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Jan 9, 2025 | 
canadiancattlemen.ca | Melissa Jeffers-Bezan
When Arvid Nottveit thinks about Manitoba’s infamous 2011 flood, he says he still feels all the emotions that came with it. Read Also DNA samples at calving could be new norm For seed stock producers, taking DNA samples from newborn calves is becoming more common. Most seed stock herds calve… “We all like to be all stoic and everything, be the captain on the ship facing the storm head-on, but I’m the guy that will say, ‘Okay, this is pretty bad.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
canadiancattlemen.ca | Melissa Jeffers-Bezan
Winter is here in full force, and freezing temperatures, large dumps of snow and short days can make winter calving a challenge for seed stock producers. Read Also Questions surround 2024 cattle market Feeder and fed cattle traded at historical highs over the past year. I’ve received many calls and emails from cattle… However, technologies such as calving cameras can help make it much easier by saving time and labour. For many, it has become a necessary tool on their operations.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
producer.com | Melissa Jeffers-Bezan
Glacier FarmMedia – Canadian National Railway has been dealing with labour disputes over the past year, and another one looms. Last week, CN clerks and mechanics approved a strike mandate. According to their union, Unifor, the groups voted 97 and 96 per cent in favour of job action, respectively. They are calling for improved compensation, job security and working conditions. A strike would affect about 2,500 workers.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
producer.com | Melissa Jeffers-Bezan
For Cassidy Cairns, Canadian Western Agribition provided him with many opportunities. Cairns is 21 and was born and raised near Maryfield, Sask. Now he lives in Oxbow, Sask., and works on a ranch. When he’s not working, though, he’s pursuing two of his passions: bullfighting and ranch rodeo.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
producer.com | Melissa Jeffers-Bezan
Glacier FarmMedia – Glacier FarmMedia hosted a private event at Canadian Western Agribition Nov. 27 to launch the first episode of the Western Producer’s documentary series, Welcome to the Farm Show. Set around the events of the 2024 Ag in Motion, which takes place every July near Langham, Sask.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
producer.com | Melissa Jeffers-Bezan
Glacier FarmMedia – Georgie Evans showed a Texas Longhorn heifer calf in the Longhorn show at this year’s Canadian Western Agribition, but her venture into cattle didn’t start with that breed — it started with Highlands. Located near Regina on a small acreage, Evans has three Highland cattle. She is originally from England and moved to the Regina area 10 years ago. She was inspired to work with Highland cattle by a friend who also raised them.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
canadiancattlemen.ca | Melissa Jeffers-Bezan
Although total mixed ration (TMR) mixers have been popular on dairy operations historically, they are becoming more common on beef operations, as well. Read Also Ranchers share lessons learned from drought Drought” is a word beef producers on the Prairies know well. For years, many areas in Western Canada have struggled… TMR mixers are used primarily for ruminant animals. For both dairy and beef, there are benefits and challenges to implementing a TMR mixer into an operation.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
canadiancattlemen.ca | Melissa Jeffers-Bezan
Despite experiencing a million-dollar rain,
beef producers are still asking how they can
prepare for drought Drought” is a word beef producers on the Prairies know well. For years, many areas in Western Canada have struggled through a prolonged drought.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
canadiancattlemen.ca | Melissa Jeffers-Bezan
The demos involving cattle are big hits at Ag in Motion, but part of what makes them so successful is the implementation of low-stress cattle handling. Read AlsoLook for a slow rebuild of the U.S. cattle herdThe U.S. beef cattle industry is smaller than needed and signals for rebuilding will continue in the coming months. But…While most of Ag in Motion’s exhibitors focus on the grain side of the industry — machinery, small crop plots — there is a lively livestock area, as well.
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
producer.com | Melissa Jeffers-Bezan
Beef on dairy can improve meat’s marbling, yield, quality and carcass cutability without affecting milk production Breeding beef animals to dairy cows is becoming more common, says Kee Jim, senior lead of animal agriculture at Telus and managing director for G.K. Farms. Read AlsoStudy finds bat population crash increases insecticide useI’ve written before in this column about the bat disease that has decimated North American populations.
