Northlands Purebred Beef Spotlight
Exhibitor news
Longtime judge and seedstock rancher Dawn Wilson of Miller Wilson Angus whether show-ring cattle succeed commercially as well. “The purebred people have a critical job to supply new genetics to the industry,” she said. “If we’re not delivering something to enhance, we’re not doing our job. In general, we do well with providing what the commercial market desires, and that branch of the industry puts a solid product on the consumer’s plates.”
Miller Wilson Angus Heartland Cattlemen’s Classic in February, with three Grand Champion prizes.Blair and Lois McRae of Mar Mac Farms, who have exhibited in the past at Edmonton’s Farmfair International Agribition Manitoba Simmental Association’s A.O Henuset Ambassador Award .
Carpathian Land and Livestock recent cattle drive to the community pasture .Chittick Family Farms purebred registered Simmental and Angus bulls ready to work.MT Bar Ranch Eddie the Eagle semen , exportable to Canada, Australia, and the U.S.
Beef news
Alberta Beef Producers 2021 Environmental Stewardship Award to Scott and Elan Lees of Soderglen Ranches. Here’s a video of the ranch .The Alberta Cattle Feeders Association Korova Feeders , an Acme company that was awarded $5 million from Emissions Reduction Alberta to increase the sustainability of its feedlot. Here’s more on the innovations funded through the Food, Farming, and Forestry Challenge.
A feed additive called 3-NOP has been shown to reduce methane emissions considerably in a large-scale trial in beef cattle supported in part by the Alberta Cattle Feeders Association
Canadian Beef Advisors, an industry group that includes the Canadian Beef Breeds Council Canadian Cattlemen’s Association new set of 10-year goals , with a focus on soil and water quality, human health and safety, beef quality, and boosting efficiency through technology. Here’s more on the goals.
The Startup Women Podcast interviewed Kara Enright of the Enright Cattle Company in Ontario — she has served on the board of the Canadian Simmental Association
Gleise M. Silva is looking forward to speaking with producers as the first person to hold the new chair in beef production systems , funded by the Beef Cattle Research Council and the Hays family, at the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences
Jill Harvie of Harvie Ranching spoke to Marty Seymour about cutting edge cattle breeding on Farm Credit Canada
Lakeland College virtual auction for the cattle and other livestock raised at the Student-Managed Farm.Livestock Gentec the promise of better genetics to help the industry . The CBIN’s first executive committee has been named .The Mexico Angus Association semen processing (in Spanish).
Stettler Auction Mart here are the steers up for sale .The Durango Cattle Grower Association (or Union Ganadera Regional de Durango 80th anniversary this year .
Ag news
Agribition full, live event in Regina from Nov. 22 to 27, with 12 national breed shows. CEO Chris Lane spoke to CTV about what Agribition is planning.Alberta Pork Squeal on Pigs campaign to encourage Albertans to report sightings of wild boar,Allison Ammeter, past chair of Alberta Pulse Growers demise of the Plant Protein Alliance of Alberta .
The Canadian Bison Association International Bison Convention will be held in Saskatoon on July 12-15, 2022.
The Cloverdale Rodeo & Exhibition cancelled for the second year in a row .
Farm Credit Canada Carrot Ventures , a $15-million fund to help commercialize ag-tech intellectual property.The Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo big post-COVID comeback in 2022 that will include a special George Strait concert and a rodeo running Feb. 28 to March 20.
Lethbridge College Olds College signed a memorandum of understanding to join forces on agriculture research.The Lloydminster Agricultural Exhibition Association COVID-19 technology and safety upgrades .
The Western Stock Growers Association Alberta government’s moves to change coal development policy in the Eastern Slopes.
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