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Canadian Cattle Herd Reduction Slowing Down

By Phil Franz-Warkentin February 10, 2011

The ongoing cattle herd liquidation in Canada over the past few years may be starting to slow down. But it will take a number of years before the herd reduction trend turns around and a noticeable increase in the herd size could be expected, according to industry analysts. Brenna Grant, a research analyst with Canfax,

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Where’s The “Taco Meat Filling?”

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 3, 2011

Where’s the beef? Not in the taco, according to a class action launched by an Alabama law firm. WSFA News in Montgomery reports that the firm has alleged that fast-food giant Taco Bell uses false advertising when referring to the filling in tacos as “beef.” “Rather than beef, these food items are actually made with

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Smallest Cattle Herd Since 1958

February 3, 2011

Analysts are predicting higher beef prices after the USDA report Jan. 28 put the U.S. cattle herd as of Jan. 1 at 92.582 million head, down 1.3 per cent from a year earlier and the smallest since 1958. “We are headed for record-high cattle, wholesale beef, and retail beef prices in 2011 and again in

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Providing Home Where Buffalo Roam Stirs Battles

By Laura Zuckerman January 20, 2011

For the first time in more than a century, wild buffalo from the nation’s last purebred herd will be permitted to roam free in Montana outside the bounds of Yellowstone National Park. Government scientists plan on Wednesday to drive 25 buffalo, or bison, through ranchlands north of the park and into the wide-open valleys of

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Beef Producers Eye European Trade

By Brent Harder January 13, 2011

An agreement recently announced between the Canadian government and the European Union (EU) that will allow duty-free access of up to 20,000 tonnes of Canadian beef into the European market is encouraging news to Canadian beef exporters, but they said actual volumes will fall well short of that quota. Christoph Weder of Prairie Heritage Beef

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Report Recommends Consolidating Beef Agencies

By Ron Friesen January 13, 2011

Amajor restructuring lies ahead for Canada’s cattle industry, following a working group’s recommendation to amalgamate three national beef agencies into one independent marketing organization. The move would see the Beef Information Centre, the Canada Beef Export Federation and the Canadian Beef Cattle Research, Market Development and Promotion Agency rolled into one super agency called Canada

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New Grading Technology Is In Place But Not In Use

By Cindy Delaloye January 13, 2011

Digital cameras get CFIA approval for beef grading” was the announcement in mid-October 2010. So where are we today? Despite the fact that the three largest slaughter facilities in Canada have the technology installed, they have yet to request to use it to facilitate grade assessment. No doubt it is coming, but which packer will

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Absence Of Sales Makes Prices Stronger

By MarketsFarm Team January 13, 2011

Ac t i v i t y at the auction marts across Manitoba was generally quiet, with only two sales taking place during the week ending Jan. 7. One of those was held at Heartland Livestock in Virden and although only 124 animals were brought in to be sold, Jim Blackshaw said the market was

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Manitoba Live Cattle Exported To Kazakhstan

By Daniel Winters January 13, 2011

Cattle are returning to the wide-open steppes of the former Soviet Union, and some of them are coming from the wide-open Canadian prairie. Ron Batho and Albert Rimke, purebred breeders from Oak Lake, recently sold 20 bred Hereford yearling heifers that were part of a recent shipment that were mustered from local ranches, packed into

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Meat, Poultry To Have Nutrition Labels By 2012 — USDA

By Christopher Doering January 13, 2011

Nutritional labels will be mandatory on 40 popular cuts of meat and poultry products beginning in 2012, a measure the U.S. Agriculture Department says will make it easier for consumers to understand the content of the foods they buy. USDA said the nutritional information will be required for major cuts of raw, single-ingredient meat and

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