Reading Time: 3 minutes Dr. Steve Hendrick is passionate about Johne’s disease in beef cattle. I have had the privilege in knowing this young scientist since the early stages of his career and what he has to say is important. It comes as no surprise that his research into Johne’s disease, based out of the Western College of Veterinary […] Read more
Johne’s — A Bovine Disease Nightmare
Taking Ownership Of The Animal Welfare Agenda
Reading Time: 2 minutes Did it surprise you to discover an element of truth to each statement? Straight from the hip In 1990 a little book called The Animal Rights Handbook was published with a forward by John Kullberg. At the time of publication, Kullberg was the President of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals […] Read more
Reading the signals from the cattle futures market
Reading Time: 3 minutes In my national publication, BEEFLINK, we examine the fundamentals of a market on a weekly basis. The drivers to pricing cattle in Alberta are live cattle futures (LC), feeder cattle futures (FC), currency, cost of gain, feed grains, basis, supply, demand and beef trade. These things all composted together derive into a price for the […] Read more