Four major meat packing businesses in the Unites States are facing a lawsuit from the Ranchers Cattlemen Action Legal Fund, United Stockgrowers of America (R-CALF). The companies include Tyson Foods, Inc., JBS S.A., Cargill, Inc., and National Beef Packing Company, LLC which are labelled as the "Big 4" in the court documents. Scott+Scott Attorneys at... Read More
Category: Cattle
With the passing of the 2018 Farm Bill in the United States, the hemp industry is looking for a major boom for the crop. Long looked upon as a food and fibre play, hemp's latest opportunity is CBD. According to a CNN Business story Carl's Jr planned to test a CBD-infused burger on April 20th... Read More
The Canadian dairy industry has made great strides in cow comfort over the past 20 years. It’s a story EastGen genetics veterinarian Dr. Tim Henshaw feels all dairy farmers should be actively telling all friends, neighbours ,and consumers within earshot. From mats and bedding for cows to lie on, to adequate stall space and better... Read More
Spring has sprung in the cattle industry as ranchers focus on calving and feedyards spread manure. There are many moving parts right now for the beef industry including trade deals, consumer demand, and any ripple impacts on the protein complex due to African swine fever. On Thursday the USDA released its Cattle on Feed report... Read More
Temperature can tell you many things about an animal — if it's beginning to fall ill, if it's about to calve, or if it's coming into heat. The technology to track temperature and movement of cattle comes in many forms, and a western Canadian company is offering a wireless communication rumen bolus that won't get... Read More
Rumours of pretty strong Canadian beef exporter numbers for early 2019 weren't an exaggeration as Statistics Canada's official numbers puts January exports at a pedal to the metal pace. Confirming what the market heard anecdotally, StatsCan says beef exports to the Asia region in January were up 22 per cent year-over-year. Japan accounted for a... Read More
Reproduction performance on Canadian dairy farms is getting better but there's still room for improvement. That's the message Mark Cason, EastGen Genetics reproductive solutions manager, shared with producers attending the Western Canadian Dairy Seminar at Red Deer, Alta., earlier this month. Carson's insights are based on analysis of CanWest DHI herds greater than 150 cows... Read More
While we anxiously await early 2019 statistics, the final 2018 export numbers are in and, when it comes to beef, the numbers are solid. In this week's Beef Market Update, Gateway Livestock Exchange's Anne Wasko joins stand-in host Lyndsey Smith to talk about what's lifting live cattle prices. You don't have to look much farther... Read More
A confluence of weather events came together in some Midwestern States last week which is causing emotional, physical and financial devastation. A weather 'cyclone bomb' with barometric lows most often seen in hurricanes, exploded over a large swath of the U. S. bringing rain, onto snow covered, frozen ground which could not absorb the moisture... Read More
Announced at the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) annual general meeting, the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (CRSB) won the 2019 Beef Industry Innovation & Sustainability Award (BIISA). The award was presented to the organization Wednesday night at Ottawa. "The CRSB was able to build bridges to working relationships," says CCA vice president Bob Lowe. "For... Read More