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BIC To Merge With Cbef – for Aug. 26, 2010

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Faced with declining checkoff dollars, the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association is looking to merge two of its marketing arms together. The roles of the Canadian Beef Export Federation (CBEF) and the Beef Information Council (BIC) are currently under review with an eye on cutting costs, according to Brad Wildeman, former head of the CCA who is
Beef cattle, Opinion

Mixed Signals – for Aug. 26, 2010

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There is good news and bad news in the recent data released from the Beef Information Centre’s research into consumer preferences for beef. The good news is, the vast majority of consumers like to eat beef. Ninety-six per cent of Canadian households and 93 per cent of individuals consume beef, which places its popularity close
Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Opinion

New Game, New Rules

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Watching Big Pork and Big Beef respond to proposed USDA rules to “clarify conduct that violates the P&S (Packers and Stockyards) Act” is like watching Wall Street bankers: they find it impossible to pull their hands out of your pockets long enough to pull themselves out of the mess they’ve made. That’s a good explanation
Country Crossroads, Poultry

Curried Egg And Potato Salad

RECIPE SWAP Are the kids looking for something to do now that summer holidays have arrived? When we were asking readers to share their community cookbooks earlier this year we were delighted to receive What’s Cooking in Pembina? from the Pembina 4-H Council. This cookbook was put together in 2006 when two former 4-H Districts–
Beef cattle, Livestock

Hog Herd Shrinkage Is Tapering Off

Canadian hog farmers continued a four-year downsizing trend in the first quarter, but the pace is slowing even though the government is paying some to cease production. Farmers reduced the national pig herd 2.1 per cent from a year earlier to 11.635 million head as of April 1, Statistics Canada said April 28. Canada’s hog
Beef cattle, Livestock

Meat Price Surge Not Expected In Canada

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“There’s definitely a stall on here.” – PERRY MOHR Canada is unlikely to see a surge in meat prices this summer, unlike the United States, where pork and beef prices soared earlier this spring. The wholesale price of pork in the U. S. increased as much as 25 per cent in April, while beef rose
Beef cattle, Livestock, Opinion

An Alternative Solution To The Cattle Crisis

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I suggest we have been suckered into export dependency and are now trapped on a treadmill of keeping more cattle to make up for declining margins. Many people have been pondering the question of whether there is a future for beef production in Canada. We are continually told that there is light at the end
Beef cattle, News

Manitoba Producer Elected CCA Vice-President

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It’s been nearly seven years since BSE nearly wrecked the Canadian cattle industry and producers have never fully recovered. But Martin Unrau believes things are finally improving. “I’m very confident we’ve turned the corner,” said Unrau, a cow-calf producer from MacGregor, Man. Of course, producers, who have been down so long it looks like up,
Beef cattle, Livestock

Ottawa Offers $6 Million For Beef Research

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“The politics of market access often demand ministerial intervention to get over the hurdles presented.” The federal government is making $6 million available to boost research on beef cattle nutrition and productivity, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz told the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association March 22. The research will encourage “Canadian breakthroughs that make the farm gate more

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