Reading Time: 4 minutes A new climate change initiative in Alberta will put producers in the driver’s seat so they can test-drive best management practices and see what works. The concept is called Living Labs, a three-year-old program that is already showing results in other provinces and is being implemented nationally. The version being rolled out here is called […] Read more
Research with a twist: Farmers in the driver’s seat in Living Lab
Participating producers will be full partners in new program run by ABP
Beef checkoff refunds rise again
Reading Time: < 1 minute The amount of checkoff money refunded by Alberta Beef Producers jumped again last year but this time, the increase was from payments to cow-calf producers. The organization refunded $3.24 million in 2021, up from $3.04 million the year before, according to the financial statements in ABP’s just-released annual report. Although feedlots account for the vast […] Read more
Cattle group hopes to round up a full slate of candidates
Being a delegate isn’t time-consuming and puts you at ‘ground zero’ in the cattle sector, says chair
Reading Time: 3 minutes If you reform it, will they come? That’s a question facing Alberta Beef Producers as it heads into delegate election season. The farm group is seeking four people to run in each of its five zones, a smaller figure than before a revamp two years ago that reduced the number of zones and delegates. “Part […] Read more
Environmental award winners combine faith and hard work
Ribbon Creek Ranch finds benefits from a combined grain and cow-calf operation
Reading Time: 2 minutes The rolling hills around Linden, separated by wild-grassed coulees, tidy farmyards and fence lines running to the horizon, provide the setting for Ribbon Creek Ranch, this year’s winner of the Alberta Beef Producers 2022 Environmental Stewardship Award. It’s the home of Jerry Baerg, his wife, Dawn, and six children. They raise cattle on land purchased […] Read more
Alberta Beef Producers get funding for ‘living labs’ project
Government says real-world testing of stewardship practices will benefit the environment and farmers
Reading Time: 4 minutes Ottawa is putting $54-million into ‘living labs’ initiatives in six provinces, including $8.5 million in a project that will be led by Alberta Beef Producers. “Each living lab will focus on identifying innovative technologies and on-farm management practices that can be adopted by farmers nationwide to tackle climate change,” the government said in a release. […] Read more
Ribbon Creek Ranch garners top award
Reading Time: < 1 minute Ribbon Creek Ranch is the 2022 winner of Alberta Beef Producers’ Environmental Stewardship Award, which shines a spotlight on producers “whose natural resource stewardship practices contribute to the environment and enhance productivity and profitability.” The mixed cow-calf and grain farm with a backgrounding operation is located near Linden, on land purchased by Jerry Baerg’s grandfather […] Read more
Alberta’s checkoff woes now poised to hit national organization
Alberta Beef Producers says it’s cut its budget all it can, and may have to reduce funding for the CCA
Reading Time: 3 minutes With checkoff refunds totalling about $30 million over the last dozen years, Alberta Beef Producers says it may have no choice but to cut support for the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association — possibly by as much as $1 million annually. The Alberta cattle group is refunding about $3 million in checkoffs every year — the vast […] Read more
Alberta Beef Producers announces new board
Reading Time: < 1 minute Melanie Wowk and Jason Hale are continuing as chair and vice-chair of Alberta Beef Producers but there are a mix of new faces and returning ones on the organization’s board of directors. The board was slimmed down last year to 12 directors (from 16 previously) after the number of zones was reduced to five (from […] Read more
Alberta Beef Producers sets dates for producer meetings
The first meeting of six meetings is scheduled for Jan. 24
Reading Time: < 1 minute Alberta Beef Producers has set tentative dates for its upcoming producer meetings. The Central meeting is slated for Jan. 24 in Stony Plain; Northwest on Jan. 26 in Fairview; Northeast on Jan. 27 in Vermilion; Southeast on Feb. 8 in Brooks; and Southwest on Feb. 9 in High River. There will also be a virtual […] Read more
Warning issued about coyote parasite
Reading Time: < 1 minute A disease expert is warning rural Albertans to take precautions in order to avoid a parasite commonly carried by coyotes, reports the e-newsletter from Alberta Beef Producers. The tapeworm doesn’t seem to affect coyotes but its feces contain the parasite’s eggs and when rodents ingest some of the droppings, they develop a growth on their […] Read more
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