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Winnipeg beef plant gets new corporate structure

By Ron Friesen December 11, 2008

“If they can make it work, great. We’re in favour of it.” – Martin Unrau, MCPA Manitoba’s newest beef processing project has a new name and a new corporate structure. Natural Prairie Beef Inc. and the Manitoba Cattle Enhancement Council are joining hands to form Keystone Processors Ltd., which will kill cattle and process beef

Beef cattle, Livestock, Livestock Markets

Cattle producers plan COOL survival strategy

By Ron Friesen December 11, 2008

Canadian livestock producers have finally succeeded in getting the federal government to initiate a World Trade Organization challenge to the U. S. country-of-origin meat labelling rule. Their task now is to live with COOL while the WTO case makes its long and torturous way through the system. It could take up to three years to

Beef cattle, Livestock, Livestock Markets

U. S. cattle futures recover slightly

December 11, 2008

U. S. cattle futures recovered slightly on Monday of this week following last Friday’s tumble to the lowest level in more than two years amid growing concern that contracting global economies will reduce demand for high-priced beef. December live cattle closed up 1.550 cents at 83.100 cents per lb. and February was up 1.225 at

Beef cattle, Livestock, Other

Alberta plans cattle price insurance

December 11, 2008

Alberta’s farm financing agency plans to roll out the first price insurance program in Canada for cattle producers as early as mid-2009. Agriculture Financial Services Corp. (AFSC) said Alberta beef producers will be the first among the province’s livestock sectors to have such insurance. “This type of insurance doesn’t currently exist in Canada and will

Beef cattle, Country Crossroads

New Manitoba food product served up

By Kim Langen December 4, 2008

One unexpected offer that came up at this year’s Manitoba Grazing School was the chance to taste a new beef sausage. Not listed on the 2008 agenda, the Saskatoon Breakfast Sausage nonetheless made an appearance Nov. 25 when plates of the fresh-cooked i tem were pas sed around to the hundreds of participants during lunch

Beef cattle, Livestock, Opinion

Hamster wheel business

By Laura Rance-Unger November 27, 2008

”The worst business of all is the one that grows a lot, where you’re forced to grow just to stay in the game at all and where you’re reinvesting the capital at a very low rate of return. And sometimes people are in those businesses without knowing it.” Warren Buffett, 1998 Between 1990 and 2003,

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, News

Federal action urged to reopen beef markets

By Ron Friesen November 27, 2008

Canada’s livestock producers, fed up with international trade barriers, want the federal government to do much more to open up foreign markets for their products. A new industry report recommends 25 steps for Ottawa to take in gaining greater access for Canada’s agricultural exports, especially beef. That includes creating a separate bureaucracy for negotiating international

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Cattle producers earn less than their ancestors

By Ron Friesen November 20, 2008

Canadian cow-calf and feeder operators are receiving only half as much for their cattle as their parents and grandparents did, according to a new study. And it’s mainly because of powerful packers and an overdependence on the U. S. export market, the study by the National Farmers Union concludes. The report, released on the eve

Beef cattle, Opinion

Food irradiation’s time has come

By Ronald Doering November 20, 2008

Irradiation shouldn’t replace good manufacturing practices but can be an important step in the right direction. Well, it’s been quite a summer. Who would have thought just a few months ago that food safety would be front and centre as a federal election issue, or that obscure people who work for universities would suddenly emerge

Beef cattle, Livestock, Livestock Markets

Canada finds 15th BSE case in B. C.

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 20, 2008

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency doesn’t expect the discovery of Canada’s latest home grown case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) to affect exports of Canadian cattle or beef. CFIA on Monday confirmed BSE in the seven-year-old B. C. dairy cow, which was found through the national BSE surveillance program. As usual in these cases, no

Daily Network News

Southern California honeybees show resistance to varroa mites

Pulse Weekly: SaskPulse optimistic despite input, crop price concerns

Canadian aquaculture should be classed as agriculture, industry groups say

Tag Archives Beef Cattle

Winnipeg beef plant gets new corporate structure

Cattle producers plan COOL survival strategy

U. S. cattle futures recover slightly

Alberta plans cattle price insurance

New Manitoba food product served up

Hamster wheel business

Federal action urged to reopen beef markets

Cattle producers earn less than their ancestors

Food irradiation’s time has come

Canada finds 15th BSE case in B. C.

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