Just in time for Christmas, the Beef Cattle On-Farm Biosecurity Standard is complete and available online for that hard-to-please bovine on your gift list. And if all goes to plan, […] Read more
Canada-wide cattle biosecurity standard ready to roll
Cattle industry scrambles for additional capacity
Anxiety hangs over the cattle industry in Alberta and across Canada as the fall calf run gears up, the yearling run is on — and XL Foods’ Lakeside beef plant […] Read more
“Hang on, all things will pass”: XL chief Nilsson
XL Foods co-CEO Lee Nilsson says the company has done everything within its power to work with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). XL’s Lakeside plant at Brooks, Alta., which […] Read more
Montana hog plant envisioned near Alta. border
Montana pork producers are taking a wait-and-see approach in regard to a new pork-processing plant at Shelby that could draw large numbers of Canadian hogs. Governor Brian Schweitzer announced in […] Read more
Meat packer SunGold lays off 75 staff
A decision to pull out of the exporter-unfriendly European beef market has resulted in 75 layoffs at Alberta processor SunGold Specialty Meats. “That’s unfortunately a very painful process,” said Howard […] Read more
Cattle producers move to set up charitable foundation
Members of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) have given the green light for the formation of an arm’s-length charitable foundation. “It’s a means for people to put money towards the […] Read more
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