While the demographics of farmers and ranchers generally follow an aging trend, there are still many young people getting, and staying, involved in the livestock industry. A prime example is a new group I have the privilege of helping to develop between the US and Canada. The Canada/US Young Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Forum is [...]
Getting the Youth in the Beef Industry Politically Involved is Important
May 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Gerry Ritz Visits Lethbridge for a Producer Roundtable
March 7, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Yesterday, Rick Cassson, MP Lethbridge hosted Federal Agricultural Minister, Gerry Ritz in Lethbridge. On top of serving at the Farm Credit Canada Breakfast at Ag Expo and meeting with a farmer round table, Ritz also announced 15.5 million in funding for the Canadian Triticale Biorefiniery Initiative. I participated in the farmer round table where all twenty of the [...]
Vilsack and Obama Continue Protectionist Plan
February 19, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Today, President Obama visits Canada and sits down with Prime Minister Harper. Currently, the Democrats are using the poor economy as an excuse to push their protectionist agenda forward. Canada and Mexico need to be very aware of what is transpiring and how it will affect agriculture in the future. Please do not think that [...]
Tiffin Conference – Larry Hicks – Managing Risk in the Beef Business
January 23, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Larry Hicks of Cattlehedging.com was one of the keynote speakers at the Tiffin Conference yesterday in Lethbridge. Larry spoke about the necessity of risk management in the beef business. Larry very clearly outlined what hedging is and that there is much more involved than calling your broker to buy or sell futures contracts. He emphasized [...]
Vilsack Out as Ag-Secretary?
January 6, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Yesterday, New Mexico Governor, Bill Richardson withdrew his name from the appointment of Commerce Secretary due to a federal probe investigating campaign financing and an ethical business practices. According to very reliable sources, the NY Times is reporting tonight that Tom Vilsack may get the Commerce Secretary job instead. Before your head begins to spin let [...]
Mexico Cuts Off Beef Trade
December 30, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Last week, Mexico cut off the imports of US pork and beef from 30 US plants owned by Tyson, Smithfield Foods, JBS and Cargill. This is in addition to Mexico joining Canada on December 19th to file a complaint with the WTO regarding COOL. Reportedly, the ban had to do with technical and sanitary issues [...]
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