Reading Time: 4 minutes The Mad Cow Crisis had a lasting impact on Canada’s beef industry
Tag: Cattle industry
Promising probiotic for dairy cattle headed to marketplace
Reading Time: 4 minutes Shown to promote reproductive health and protect against infections
Are some cows better at weathering climate change?
Reading Time: 3 minutes New research could help cattle — and beef producers — cope with more extreme ups and downs in temperature year-round
New research will map out how much carbon prairie soil is storing
Reading Time: 3 minutes Findings could help beef producers manage grasslands for economic and environmental benefits
Health Canada’s new food labelling makes no sense
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canadians will soon be warned of excessive fat, sugar or sodium. But exemptions make the rules illogical
The meat of the matter: don’t expect shortages
Reading Time: 4 minutes Packing plant closures can be disruptive and, for farming, disastrous. But they can be necessary to protect the public
Beef irradiation is long overdue in Canada
Reading Time: 3 minutes More than 40 years of research on food irradiation shows that the process is trustworthy
What’s Alberta’s beef with Earls?
Reading Time: 3 minutes If Alberta’s industries can’t learn to embrace change in consumer demands, they will fail and no one will mourn their passing
The new normal in the price of beef
Reading Time: 3 minutes But even with the price hikes, the future of the cattle industry couldn’t be brighter