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Cattle producers get longer phase-in on new transport regs

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff December 12, 2019

New federal livestock transport regulations, due to come into force in February, will now roll out on a longer timeline for the beef and dairy cattle sectors. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau has announced a “two-year transition period” for bovines, which is meant to provide “time to gather more data on effective solutions concerning the

Beef cattle, Livestock, Weather

Beef sector sees place in UN report’s lower-emission vision

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff August 9, 2019

While a new United Nations report on climate change and land calls for “rebalancing diets,” the policy paths it seeks are a good fit for beef cattle ranching as Canadians know it, the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association says. Responding Thursday to the report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the CCA said Canada’s

Wagyu beef on skewers at a Tokyo market. (Michal_Staniewski/iStock/Getty Images)

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

Japan now accepting Canadian OTM beef

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff May 21, 2019

The last of Japan’s BSE-related restrictions on Canadian beef are lifted as of last Friday, with the Japanese government’s agreement to allow beef from Canadian cattle over 30 months of age (OTMs). Citing industry estimates, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada said the added access announced Tuesday could mean an increase of up to 20 per cent

Beef cattle, Livestock

Quebec cattle producers join national body

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 7, 2018

Quebec’s cattle producer group is now the ninth provincial member cattle organization in the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. Les producteurs de bovins du Quebec (PBQ) announced its membership in the CCA during the provincial body’s annual meeting Wednesday and Thursday in Quebec City. “At a time when new frontiers are continually opening up and our buyers

David Haywood-Farmer. (We Heart Local BC video screengrab via YouTube)

Beef cattle, Livestock

New chief acclaimed for national cattle producer group

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 26, 2018

A former president of the B.C. Cattlemen’s Association is the new president of the national cattle producers’ body. David Haywood-Farmer was elected by acclamation as president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association at the group’s annual general meeting last week in Ottawa. Haywood-Farmer, a cow-calf producer at Savona, B.C., about 40 km west of Kamloops, was

(Photo courtesy General Mills via Flickr)

Crops

Cheerios to remove ‘gluten-free’ claim

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 30, 2017

The maker of Cheerios cereal is pulling a controversial “gluten-free” claim from the product’s Canadian packaging starting in 2018, over what it says is a lack of a “consistent” testing protocol for oat products. General Mills announced last week it will remove the “gluten-free” claim from Cheerios sold in Canada starting in January, though it

Beef cattle, Livestock

More BSE tests, no BSE seen in 2016

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 6, 2017

Canadian beef cattle producers handed over more samples in 2016 than in 2015 to be tested for BSE, turning up zero cases of the brain-wasting disease. The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association on Monday reported 27,346 samples were submitted to the national BSE surveillance program in 2016 — up four per cent from 26,285 in 2015, but

Boyd Anderson, shown here in a video recounting his life in ranching in southwestern Saskatchewan, died this week at age 96. (GrandpaBoyd.com)

Beef cattle, Livestock

Cattle industry leader Boyd Anderson, 96

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 2, 2016

Memorial services will be held Dec. 10 in Glentworth, Sask. for Boyd Anderson, a respected rancher and leader in the Saskatchewan and Canadian beef cattle industries, who passed away Thursday in Moose Jaw at age 96. Anderson, who had started ranching in about 1937 near Fir Mountain, about 170 km southwest of Moose Jaw, is

Livestock

Cattle producers urge trade fight if Trump revives COOL

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel November 16, 2016

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canadian cattle producers will urge Ottawa to retaliate against the U.S. if the incoming Trump administration imposes a meat labelling program it views as discriminatory, restarting a six-year trade battle, an industry group said on Wednesday. U.S. news network CNN reported on Tuesday that a memo drafted by President-elect Donald Trump’s

Irradiated ground beef, such as these burger patties, is expected to have a lower potential presence of harmful pathogens such as E. coli. (Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Beef cattle, Livestock

Proposals for irradiating ground beef back on table

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 30, 2016

Regulations to allow Canadian beef processors to irradiate fresh and/or frozen raw ground beef for food safety purposes will soon be up for public comment. Health Canada on Monday served notice it will soon propose amendments to its Food and Drug Regulations that would add fresh and frozen ground beef to its list of allowed

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Cattle producers get longer phase-in on new transport regs

Beef sector sees place in UN report’s lower-emission vision

Japan now accepting Canadian OTM beef

Quebec cattle producers join national body

New chief acclaimed for national cattle producer group

Cheerios to remove ‘gluten-free’ claim

More BSE tests, no BSE seen in 2016

Cattle industry leader Boyd Anderson, 96

Cattle producers urge trade fight if Trump revives COOL

Proposals for irradiating ground beef back on table

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