary regulations under the Agri-Food Act Jan. 28, the same day that livestock groups were meeting in Regina for conventions. The approval means the SCA will gain control of the […] Read more
Alta. growers give beef plan a rough ride
After eight months, hundreds of town hall meetings and thousands of dollars spent on advertising, there is a grudging acceptance of the new livestock strategy by Alberta’s cattle producers. Alberta Agriculture’s senior agriculture bureaucrat, deputy minister John Knapp, has criss-crossed the province dozens of times facing angry farmers opposed to the Alberta Livestock and Meat […] Read more
Understand minerals to avoid cattle losses
Understanding the interactions among minerals ingested by cattle can pay dividends for herd health. Patty Smith, business development manager at Blair’s Fertilizer at Lanigan, Sask., encouraged producers to study mineral supplement labels and learn when they are in good balance with one another. “That affects the ability of the minerals to be absorbed by the […] Read more
Cattle gain cheaper with DDGS
Two university students hope their research will give cattle producers affordable options for supplementing animals on low quality forage diets. Amanda Van De Kerckhove and Lee-Anne Walter, graduate students in the University of Saskatchewan’s department of animal and poultry science, found there were no negative impacts in feeding dried distillers grain with solubles (DDGS)to breeding […] Read more
Panel heated by COOL confusion, cost
PHOENIX, Ariz. – The United States has debated country-of-origin labelling for nearly 10 years and some beef industry players say it spells chaos and financial hardship. “It is terrorizing our industry in the northwest,” said cattle feeder Cody Easterday Jan. 29 to the livestock marketing council that represents auction yards and cattle buyers. “We are […] Read more
Buyers, sellers see few benefits
PHOENIX, Ariz. – Mandatory country-of-origin labelling is now United States law, so food producers must deal with it. A COOL panel that included retail and packer representatives said the bill adds to their workload and does not improve profits. The international markets committee at the National Cattlemen’s Association convention in Phoenix, Arizona, heard some of […] Read more
Clouds loom in meat sector
PHOENIX, Ariz. – Financial turmoil has made the average beef consumer a shrewd shopper. More ground meat than steak is sold these days and an overall decline in U.S. meat consumption of four pounds per person is anticipated, said the market analysts of Cattlefax at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association convention in Phoenix, Arizona. “Our […] Read more
Cattle need more than good looks
BRANDON – When it comes to picking his ladies of the pasture, Duane Thompson prefers the plain Janes to the eye-grabbing hotties. Sometimes being good looking means being pretty useless in the real world, the farmer from Kelliher, Sask., told producers at Manitoba Ag Days. “It’s like going to L.A. and picking up Paris Hilton […] Read more
