Insights and Stories of Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

Jan. 30, 2025 at 5:37 pm CST

The Canadian Cattle Association says threatened 25 per cent tariffs would cut Canadian wholesale beef prices by 13 per cent, but effects would be tempered slightly by the low Canadian dollar.

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

Jan. 29, 2025 at 4:54 pm CST

Efficiency is key when it comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the beef sector said Sarah Klopatek at the Saskatchewan Beef Industry Conference on January 29 in Saskatoon, Sask.

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

Dec. 20, 2024 at 10:13 am CST

Glacier FarmMedia – Data access is vital to success in most businesses these days, and that includes cattle genetics, according to panel members at the Canadian Beef Industry Conference in Saskatoon in August. “I believe genetics can be the motivator that drives success in the beef industry in the next […]

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

Dec. 13, 2024 at 4:44 pm CST

A few more Canadians eat beef now than they did in 2022 according to a survey from the Canadian Roundtable of Sustainable Beef (CRSB).

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

Dec. 13, 2024 at 10:59 am CST

Peter Byck, a documentarian and professor at Arizona State University, presented on his recent docuseries, "Roots So Deep (you can see the devil down there)"; at the Western Canada Conference on Soil Health and Grazing on Tuesday, December 10. This four-part docuseries focuses on cattle producers in some of the southern states in the U.S. who use AMP practices and their neighbors across the way who conventionally graze.

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan