Packages of meat in a cooler at Costco.

Beef consumption increases slightly from 2022

The Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef conducts a new consumer survey to help promote the cattle industry

Glacier FarmMedia – A few more Canadians eat beef now than they did in 2022, according to a survey from the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef. CRSB executive director Monica Hadarits told the Western Canada Conference on Soil Health and Grazing late last year that consumer research conducted last July found a positive outlook about […] Read more

Cattle laze in the green grass of a pasture with trees in the background.

Cattle producers urged to use insurance options

Alberta’s Agriculture Financial Services Corp. outlines what it is doing to improve how producers can protect themselves

A senior policy analyst with Alberta’s Agriculture Financial Services Corp. says cow-calf producers must do better when it comes to using insurance to protect themselves. In December at the Western Canada Conference on Soil Health and Grazing in Edmonton, Stuart Chutter talked about the coverage currently available to livestock producers and how AFSC can also […] Read more

A number of cattle are near a water trough in a dry pasture on a summer day.

Retired cattle producer focuses on soil biology

Producer from South Dakota says he saw the most success using a combination of long-term no-till and cover cropping

Glacier FarmMedia – It took Rick Bieber an entire career as a farmer to learn how to manage his farm to benefit soil health. However, in a one-hour presentation at the recent Western Canada Conference on Soil Health and Grazing in Edmonton, he passed some of that knowledge on to conference attendees. “If you own […] Read more