Reading Time: 2 minutes EDITOR’S NOTE: We asked a sampling of producers what was on their mind as they were headed into the growing season, and then reporters Alexis Kienlen and Jennifer Blair went looking for answers. COOLing prices Lethbridge-area stockman Andrew Goodrich asks, “Given the strong cattle prices and ongoing exports to the United States, is country-of-origin labelling […] Read more
Three questions from Alberta cattle producers: Question #1
What’s the fallout from COOL?
Province’s decimated cow herd may be on the mend
BSE, low beef prices, and then high feed costs have decimated Alberta’s cow herd, but a turnaround is coming into view
Reading Time: 4 minutes Canadian cattle producers are receiving strong price signals to begin expanding their herds — but will that be enough to reverse the decline in the national herd? Canfax’s research manager Brenna Grant thinks so, but not until next year. “We are anticipating these prices that we’re currently seeing to stabilize, but the price signal for […] Read more
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