- Refundable check-off money
by Garth McClintock May 2009
Late last month (April 28,09) the Alberta Government tabled in the legislature Bill 43, the Marketing of Agriculture Products Amendment Act 2009 which essentially when passed, will eliminate non-refundable check off monies. The impact of Bill 43 applies to commodities - beef, pork, lamb and potatoes and will come into effect January 2010.... more
- Marketing cattle is a numbers game
by Bonnie Warnyca May 2009
This month we called a few order buyers and auction market owners to find out how changes in the national herd affected their industry.
Corey Sekura of Sekura Auctions at Drayton Valley, President of the Alberta Auction Market Association, acknowledges a shift in the industry as players adjust to the declining Canadian cow herd. ... more
- Livestock gets new legislation
April 2009
After years of Alberta's livestock legislation remaining the same, the new Livestock Identification and Commerce Act (LICA) provides additional tools to improve cattle industry practices in Alberta. While many aspects of the industry are traditional in nature, the means of commerce and the need for livestock documentation have evolved.... more
- Protect yourself from livestock theft
by Bonnie Warnyca April 2009
Over the past couple of months, Warren Brower of Brower Ranch located in the extreme southeast corner of the province, has lost another 20 cows. He blames the losses on cattle rustlers. Over a period of five years, cow, calf and yearling losses out of his 500 head Angus cow herd have been high.
"I first noticed 30 calves missing during... more
- Farm safety promoted
April 2009
Safety Up!
It's a call to action to farmers and their employees to take responsibility for their personal safety, to get trained and to provide training to those who are young or new to farming.
Safety Up is the name of Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development's (ARD) ongoing safety campaign and one that has grown to... more
- Animals' basic nature key to safe handling
by Helen McMenamin April 2009
Keeping safety uppermost in your mind is worthwhile. It's easy to laugh off a scare or a bruise, but just a little closer and the story could be far from funny. Every year people are seriously injured or killed around cattle or horses, or doing livestock-related chores. A parent or grandparent will miss a graduation, a wedding, or worse, a young... more
- Industry roundtable
by Bonnie Warnyca April 2009
What's the talk?
The ongoing tug-a-war between the Beef Industry Alliance (BIA) and the Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) has taken a new twist. As you may recall, BIA's membership includes the Alberta Cattle Feeders' Association, the Beef Initiative Group, Western Stock Growers Association and the Feeder Associations of Alberta.... more
- Short term look at long term gain...
by Bonnie Warnyca April 2009
Todd Jorgenson, a forage specialist with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, says some producers in the east central part of the province have been underseeding oats, wheat or barley with fall rye, in order to provide fall grazing. Typically a producer would cut the oats, barley or wheat for greenfeed or silage and graze the underseeded fall... more
- Industry requests
by Bonnie Warnyca March 2009
Jack Hextall, a member of the Saskatchewan Stock Growers (SSGA) and interim president of the Saskatchewan Cattlemen's Association (SCA) is calling for $100 per cow in 2009 to help pull the industry up by the bootstraps. While the SCA won't officially ask for the investment in the industry to be tied to mandatory age verification or premise ID, the... more
- Canada-Alberta BSE Surveillance Program
March 2009
Despite rumors to the contrary, the program (CABESP) is still alive and very active. "There were some fairly significant changes made to the program last July," says Dr. Gerald Hauer, Chief Provincial Veterinarian, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, Edmonton. "What we found is some farmers were under the impression that, with these... more
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