Beef 911

roy lewis dvm With all the stressful events leading up to and including calving, the incidence of several problems does increase and we would be remiss if we did not review them. By being ever-vigilant of these conditions we can initiate treatment before the problem worsens. The whole goal is to keep cows healthier so

Selling Grass-Fed Beef

“The government really wants grass-fed beef to work. From the minister all the way down, we’ve had tremendous support …” – JIM LINTOTT Being 20 minutes from Portage and Main is a big advantage for Jim Lintott, who began direct marketing his beef after BSE sent auction mart prices into the tank. “My cattle have



Livestock Cattle –Angus

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Low prices no mystery, says NFU

The National Farmers Union is hoping to make hamburger from some beef industry sacred cows with a series of meetings publicizing the findings of its report into the root causes of the Canadian cattle industry’s woes. The first of six meetings around the province was held in Oak Lake, where a small crowd of ranchers

What’s with the bill for the beef?

Among other interesting articles in the Co-operator, “Grain fed ties grass fed in school taste test” (Jan. 22, page 19) puzzled me enough to write. Why is a patty from grass-fed beef, even without the hamburger helpers and high-priced grain, five times the cost (US60 cents versus 12 cents) of a grain-feed beef patty? How


herd shrinks by bob burgdorfer

The U. S. cattle herd is shrinking and better beef demand is needed to restore profits and turn the industry around, a cattle industry economist says. A Jan. 30 U. S. Agriculture Department report showed the U. S. cattle herd is the smallest it’s been in 50 years. “It is drought, producer retirement, reduced profitability

Secrets of raising grass-fed beef

“The seed stock producers for many, many years now have been going in exactly the opposite direction of producing what we need for finishing cattle on grass.” – Don Armitage After raising grass-fed beef for eight years, Don Armitage has learned a few of the tricks of the trade. One of the most important is


Farmers and cowmen

The latest release from the George Morris Centre “Feed grains and livestock in Canada – a reconciliation” brings to mind the lyrics from a certain operetta performed by the Carman Collegiate High School back in the 1970s. “Oh, the farmer and the cowman should be friends… one man likes to push a plow, the other

Three Cs still affecting cattle prices

“Consumers continue to choose to eat beef, but we see a change in eating habits in favour of less expensive meats.” – LYNDSAY SMITH Don’t pin your hopes on a quick recovery in the cattle market just yet. Although the Canadian cattle herd has been shrinking by leaps and bounds over the past year, volatility