Insights and Stories on Beef Cattle

May. 30, 2017 at 1:48 pm CDT

New Delhi | Reuters — An Indian court suspended on Tuesday a government ban on the trade of cattle for slaughter, a lawyer involved in the case said, giving some relief to Muslim-dominated beef and leather industries that employ millions of poor workers. The Madurai bench of the Madras High […]

By Reuters

Mar. 10, 2017 at 9:43 am CST

Les Johnston figures if he wants to continue to sell beef, and hopefully tap into top or higher-value markets, he needs to be able to show buyers as well as consumers he is doing a good job. The southern Saskatchewan rancher is a believer in the Canadian Verified Beef Production […]

By Lee Hart

Jan. 6, 2017 at 10:48 am CST

Providing adequate stock water can be a frustrating challenge during colder months. Having adequate water and keeping it ice-free is not a simple task. In some pastures, water availability is also an issue. Trey Patterson, CEO of Padlock Ranches in Wyoming, says one of the challenges is keeping water thawed. […]

By — Heather Smith Thomas

Dec. 9, 2016 at 12:00 am CST

In the mid-’70s, as a research scientist at the Melfort Research Station, I helped Saskatchewan Agriculture evaluate the first button-type electronic ear tags on our cows at the Pathlow pasture research project. At the time, I also had a big satellite remote sensing project to monitor pasture productivity. I would […]

By Duane McCartney

Dec. 1, 2016 at 9:32 am CST

Canadian farmers need to understand their customers better By Laura Rance OrganicBiz editor Farmers attending this year’s AgEx conference received what some would consider odd advice: when you are building a marketing plan, don’t focus so much on the market. “The market doesn’t always take care of farmers,” Nicole Rogers, […]

By OrganicBiz