Producers To Get Help Age Verifying Cattle

Manitoba cattle producers will get help from their own association in age verifying calves to make sure Alberta feedlots will buy them. The Manitoba Cattle Producers Association will hire a full-time field representative to travel the province and help producers age verify their cattle. “It’s responsible for a cattle producer’s association to help producers reach

Full Livestock Traceability Getting Closer

Sale barns and livestock transporters remain the main hurdles to a fully functioning beef traceability system, according to Steve Primrose, the chairman of the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency. “We need to sell a national traceability program because it will open up niche markets,” he told the annual meeting of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. “When we