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Beef Deal A Gleam Of Hope For U. S.-EU Trade Tensions

By Roberta Rampton May 14, 2009

The United States and European Union have agreed to temporarily put aside a 20-year fight over beef and do some business – a new pragmatic stage in a testy trade relationship that experts say could bode well for other bilateral fights. The four-year provisional deal on beef does not solve the fundamental divide over food

Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Hogs, Livestock

New Label Law Shakes Up U. S. Meat Industry

By Bob Burgdorfer April 16, 2009

Bryan Karwal raises and sells 18,000 Canadianborn hogs a year on his Iowa farm, but a new food-labelling law designed to help consumers threatens that business because it has shut off key markets for the hogs. The law has also angered Canada and Mexico because they say it will hurt demand for their cattle and

Beef cattle, Crops, Forages, Livestock

Substitute Grain Or Co-Products For Hay In Beef Cow Rations

By NDSU Release April 9, 2009

The latest in a series of snowstorms has many cattle producers scrambling to shore up hay and other feed supplies. “Producers already struggling due to the winter’s extreme cold and heavy snow are now faced with shortages in key roughages as they go through calving and await spring weather,” says Greg Lardy, North Dakota State

Beef cattle, Livestock

Market Access Key To Stabilizing Canadian Beef Industry

By Alex Binkley March 19, 2009

Expanding export opportunities and reducing unnecessary regulations are the best ways to restore profitability to the Canadian beef industry, cattle producers have told the Commons agriculture committee. About 65 per cent of the beef produced in Canada is consumed by Canadians, but that is a fairly stable market facing increased competition from imports, John Gillespie,

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, News

Red Meat Industry Trying To Survive

By Alex Binkley March 12, 2009

Governments need to show more concern for the survival of the red meat industry and worry less about countervailing action because some provinces are willing to support livestock producers, pork and beef groups have told the House of Commons’ agriculture committee. Jurgen Preugschas, president of the Canadian Pork Council, told the MPs March 5, “It’s

Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Livestock

BSE-Affected Producers Get Their Day In Court

By Ron Friesen March 12, 2009

“Effective systems are in place to protect Canadians from exposure to BSE.” – FEDERAL MEMO, 1993 When Karen Emilson and her husband Mark recently saved the life of a prematurely born calf on their beef farm near Vogar, neighbours remarked, “Now you’re going to lose another $100.” A joke, yes, but a dark one and

Beef cattle, Forages, Livestock, News

Selling Grass-Fed Beef

By Daniel Winters February 26, 2009

“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

Beef cattle, Livestock, Opinion

I’d Laugh If I Could Stop Crying

By Paul Beingessner February 26, 2009

It is widely known that the Canadian public has a low opinion of politicians. The best evidence of this comes not from surveys or coffee shops, but from the low turnout in Canadian elections. Of course, politicians always try to spin this to suit their purposes. The winning party claims it is because people are

Beef cattle, Livestock, Opinion

What’s with the bill for the beef?

February 12, 2009

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

Beef cattle, Forages, Livestock, News

Secrets of raising grass-fed beef

By Daniel Winters February 12, 2009

“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

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