As a livestock producer, if there's one thing that someone says that is sure to start a real conversation, it's calling livestock sentient beings. And I say that because I have watched a sheep unceremoniously step on her dead "friend" to get better feed at the feed rack, with no qualms. If an animal is... Read More
Category: Cattle
Canada Beef and the Canadian Cattle Association will share in nearly $6 million of federal funding through the AgriMarketing Program, an initiative under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership. The funding — split $5,865,110 for Canada Beef and $453,364 for CCA — is earmarked to drive growth of Canada’s beef industry in export markets, announced Agriculture... Read More
It was a busy holiday week for BBQs both in Canada and the United States. The holidays, combined with a plant closure in Kansas, all amount to less beef being processed this week. While there wasn't a report from USDA on Thursday, markets closed Wednesday night with choice cutout at six and a half dollars... Read More
Beef Farmers of Ontario was the first to report that the labour union representing the 960 employees at the Cargill Dunlop processing plant and Cargill have reached a recommended memorandum of settlement. The settlement offer will be put to the membership for a vote on Saturday, July 6th. On X, BFO writes: "BFO is encouraged... Read More
Agricorp will expedite risk management program payments for Ontario cattle producers for the first and second quarters of 2024. The move comes as the Cargill Guelph beef processing plant remains closed due to a labour union strike that started on May 27, 2024. To expedite payments, Agricorp says it has moved the deadline to report... Read More
The Canadian Cattle Association (CCA), National Cattle Feeders’ Association (NCFA) and Beef Farmers of Ontario (BFO) are calling on the Cargill Dunlop facility in Guelph and members of UFCW Local 175 to come to an expedited labour resolution. "The beef sector in Canada relies on a resilient processing industry across the country and the impacts... Read More
A mid-week U.S. holiday this week didn't affect beef kill but closed futures and packers wanting to dial markets back from last week's new cash high combined for slower trade for beef markets. In this week’s Beef Market Update, Anne Wasko with the Gateway Livestock Exchange, says cattle feeders want to keep the momentum rolling... Read More
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has provided an update on its monitoring of milk in grocery stores across Canada for signs of highly-pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the Canadian dairy herd. As of June 18, 2024, the CFIA says it has tested 600 retail milk samples from across the country and all of them... Read More
What can the dairy industry learn from beef cattle genetic selection and vice versa? That's what's to be determined in a four-year, $1.6 million research collaboration between the Canadian Angus Association (CAA) and Holstein Canada. Myles Immerkar, executive director of CAA, says that the collaboration draws on the strengths of the two breed organizations. Each... Read More
Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay announced funding on Wednesday of up to $5.25 million for a new barley research cluster under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, which runs from 2023 to 2028. Industry and grower organizations have also committed $4.3 million, bringing total funding for the barley research cluster to $9.6 million over five years.... Read More