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Canada Beef Inc. Off And Running

By Sheri Monk August 11, 2011

In this case, one head is better than three. Canada Beef Inc. – formed by the merger of Canadian Beef Export Federation, the Beef Information Centre, and the National Check-off Agency – is ready to hit the ground running now that it has a board and chief executive, says the chair of the new agency.

Beef cattle, Forages, Livestock

Grass-Fed Beef Gaining A Foothold In Cattle Sector

By Ron Friesen July 14, 2011

If you suggest to Jim Lintott that grass-fed beef is tough, he’ll tell you in an second it simply isn’t true. Lintott says tests conducted over two years at the University of Manitoba gave a high tenderness rating to the beef produced by Manitoba Grass-Fed Beef Association members. But you don’t need research to convince

Beef cattle, Livestock

Beef Sales To South Korea Could Resume

By Rod Nickel June 30, 2011

Canada and South Korea moved closer to a deal that would partially restore Canadian beef access and end South Korea’s eight year-old ban, Canada’s agriculture and trade ministers said June 29. South Korea is the last major beef-importing country to agree to lower its restrictions on Canadian beef since a 2003 outbreak of mad-cow disease

Beef cattle, Forages, Livestock, News

Grass-Fed Value-Added Products Hit Store Shelves

By Lorraine Stevenson April 21, 2011

Al ine of value-added products from the Manitoba grass-fed beef producers is expected to hit store shelves in Winnipeg this month when Vita Health’s Fresh Market stores begin carrying a line of sausages, meat pies and a specialty paté at its six locations. The Manitoba Grass Fed Beef Association (MGFBA) has been working for over

Crops, Forages, Livestock, News

Pasture Days Insurance Enters Second Year

By Ron Friesen April 7, 2011

Wet weather limited Dane Guignion’s ability to harvest hay last summer – and the time his cattle spent grazing on pasture. Guignion had crop insurance contracts for both hay production and days on pasture. He didn’t get paid for the first one. He did for the second. The reason? The hay was there but Guignion

Livestock

U.S. Cattle Marketings Up 4.5 Per Cent

March 24, 2011

U.S. cattle feedlots sold nearly 1.8 million cattle to slaughterhouses last month, up 4.5 per cent from a year earlier pace and slightly more than expected, analysts said. The monthly U.S. Agriculture Department feedlot cattle report released Mar. 18 also showed five per cent more cattle in feedlots as of March 1, or 11.394 million

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Beef Agency Merger Back On Track

By Dave Bedard March 17, 2011

Aproposal to merge Canada’s national beef checkoff agency with its domestic and international marketing bodies will continue, as the checkoff agency moves to take back its marketing roles. The National Check-off Agency – the nickname for the Canadian Beef Cattle Research, Market Development and Promotion Agency – announced March 11 it now has “clear direction”

Livestock, News

Pickled Stover Works For Cattle Feed

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 3, 2011

New research has shown that a substantial portion of the grain in cattle feed can be effectively replaced with corn stover – the plant’s stalks, cobs and leaves – when these harvest residues are treated with a common food ingredient known as hydrated lime, or pickling lime. The alternative feeding strategy, which could improve feeders’

Beef cattle, Forages, Livestock

What Eats Grass And Is Worth $2.25/Lb. On The Rail?

By Daniel Winters December 23, 2010

Jim Lintott’s biggest problem selling grass-fed beef at the St. Norbert Farmers Market last summer was not having enough to sell to all the people clamouring to buy it. “We have more market than we actually have supply,” said Lintott, president of the Manitoba Grass-Fed Beef Association speaking on the sidelines of the recent Manitoba

Beef cattle, Livestock

BSE-Testing Argument Continues To Have Financial Potential

By Madeleine Baerg December 9, 2010

Lawyer and Alberta rancher David Pope is on a one-man crusade to gain market access for Canadian beef in Japan. For the cost of a $15-per-carcass BSE test, Pope argues Canadian cattle could fetch as much as $500 per head above current prices. Pope has been waging his crusade for the past five years, but

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