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Our History: October 31, 1974

November 3, 2011

Crow Rate to end? This issue reported on a meeting of the Canada Grains Council, where Canadian Wheat Board Minister Otto Lang first proposed a review of the Crow Rate. Lang suggested that railways be allowed to charge commercial rates, but that farmers be directly compensated for the extra cost and that payments have to

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Bull Market For Bred Heifers?

By Daniel Winters October 13, 2011

Want to know how much they are asking for bred heifers? Better sit down first. Morgan Moore is taking orders for 1,500 AI-bred, red and black Angus and Charolais-cross commercial heifers this fall. It s kind of volume dependent, but we re looking for $1,600 to $1,700, depending on how many they take, said Moore,

Beef cattle, Livestock

All boys or all girls?

Conception rates by AI are lower but being able to select the sex is a bonus

By Daniel Winters October 13, 2011

Dairymen have been using it for years to get heifer-only calf crops; now beef producers are trying out sexed semen. Guy Johnston, of Shoreline Stock Farm near Eddystone, is the first in Manitoba to join the ranks of an estimated 200 beef producers in Canada using the new ar tificial insemination (AI) technology. For me,

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Sale Results To Make A Rancher Smile

By Daniel Winters October 6, 2011

Co-operator staff / brandon Up in the bleachers near the back at Heartland Auction Services, Garry McDougall looks toward the ring, stops in mid-sentence, and bends an ear towards the auctioneer. Four of them are mine, he said, with a grin. Now you ll see if I get a smile on my face. The Brandon-area

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Blood Meal Exports To U.S. Resume

October 6, 2011

briefs reuters / The United States is resuming imports of blood meal from Canadian cattle for the first time in eight years, a senior Canadian government source said Sept. 27. Trade in bovine blood meal, which is used in fertilizers and animal feeds, will be worth about $4 million per year to the Canadian beef

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SunGold Slashes Workforce But Plans To Build Its Lamb Business

By Sheri Monk October 6, 2011

FBC STAFF / INNISFAIL Adecision to pull out of the exporterunfriendly European beef market has resul ted in 75 layoffs at Innisfail s SunGold Specialty Meats Ltd. That s unfortunately a very painful process, said Howard Oudman, the plant s general manager. It s painful for the owners, but it s even more painful for

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Brazil Farming Revolution May Slow Amazon Demise

By Reese Ewing September 29, 2011

Cassio Carvalho do Val is about to invest nearly $2 million to add 10,000 cattle to his ranch on the edge of the Amazon. But instead of burning down forest for his growing herd to graze freely he will break with tradition, reducing his pasture land and adding grain to their diet. Val is one

Beef cattle, Crops, Livestock

Keep Testing Suspicious Cattle For Bse, Cfia Urges

By Alex Binkley September 29, 2011

Cattle producers shouldn t let their guard down when it comes to testing for BSE just because the number of confirmed cases has dropped to less than a trickle, says a senior veterinarian at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Bachir Djillali, staff veterinarian for disease control, says it s still possible that a few more

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Ontario Farmer Sees The Light And Sells The View

By Laura Rance-Unger September 29, 2011

The way Rod Potter and his crew of friends and neighbours sprang into action as two tourist buses rolled down the hill into his southern Ontario farmyard, you d think it was the first day of harvest. In one respect, it was. Potter may be the fifth generation on his family s farm, but he

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The Beef Industry Is On The Horns Of A Dilemma

By Kris Ringwall September 29, 2011

The beef world is changing, but one should avoid the word chaotic because the beef world has a lot of structure and is far from disorganized. However, the incoming forces that we do not control, such as Mother Nature, are slamming us. Although the response is quite organized, those forces certainly increase our sense of

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Beef cattle

Our History: October 31, 1974

Bull Market For Bred Heifers?

All boys or all girls?

Sale Results To Make A Rancher Smile

Blood Meal Exports To U.S. Resume

SunGold Slashes Workforce But Plans To Build Its Lamb Business

Brazil Farming Revolution May Slow Amazon Demise

Keep Testing Suspicious Cattle For Bse, Cfia Urges

Ontario Farmer Sees The Light And Sells The View

The Beef Industry Is On The Horns Of A Dilemma

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