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COVID-19 concerns are impacting everything from school closures to travel, but the year’s bull sale guides are still appearing in the mail.
Livestock, News

Breeders expect online uptick as COVID-19 hits bull sale season

’Tis the season for bull sales, but producers should plan for more of their customers to bid online, given social distancing measures

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Doug McLaren of JAS Red Angus near Neepawa is full tilt into the last few weeks before his farm’s annual bull sale April 7 — but he’s still not entirely sure what that sale will look like. The McLaren family typically hosts their sale on the local show grounds of the Neepawa Ag Complex, also
Beef cattle

Heartland Livestock Services named market of the year

The Canadian Angus Association salutes the Virden staff

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The Canadian Angus Association (CAA) has named Heartland Livestock Services from Virden, Manitoba with the Auction Market of the Year. CAA director of field services, Brian Good, and Manitoba field staff, Lois McRae, presented the award in Winnipeg at the recent Livestock Markets Association of Canada annual conference. Heartland Livestock Services has been connecting buyers
Beef cattle, Livestock

Expert Panel Points To Major Problems

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Major hurdles need to be overcome before a national beef traceability system can be introduced, members of an expert panel told beef producers meeting here Nov. 4. We have a bookend system, said Darcy Eddleston, chair of the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency s board of directors, at the Manitoba Beef Producers annual general meeting. We
Livestock

Auction Marts Need More Information As Traceability Marches Onward

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Livestock traceability has moved another step forward after another $1.6 million federal funding, but industry remains uncertain of details, including how and when it will be implemented. “A national traceability system is a win-win for Canadian producers, the value chain, and consumers,” Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said in a release announcing the funding last month.
Livestock, Opinion

Letters – for Jun. 17, 2010

Horses, not breeders, need protection With all due respect, I will continue to convince the government that action is needed to protect horses, not horse breeders as proposed by Betty Coulthard in the June 10 opinion article “Government action needed to protect horse breeders.” She wants compensation from the government for the losses she will
Livestock, News

Study Suggests Livestock Traceability Deadline Unrealistic

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“This could be the demise of livestock marketing as we know it today.” – BOB PERLICH, LETHBRIDGE Ever since the federal government announced 2011 as the deadline for a national livestock traceability system, Canada’s cattle industry has insisted the technology at auction markets isn’t up to the task. A new study agrees that radio frequency
Livestock, News

What’s Up – for May. 27, 2010

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] call 204-944-5762. May 27-30 – Livestock Markets Association of Canada convention and auctioneer championship, Hilton Suites Winnipeg Airport, 1800 Wellington Ave., Winnipeg. Auctioneer competition May 28 at Winnipeg Livestock Sales. For more info or to register call Rick Wright at 204-748-7676. May 30 -June 1 – Canadian Institute
Livestock, News

What’s Up – for May. 20, 2010

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] call 204-944-5762 May 27-30 – Livestock Markets Association of Canada convention and auctioneer championship, Hilton Suites Winnipeg Airport, 1800 Wellington Ave., Winnipeg. Auctioneer competition May 28 at Winnipeg Livestock Sales. For more info or to register call Rick Wright at 204-748-7676. May 30 -June 1 – Canadian Institute
Livestock, News

CCIA To Test Radio Tags In Auctions

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“We are really excited with the broad cross-section of markets in our project.” – DONNA HENUSET The Canadian Cattle Identification Agency (CCIA) has launched its Auction Market Applied Research Project to evaluate multiple Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems at auction markets across Canada with support from the federal government’s Growing Forward program. The work will

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