Thanks for tuning in to this Tuesdays with Lyndsey edition of RealAg Radio. Host Lyndsey Smith is joined by: Brenna Grant with Canfax on Canadian cattle herd stats; Ryan Kehrig with MNP on the complications deciding where to you build the farm house; Dr. Leigh Rosengren with Canadian Cattle Association on Bill C-293 in regards… Read More
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Canada’s cattle sector has faced its share of environmental challenges in recent years, as wide-spread and multi-year droughts have put pressure on the overall size of the Canadian cow herd. Several factors, including positive price signals and a return of pasture productivity, will be crucial in stabilizing the cow herd. Brenna Grant, executive director of… Read More
Methane emissions from cattle have received plenty of mainstream attention over the past decade, with calls to eat less beef often not accounting for the carbon sequestration and biodiversity benefits of producing highly-nutritious food on grasslands. The panel in this episode of the Ag Policy Connection ruminates on how environmental policies can help or hinder… Read More
How about those cattle markets? Everything is on the move and demand is there, but getting the cash back to the producers at the end of the day has been tricky. To break it all down on this RealAg LIVE! host Shaun Haney is joined by Brian Perillat of CanFax. Don’t miss a new RealAg… Read More
Exports are so important to the Canadian beef industry, and early 2020 was shaping up to be a record year for global demand. Then, COVID-19 happened. Statistics Canada recently released the January to March numbers for Canadian beef exports, and as Brenna Grant, manager of research services for CanFax, explains, there is evidence of COVID-19… Read More
It’s another frigid day across much of Canada. Shaun Haney is back in the host seat for RealAg Radio today, but as always, we thank Lyndsey Smith for helping out on Wednesday. For today’s show guests include: Jessika Guse with the top ag news stories of the day; Megz Reynolds explains the new AGI GROW… Read More
As Canadian ranchers and feeders head into the the thick of the fall run there are many variables that come into play. Fluctuations in export demand, the Canadian dollar, futures prices, weather, trade, and feed costs are all hanging over how great of a fall it will be for producers. At the Canadian Beef Industry… Read More
According to the Western Canadian Cow Calf Survey completed in 2015, 72 percent of calves in Western Canada are sold at weaning, with 80 percent being sold via an auction market. The combination of stressors calves face in that short time from weaning to auction to entering a feedlot has major health and economic implications, says Brenna… Read More
Cattle markets will likely continue to trend lower, although at a slower rate than we saw for much of 2015 and early 2016, according to the senior analyst with Canfax. “We’ve been through such a massive adjustment here, I think the bulk of the pain is over,” says Brian Perillat in this interview at the Canadian… Read More
The number of cattle on feed in Canada is continuing to grow, according to the May report from CanFax. Part of the reason numbers are climbing, senior analyst Brian Perillat explains, is more heifers are going into feedlots. “We always gauge that as an appetite for expansion and unfortunately it still looks like quite a few heifers… Read More