What has a bigger impact on the environment: a car or a cow? That was just one of the 20 questions professional home economist Mairlyn Smith asked people on the streets of Toronto last fall, in a film project called "Beef on the Street." The project, initiated by the Alberta Beef Producers and Alberta Cattle... Read More
Category: Livestock
What a week. Frankly, the last week and even two weeks has been wild enough — let alone the last 24 hours — as the impact of COVID-19 makes its way into North American travel bans, the stock market, oil prices, the Canadian dollar and more. The volatility has been extreme. Anne Wasko, of the... Read More
With coronavirus cases on the rise, the federal and provincial governments have increased risk mitigation measures to slow down the spread of the virus. Farmers and ranchers are a relatively independent and often secluded, so the impact of any quarantine would be limited on daily operations during planting or calving. The business risk to agriculture... Read More
The Canadian meat industry has made a $50,000 donation to the Red Cross to support the response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in China. “We see daily what an impact this virus has had on our customers in China and are aware of all the efforts made on the part of the Chinese to... Read More
Fast-food chain A&W has announced a commitment to sourcing 100% Canadian beef — with the added twist that the beef must be grass-finished and raised without the use of growth promotants. A&W says the move marks their commitment to regenerative agriculture and protection of Canada's grasslands. The Alberta Cattle Feeders’ Association says that it's glad... Read More
Reduced slaughter capacity, tanked prices, and capped risk management programs have beef farmers in Ontario going public asking the federal and provincial governments to do more to #HelpBeefFarmers. Beef Farmers of Ontario (BFO) says producers are at a "tipping point" and facing economic crisis. The group says market and trade disruptions have caused average weekly... Read More
To Kimberly Cornish, regenerating the land is not only our responsibility, it's our honour. Cornish is the director of the Food Water Wellness Foundation, an Alberta-based not-for-profit that "has been set up to really advance regenerative agricultural practices, or agricultural practices that are environmentally regenerative." In a presentation to attendees of the Alberta Beef Industry... Read More
For Andrea Stroeve-Sawa, the principles of regenerative agriculture are nothing new. She jokes that at six months old, she learned them through osmosis when her dad took one of the first courses Allan Savory offered in the States in the early 80s. Stroeve-Sawa manages Shipwheel Cattle Feeders in Southern Alberta, an operation that incorporates a... Read More
It's not often farms get a chance to host top executives from a huge company; so when the opportunity knocks, you open the door — or in this case, the barn door. For Creekside Dairy's Julaine Treur and her husband Johannes, a sixth generation dairy farmer, their moment came when they got the chance to... Read More
Lakeland College will soon be purchasing some bison along with land for the animals to graze on, thanks to a $4 million donation by a local bison and elk operation. Armin and Rita Mueller, owners of Canadian Rangeland Bison and Elk, chose to donate to the college as they want the bison industry to continue... Read More